Bram Stoker Award for Novel

The Bram Stoker Award for Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for novels.

Winners and nominees

The following are the winners and nominees. Finalists (nominees) are listed under the winner(s) for each year, respectively.

The year of eligibility listed in the table is the year that the work was published; the ceremony when the honor was awarded happening the following year.

Bram Stoker Award for Novel [1]
Year Recipient Title Result Citation
1987 Stephen King Misery Co-winners
Robert R. McCammon Swan Song
Ray Garton Live Girls Nominee [2]
Kem Nunn Unassigned Territory
Chet Williamson Ash Wednesday
1988 Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs Winner [3]
Robert R. McCammon Stinger Nominee [3]
F. Paul Wilson Black Wind
Joe R. Lansdale The Drive-In
Anne Rice The Queen of the Damned
Richard Laymon Flesh
1989 Dan Simmons Carrion Comfort Winner [4]
Katherine Dunn Geek Love Nominee [4]
Charles L. Grant In a Dark Dream
Dean R. Koontz Midnight
Robert R. McCammon The Wolf's Hour
1990 Robert R. McCammon Mine Winner [5]
Richard Laymon Funland Nominee [5]
Chet Williamson Reign
Joe R. Lansdale Savage Season
1991 Robert R. McCammon Boy's Life Winner [6]
Thomas M. Disch The M.D. Nominee [6]
Stephen King Needful Things
Stephen King The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
Dan Simmons Summer of Night
1992 Thomas F. Monteleone Blood of the Lamb Winner [7]
Matthew Costello Homecoming Nominee [7]
Brian Hodge Deathgrip
Dean R. Koontz Hideaway
Dan Simmons Children of the Night
1993 Peter Straub The Throat Winner [8]
Kim Newman Anno Dracula Nominee [8]
Bradley Denton Blackburn
Poppy Z. Brite Drawing Blood
Bentley Little The Summoning
1994 Nancy Holder Dead in the Water Winner [9]
Caleb Carr The Alienist Nominee [9]
Jonathan Carroll From the Teeth of Angels
Stephen King Insomnia
Patrick McCabe The Butcher Boy
1995 Joyce Carol Oates Zombie Winner [10]
Billie Sue Mosiman Widow Nominee [10]
Yvonne Navarro Deadrush
Alan Rodgers Bone Music
1996 Stephen King The Green Mile Winner [11]
Poppy Z. Brite Exquisite Corpse Nominee [11]
Owl Goingback Crota
Peter Straub The Hellfire Club
1997 Janet Berliner & George Guthridge Children of the Dusk Winner [12]
Stephen Dobyns The Church of Dead Girls Nominee [12]
Tananarive Due My Soul to Keep
Tim Powers Earthquake Weather
1998 Stephen King Bag of Bones Winner [13]
Dean R. Koontz Fear Nothing Nominee [13]
S. P. Somtow Darker Angels
Thomas Tessier Fog Heart
1999 Peter Straub Mr. X Winner [14]
Owl Goingback Darker than Night Nominee [14]
Thomas Harris Hannibal
Stephen King Low Men in Yellow Coats
Tom Piccirilli Hexes
2000 Richard Laymon The Traveling Vampire Show Winner [15]
Gary A. Braunbeck The Indifference of Heaven Nominee [15]
Ramsey Campbell Silent Children
Brian A. Hopkins The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club
Tom Piccirilli The Deceased
2001 Neil Gaiman American Gods Winner [16]
Ray Bradbury From the Dust Returned Nominee [16]
Jack Ketchum The Lost
Stephen King & Peter Straub Black House
2002 Tom Piccirilli The Night Class Winner [17]
Douglas Clegg The Hour Before Dark Nominee [17]
Stephen King From a Buick 8
Chuck Palahniuk Lullaby
Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones
2003 Peter Straub Lost Boy, Lost Girl Winner [18]
Stephen King The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla Nominee [18]
James A. Moore Serenity Falls
Stewart O'Nan The Night Country
Tom Piccirilli A Choir of Ill Children
2004 Peter Straub In the Night Room Winner [19]
P. D. Cacek The Wind Caller Nominee [19]
Stephen King The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Michael Laimo Deep in the Darkness
2005 David Morrell Creepers Co-winners [20]
Charlee Jacob Dread in the Beast
Gary A. Braunbeck Keepers Nominee [20]
Tom Piccirilli November Mourns
2006 Stephen King Lisey's Story Winner [21]
Tom Piccirilli Headstone City Nominee [21]
Jonathan Maberry Ghost Road Blues
Jeff Strand Pressure
Gary A. Braunbeck Prodigal Blues
2007 Sarah Langan The Missing Winner [22]
Bruce Boston The Guardener's Tale Nominee [22]
Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box
Erika Mailman The Witch's Trinity
Dan Simmons The Terror
2008 Stephen King Duma Key Winner [23]
Gary A. Braunbeck Coffin County Nominee [23]
Nate Kenyon The Reach
Gregory Lamberson Johnny Gruesome
2009 Sarah Langan Audrey's Door Winner [24]
Jonathan Maberry Patient Zero Nominee [24]
Joe McKinney Quarantined
Jeremy Shipp Cursed
2010 Peter Straub A Dark Matter Winner [25]
Joe Hill Horns Nominee [25]
Jonathan Maberry Rot & Ruin
Linda Watanabe McFerrin Dead Love
Joe McKinney Apocalypse of the Dead
Jeff Strand Dweller
2011 Joe McKinney Flesh Eaters Winner [26][27][28][29]
Christopher Conlon A Matrix Of Angels Nominee [26][27][28]
Gregory Lamberson Cosmic Forces
Ronald Malfi Floating Staircase
Gene O'Neill Not Fade Away
Lee Thomas The German
2012 Caitlin R. Kiernan The Drowning Girl Winner [30][31][32]
Lee Thomas The German Nominee [30][31][32]
Benjamin Kane Ethridge Bottled Abyss
John Everson Nightwhere
Joe McKinney Inheritance
Bentley Little The Haunted
2013 Stephen King Doctor Sleep Winner [33][34]
Joe Hill NOS4A2 Nominee [33][34]
Lisa Morton Malediction
Sarah Pinborough & F. Paul Wilson A Necessary End
Christopher Rice The Heavens Rise
2014 Steve Rasnic Tem Blood Kin Winner [35][36][37]
Craig DiLouie Suffer the Children Nominee [35][36][37]
Patrick Freivald Jade Sky
Chuck Palahniuk Beautiful You
Christopher Rice The Vines
2015 Paul G. Tremblay A Head Full of Ghosts Winner [38][39]
Clive Barker The Scarlet Gospels Nominee [38][39]
Michaelbrent Collings The Deep
JG Faherty The Cure
Patrick Freivald Black Tide
2016 John Langan The Fisherman Winner [40]
Elizabeth Hand Hard Light Nominee [40]
Stephen Graham Jones Mongrels
Bracken MacLeod Stranded
Paul G. Tremblay Disappearance at Devil's Rock
2017 Christopher Golden Ararat Winner [41][42][43][44][45]
Stephen King & Owen King Sleeping Beauties Nominee [41][42][43][44][45]
Josh Malerman Black Mad Wheel
S. P. Miskowski I Wish I Was Like You
Steve Rasnic Tem Ubo
2018 Paul G. Tremblay The Cabin at the End of the World Winner [46][47][48][49]
J. D. Barker & Dacre Stoker Dracul Nominee [46][47][48][49]
Alma Katsu The Hunger
Jonathan Maberry Glimpse
Josh Malerman Unbury Carol
2019 Owl Goingback Coyote Rage Winner [50][51][52]
Josh Malerman Inspection Nominee [50][51][52]
S. P. Miskowski The Worst Is Yet to Come
Lee Murray Into the Ashes
Chuck Wendig Wanderers
2020 Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians Winner [53][54][55]
Alma Katsu The Deep Nominee [53][54][55]
Todd Keisling Devil's Creek
Josh Malerman Malorie
Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexican Gothic
2021 Stephen Graham Jones My Heart is a Chainsaw Winner [56][57][58][59]
V. Castro The Queen of the Cicadas Nominee [56][57][58][59]
Grady Hendrix The Final Girl Support Group
Cynthia Pelayo Children of Chicago
Chuck Wendig The Book of Accidents
2022 Gabino Iglesias The Devil Takes You Home Winner [60]
Alma Katsu The Fervor Nominee [61][62]
Gwendolyn Kiste Reluctant Immortals
Josh Malerman Daphne
Catriona Ward Sundial

Multiple winners

Ordered first by wins and then by alphabetical order.

Multiple nominees

Ordered first by nominations, then by at least one win, and finally by alphabetical order.

† indicates that the writer also won the award in exactly one occasion (up-to-date as of the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards).

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