Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
Horror Writers Association (HWA)
An annual award presented by the Horror Writers Association to honor superior achievement in a horror novel, voted on by HWA members via a juried recommendation and voting process; widely regarded as the leading award dedicated specifically to horror fiction.
Latest winner · 2025
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter · Stephen Graham Jones
Next · expected February 2027
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2025
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- Girl in the CreekShortlisted
Wendy N. Wagner
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2024
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2021
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- The Queen of the CicadasShortlisted
V. Castro
2020
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- Devil's CreekShortlisted
Todd Keisling
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2019
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- Into the AshesShortlisted
Lee Murray
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2018
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- DraculShortlisted
J. D. Barker & Dacre Stoker
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2017
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- Sleeping BeautiesShortlisted
Stephen King & Owen King
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2016
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- StrandedShortlisted
Bracken MacLeod
2015
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- The CureShortlisted
JG Faherty
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The Deep
Michaelbrent Collings
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2014
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- Suffer the ChildrenShortlisted
Craig DiLouie
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2013
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- A Necessary EndShortlisted
Sarah Pinborough & F. Paul Wilson
- MaledictionShortlisted
Lisa Morton
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2012
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- Bottled AbyssShortlisted
Benjamin Kane Ethridge
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- NightwhereShortlisted
John Everson
- The GermanShortlisted
Lee Thomas
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2011
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- A Matrix Of AngelsShortlisted
Christopher Conlon
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- Floating StaircaseShortlisted
Ronald Malfi
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Not Fade Away
Gene O'Neill
- The GermanShortlisted
Lee Thomas
2010
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- Dead LoveShortlisted
Linda Watanabe McFerrin
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2007
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- The Guardener's TaleShortlisted
Bruce Boston
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- The Witch's TrinityShortlisted
Erika Mailman
2006
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Prodigal Blues
2005
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2004
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- Deep in the DarknessShortlisted
Michael Laimo
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2003
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- Serenity FallsShortlisted
James A. Moore
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2002
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- The Hour Before DarkShortlisted
Douglas Clegg
- The Lovely BonesShortlisted
Alice Sebold
2001
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- The LostShortlisted
Jack Ketchum
2000
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The Indifference of Heaven
- The Licking Valley Coon Hunters ClubShortlisted
Brian A. Hopkins
1997
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- The Church of Dead GirlsShortlisted
Stephen Dobyns
1996
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1995
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- Bone MusicShortlisted
Alan Rodgers
- DeadrushShortlisted
Yvonne Navarro
- WidowShortlisted
Billie Sue Mosiman
1994
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- The AlienistShortlisted
Caleb Carr
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1993
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1992
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- DeathgripShortlisted
Brian Hodge
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- HomecomingShortlisted
Matthew Costello
1987
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- Live GirlsShortlisted
Ray Garton
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Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 2025?
- “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 2025.
- Who are the most recent Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel winners?
- 2025: “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones; 2024: “The Haunting of Velkwood” by Gwendolyn Kiste; 2023: “The Reformatory” by Tananarive Due; 2022: “The Devil Takes You Home” by Gabino Iglesias; 2021: “My Heart Is a Chainsaw” by Stephen Graham Jones.
- Has anyone won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel more than once?
- Yes - 6 authors have: Stephen King (1987, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2013); Peter Straub (1993, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010); Robert R. McCammon (1987, 1990, 1991); Stephen Graham Jones (2020, 2021, 2025); Sarah Langan (2007, 2009); Paul G. Tremblay (2015, 2018).