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Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel

Horror · 2008–2026

2026

All 2026 awards
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora ZengKylie Lee Baker
Winner
How to Fake a HauntingChrista Carmen
Finalist
MoonflowBitter Karella
Finalist
Old SoulSusan Barker
Finalist
The Lamb: A NovelLucy Rose
Finalist
Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsGrady Hendrix
Finalist

2025

All 2025 awards
Curdle Creek: A NovelYvonne Battle-Felton
Winner
EynhallowTim McGregor
Finalist
SmothermossAlisa Alering
Finalist
The Eyes Are the Best PartMonika Kim
Finalist
The Haunting of VelkwoodGwendolyn Kiste
Finalist
The House of Last ResortChristopher Golden
Finalist

2024

All 2024 awards
The ReformatoryTananarive Due
Winner
BrainwyrmsAlison Rumfitt
Finalist
Don't Fear the ReaperStephen Graham Jones
Finalist
Every Version Ends in DeathAliya Chaudhry
Finalist
The Daughters of Block IslandChrista Carmen
Finalist
The Militia HouseJohn Milas
Finalist

2023

All 2023 awards
The Devil Takes You HomeGabino Iglesias
Winner · tie
Where I EndSophie White
Winner · tie
BeulahChristi Nogle
Finalist
JackalErin E. Adams
Finalist
The Dead Friends SocietyPaul Gandersman
Finalist
Unwieldy CreaturesAddie Tsai
Finalist

2022

All 2022 awards
My Heart Is a ChainsawStephen Graham Jones
Winner
All the Murmuring BonesAngela Slatter
Finalist
Hummingbird SalamanderJeff VanderMeer
Finalist
No Gods, No MonstersCadwell Turnbull
Finalist
Nothing But Blackened TeethCassandra Khaw
Finalist

2021

All 2021 awards
The Only Good IndiansStephen Graham Jones
Winner
Death in Her HandsOttessa Moshfegh
Finalist
Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-Garcia
Finalist
Plain Bad HeroinesEmily M. Danforth
Finalist
SistersDaisy Johnson
Finalist
True StoryKate Reed Petty
Finalist

2020

All 2020 awards
The Book of XSarah Rose Etter
Winner
Curious ToysElizabeth Hand
Finalist
Goodnight StrangerMiciah Bay Gault
Finalist
Ninth HouseLeigh Bardugo
Finalist
Nothing to See HereKevin Wilson
Finalist
Tinfoil ButterflyRachel Eve Moulton
Finalist

2019

All 2019 awards
Little EveCatriona Ward
Winner
Everything UnderDaisy Johnson
Finalist
In the Night WoodDale Bailey
Finalist
Social creatureTara Isabella Burton
Finalist
We sold our soulsGrady Hendrix
Finalist

2018

All 2018 awards
The HoleHye-young Pyun
Winner
Ill willDan Chaon
Finalist
The ChangelingVictor LaValle
Finalist
The Night OceanPaul La Farge
Finalist

2017

All 2017 awards
The GirlsEmma Cline
Winner
FoxloweEleanor Wasserberg
Finalist
I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsIain Reid
Finalist
LilyMichael Thomas Ford
Finalist
MongrelsStephen Graham Jones
Finalist
The WonderEmma Donoghue
Finalist

2016

All 2016 awards
Experimental FilmGemma Files
Winner
EileenOttessa Moshfegh
Finalist
Lord Byron's ProphecySean Eads
Finalist
The Glittering WorldRobert Levy
Finalist

2015

All 2015 awards
AnnihilationJeff VanderMeer
Winner
Broken monstersLauren Beukes
Finalist
ConfessionsKanae Minato
Finalist
The Lesser DeadChristopher Buehlman
Finalist
The Unquiet HouseAlison Littlewood
Finalist

2014

All 2014 awards
American elsewhereRobert Jackson Bennett
Winner
Night filmMarisha Pessl
Finalist
The DemonologistAndrew Pyper
Finalist
The ghost brideYangsze Choo
Finalist
Wild FellMichael Rowe
Finalist

2013

All 2013 awards
EdgeKoji Suzuki
Winner
Gone GirlGillian Flynn
Finalist
ImmobilityBrian Evenson
Finalist
The Devil in SilverVictor LaValle
Finalist
The Drowning GirlCaitlín R. Kiernan
Finalist

2012

All 2012 awards
Witches on the Road TonightSheri Holman
Winner
Knock KnockS. P. Miskowski
Finalist
The Devil All The TimeDonald Ray Pollock
Finalist
The Great LoverMichael Cisco
Finalist
The Last WerewolfGlen Duncan
Finalist
The Scholar's TaleReggie Oliver
Finalist

2011

All 2011 awards
Mr. ShiversRobert Jackson Bennett
Winner
A Dark MatterPeter Straub
Finalist
Dark MatterMichelle Paver
Finalist
FeedMira Grant
Finalist
The reapers are the angelsAlden Bell
Finalist
The Silent LandGraham Joyce
Finalist

2010

All 2010 awards
Big MachineVictor LaValle
Winner
Last DaysBrian Evenson
Finalist
The Little StrangerSarah Waters
Finalist
The Owl KillersKaren Maitland
Finalist
The Red TreeCaitlín R. Kiernan
Finalist
White Is for WitchingHelen Oyeyemi
Finalist

2009

All 2009 awards
The Shadow YearJeffrey Ford
Winner
Alive in NecropolisDoug Dorst
Finalist
PandemoniumDaryl Gregory
Finalist
Tender MorselsMargo Lanagan
Finalist
The man on the ceilingMelanie Tem
Finalist
The ResurrectionistJack O'Connell
Finalist

2008

All 2008 awards
Generation LossElizabeth Hand
Winner
Baltimore: or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the VampireMike Mignola
Finalist
Sharp teethToby Barlow
Finalist
The TerrorDan Simmons
Finalist
Tokyo Year ZeroDavid Peace
Finalist