Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel
Shirley Jackson Awards board of directors, in association with a jury of professionals
An annual literary award recognizing outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and dark fantasy, presented in the novel category and named in honor of author Shirley Jackson.
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2025
- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora ZengWon
Kylie Lee Baker
- How to Fake a HauntingShortlisted
Christa Carmen
- MoonflowShortlisted
Bitter Karella
- Old SoulShortlisted
Susan Barker
- The LambShortlisted
Lucy Rose
- Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsShortlisted
Grady Hendrix
2024
- Curdle Creek: A NovelWon
Yvonne Battle-Felton
- EynhallowShortlisted
Tim McGregor
- SmothermossShortlisted
Alisa Alering
- The Eyes Are the Best PartShortlisted
Monika Kim
- The Haunting of VelkwoodShortlisted
Gwendolyn Kiste
- The House of Last ResortShortlisted
Christopher Golden
2023
- The ReformatoryWon
Tananarive Due
- BrainwyrmsShortlisted
Alison Rumfitt
- Don't Fear the ReaperShortlisted
Stephen Graham Jones
- Every Version Ends in DeathShortlisted
Aliya Chaudhry
- The Daughters of Block IslandShortlisted
Christa Carmen
- The Militia HouseShortlisted
John Milas
2022
- The Devil Takes You HomeWon
Gabino Iglesias
- Where I EndWon
Sophie White
- BeulahShortlisted
Christi Nogle
- JackalShortlisted
Erin E. Adams
- The Dead Friends SocietyShortlisted
Paul Gandersman, Peter Hall
- Unwieldy CreaturesShortlisted
Addie Tsai
2021
- My Heart Is a ChainsawWon
Stephen Graham Jones
- All the Murmuring BonesShortlisted
A.G. Slatter
- Hummingbird SalamanderShortlisted
Jeff VanderMeer
- No Gods, No MonstersShortlisted
Cadwell Turnbull
- Nothing but Blackened TeethShortlisted
Cassandra Khaw
2020
- The Only Good IndiansWon
Stephen Graham Jones
- Death in Her HandsShortlisted
Ottessa Moshfegh
- Mexican GothicShortlisted
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Plain Bad HeroinesShortlisted
Emily Danforth
- SistersShortlisted
Daisy Johnson
- True StoryShortlisted
Kate Reed Petty
2019
- The Book of XWon
Sarah Rose Etter
- Curious ToysShortlisted
Elizabeth Hand
- Goodnight StrangerShortlisted
Miciah Bay Gault
- Ninth HouseShortlisted
Leigh Bardugo
- Nothing to See HereShortlisted
Wilson
- Tinfoil ButterflyShortlisted
Rachel Eve Moulton
2018
- Little EveWon
Catriona Ward
- Everything UnderShortlisted
Daisy Johnson
- In the Night WoodShortlisted
Dale Bailey
- Social CreatureShortlisted
Tara Isabella Burton
- We Sold Our SoulsShortlisted
Grady Hendrix
2017
- The HoleWon
Pyun Hye-young
- Ill WillShortlisted
Dan Chaon
- The Bone MotherShortlisted
David Demchuk
- The ChangelingShortlisted
Victor LaValle
- The Night OceanShortlisted
Paul La Farge
2016
- The GirlsWon
Emma Cline
- FoxloweShortlisted
Eleanor Wasserberg
- I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsShortlisted
Iain Reid
- LilyShortlisted
Michael Thomas Ford
- MongrelsShortlisted
Stephen Graham Jones
- The WonderShortlisted
Emma Donoghue
2015
- Experimental FilmWon
Gemma Files
- EileenShortlisted
Ottessa Moshfegh
- Lord Byron's ProphecyShortlisted
Sean Eads
- The Glittering WorldShortlisted
Robert Levy
- When We Were AnimalsShortlisted
Joshua Gaylord
2014
- AnnihilationWon
Jeff VanderMeer
- Bird BoxShortlisted
Josh Malerman
- Broken MonstersShortlisted
Lauren Beukes
- ConfessionsShortlisted
Kanae Minato
- The Lesser DeadShortlisted
Christopher Buehlman
- The Unquiet HouseShortlisted
Alison Littlewood
2013
- American ElsewhereWon
Robert Jackson Bennett
- Night FilmShortlisted
Marisha Pessl
- The AccursedShortlisted
Joyce Carol Oates
- The DemonologistShortlisted
Andrew Pyper
- The Ghost BrideShortlisted
Yangsze Choo
- Wild FellShortlisted
Michael Rowe
2012
- EdgeWon
Koji Suzuki
- Gone GirlShortlisted
Gillian Flynn
- ImmobilityShortlisted
Brian Evenson
- The Devil in SilverShortlisted
Victor LaValle
- The Drowning GirlShortlisted
Caitlin R. Kiernan
2011
- Witches on the Road TonightWon
Sheri Holman
- Knock KnockShortlisted
S. P. Miskowski
- The Devil All the TimeShortlisted
Donald Ray Pollock
- The Dracula PapersShortlisted
Reggie Oliver
- The Great LoverShortlisted
Michael Cisco
- The Last WerewolfShortlisted
Glen Duncan
2010
- Mr. ShiversWon
Robert Jackson Bennett
- A Dark MatterShortlisted
Peter Straub
- Dark MatterShortlisted
Michelle Paver
- FeedShortlisted
Mira Grant
- The Reapers are the AngelsShortlisted
Alden Bell
- The Silent LandShortlisted
Graham Joyce
2009
- Big MachineWon
Victor LaValle
- Last DaysShortlisted
Brian Evenson
- The Little StrangerShortlisted
Sarah Waters
- The Owl KillersShortlisted
Karen Maitland
- The Red TreeShortlisted
Caitlín R. Kiernan
- White is for WitchingShortlisted
Helen Oyeyemi
2008
- The Shadow YearWon
Jeffrey Ford
- Alive in NecropolisShortlisted
Doug Dorst
- PandemoniumShortlisted
Daryl Gregory
- Tender MorselsShortlisted
Margo Lanagan
- The Man on the CeilingShortlisted
Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem
- The ResurrectionistShortlisted
Jack O'Connell
2007
- Generation LossWon
Elizabeth Hand
- BaltimoreShortlisted
Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden
- Sharp TeethShortlisted
Toby Barlow
- The TerrorShortlisted
Dan Simmons
- Tokyo Year ZeroShortlisted
David Peace