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Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel

Horror · 1988–2026
Voted by the members of the Horror Writers Association — horror’s equivalent of the Nebula.

2026

All 2026 awards
The Buffalo Hunter HunterStephen Graham Jones
Winner
Girl in the CreekWendy N. Wagner
Finalist
King SorrowJoe Hill
Finalist
The BewitchingSilvia Moreno-Garcia
Finalist
Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsGrady Hendrix
Finalist

2025

All 2025 awards
The Haunting of VelkwoodGwendolyn Kiste
Winner
Horror MoviePaul Tremblay
Finalist
House of Bone and RainGabino Iglesias
Finalist
I Was a Teenage SlasherStephen Graham Jones
Finalist

2024

All 2024 awards
The ReformatoryTananarive Due
Winner
Black River OrchardChuck Wendig
Finalist
Camp DamascusChuck Tingle
Finalist
Don't Fear the ReaperStephen Graham Jones
Finalist
How to Sell a Haunted HouseGrady Hendrix
Finalist
Lone WomenVictor LaValle
Finalist

2023

All 2023 awards
The Devil Takes You HomeGabino Iglesias
Winner
Reluctant Immortals: A NovelGwendolyn Kiste
Finalist
SundialCatriona Ward
Finalist
The FervorAlma Katsu
Finalist

2022

All 2022 awards
My Heart Is a ChainsawStephen Graham Jones
Winner
Children of ChicagoCynthia Pelayo
Finalist
The Book of AccidentsChuck Wendig
Finalist
The Final Girl Support GroupGrady Hendrix
Finalist
The Queen of the CicadasV. Castro
Finalist

2021

All 2021 awards
The Only Good IndiansStephen Graham Jones
Winner
Devil's CreekTodd Keisling
Finalist
Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-Garcia
Finalist
The DeepAlma Katsu
Finalist

2020

All 2020 awards
Coyote RageOwl Goingback
Winner
Into the AshesLee Murray
Finalist
The Worst is Yet to ComeS. P. Miskowski
Finalist
WanderersChuck Wendig
Finalist

2019

All 2019 awards
The cabin at the end of the worldPaul Tremblay
Winner
DraculDacre Stoker
Finalist
GlimpseJonathan Maberry
Finalist
The HungerAlma Katsu
Finalist

2018

All 2018 awards
AraratChristopher Golden
Winner
I Wish I Was Like YouS. P. Miskowski
Finalist
Sleeping BeautiesOwen King
Finalist
UboSteve Rasnic Tem
Finalist

2017

All 2017 awards
The FishermanJohn Langan
Winner
Disappearance at Devil's RockPaul Tremblay
Finalist
Hard LightElizabeth Hand
Finalist
MongrelsStephen Graham Jones
Finalist
StrandedBracken MacLeod
Finalist

2016

All 2016 awards
A Head Full of GhostsPaul Tremblay
Winner
Black tidePatrick Freivald
Finalist
The CureJ. G. Faherty
Finalist
The DeepMichaelbrent Collings
Finalist
The Scarlet GospelsClive Barker
Finalist

2015

All 2015 awards
Blood kinSteve Rasnic Tem
Winner
Beautiful youChuck Palahniuk
Finalist
Jade SkyPatrick Freivald
Finalist
Suffer the ChildrenCraig DiLouie
Finalist
The VinesChristopher Rice
Finalist

2014

All 2014 awards
Doctor SleepStephen King
Winner
A Necessary EndF. Paul Wilson
Finalist
MaledictionLisa Morton
Finalist
NOS4A2Joe Hill
Finalist
The Heavens RiseChristopher Rice
Finalist

2013

All 2013 awards
The Drowning GirlCaitlín R. Kiernan
Winner
Bottled AbyssBenjamin Kane Ethridge
Finalist
InheritanceJoe McKinney
Finalist
NightWhereJohn Everson
Finalist
The hauntedBentley Little
Finalist

2012

All 2012 awards
Flesh EatersJoe McKinney
Winner
A Matrix Of AngelsChristopher Conlon
Finalist
Cosmic ForcesGregory Lamberson
Finalist
Floating StaircaseRonald Malfi
Finalist
Not Fade AwayGene O'Neill
Finalist
The GermanLee Thomas
Finalist

2011

All 2011 awards
A Dark MatterPeter Straub
Winner
Apocalypse of the DeadJoe McKinney
Finalist
Dead LoveLinda Watanabe McFerrin
Finalist
DwellerJeff Strand
Finalist
HornsJoe Hill
Finalist
Rot & RuinJonathan Maberry
Finalist

2010

All 2010 awards
Audrey's doorSarah Langan
Winner
CursedJeremy C. Shipp
Finalist
Patient ZeroJonathan Maberry
Finalist
QuarantinedJoe McKinney
Finalist

2009

All 2009 awards
Duma KeyStephen King
Winner
Coffin countyGary A. Braunbeck
Finalist
Johnny GruesomeGregory Lamberson
Finalist
The reachNate Kenyon
Finalist

2008

All 2008 awards
The MissingSarah Langan
Winner
Heart-Shaped BoxJoe Hill
Finalist
The Guardener's TaleBruce Boston
Finalist
The TerrorDan Simmons
Finalist
The witch's trinityErika Mailman
Finalist

2007

All 2007 awards
Lisey's StoryStephen King
Winner
Ghost Road BluesJonathan Maberry
Finalist
Headstone CityTom Piccirilli
Finalist
PressureJeff Strand
Finalist
Prodigal BluesGary A. Braunbeck
Finalist

2006

All 2006 awards
CreepersDavid Morrell
Winner · tie
Dread in the BeastCharlee Jacob
Winner · tie
KeepersGary A. Braunbeck
Finalist
November MournsTom Piccirilli
Finalist

2005

All 2005 awards
In the Night RoomPeter Straub
Winner
Deep in the darknessMichael Laimo
Finalist
The Dark TowerStephen King
Finalist
The Wind CallerP. D. Cacek
Finalist

2004

All 2004 awards
Lost Boy Lost GirlPeter Straub
Winner
A Choir of Ill ChildrenTom Piccirilli
Finalist
Serenity FallsJames A. Moore
Finalist
The Night Country: A NovelStewart O'Nan
Finalist
Wolves of the CallaStephen King
Finalist

2003

All 2003 awards
The night classTom Piccirilli
Winner
From a Buick 8Stephen King
Finalist
LullabyChuck Palahniuk
Finalist
The hour before darkDouglas Clegg
Finalist
The Lovely BonesAlice Sebold
Finalist