Locus Award for Best Horror Novel

The Locus Award for Best Horror Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards. It has also been known as both the Locus Award for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel and Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel.

Naming

  • Locus Award for Best Horror Novel (1989–90, 1994, since 2017)
  • Locus Award for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel (1991–93, 1996–97)
  • Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel (1995, 1999)

Winners

Full list of category winners at sfadb.[1]

Original run (1989–1999)

Year Novel Author Ref
1989 Those Who Hunt the Night Barbara Hambly [2]
1990 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons [3]
1991 The Witching Hour Anne Rice [4]
1992 Summer of Night Dan Simmons [5]
1993 Children of the Night Dan Simmons [6]
1994 The Golden Lucius Shepard [7]
1995 Fires of Eden Dan Simmons [8]
1996 Expiration Date Tim Powers [9]
1997 Desperation Stephen King [10]
1998 No award [11]
1999 Bag of Bones Stephen King [12]

Current run (since 2017)

Year Novel Author Ref
2017 The Fireman Joe Hill [13][14][15][16][17]
2018 The Changeling Victor LaValle [18][19][20][21]
2019 The Cabin at the End of the World Paul G. Tremblay [22][23][24][25]
2020 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James [26][27][28][29]
2021 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia [30][31][32][33]
2022 My Heart Is a Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones [34][35][36][37][38]
2023 What Moves the Dead T. Kingfisher

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