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British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel

British Fantasy Society

An annual award presented by the British Fantasy Society (as part of the British Fantasy Awards) recognizing the best horror novel published during the eligibility period, formerly known as the August Derleth Fantasy Award or Best Horror Novel category.

Latest winner · 2026

Next · expected May 2027

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2026

  1. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won 4 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Black Flame

    Gretchen Felker-Martin

    Shortlisted
  3. Hungerstone

    Kat Dunn

    Shortlisted
  4. Lionhearts

    Dan Howarth

    Shortlisted
  5. The Needfire

    MK Hardy

    Shortlisted
  6. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Grady Hendrix

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. My Darling Dreadful Thing

    Johanna van Veen

    Won
  2. Among The Living

    Tim Lebbon

    Shortlisted
  3. Bury Your Gays

    Chuck Tingle

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Feast While You Can

    Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta

    Shortlisted
  5. The Ravening

    Daniel Church

    Shortlisted
  6. Withered Hill

    David Barnett

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. A House with Good Bones

    T. Kingfisher

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  2. Boys in the Valley

    Philip Fracassi

    Shortlisted
  3. Don't Fear the Reaper

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. How to Sell a Haunted House

    Grady Hendrix

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Looking Glass Sound

    Catriona Ward

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. One Life Left

    David Green

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. Just Like Home

    Sarah Gailey

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Full Immersion

    Gemma Amor

    Shortlisted
  3. Miracle Growth

    Tim Mendees

    Shortlisted
  4. Sundial

    Catriona Ward

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Hollows

    Daniel Church

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. The Last House on Needless Street

    Catriona Ward

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. A Broken Darkness

    Premee Mohamed

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. A Dowry of Blood

    S. T. Gibson

    Shortlisted
  4. My Heart Is a Chainsaw

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Nothing but Blackened Teeth

    Cassandra Khaw

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Book of Accidents

    Chuck Wendig

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 5 more awards

    Won
  2. Beneath the Rising

    Premee Mohamed

    Shortlisted
  3. Plain Bad Heroines

    Emily Danforth

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Survivor Song

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Hollow Places

    T. Kingfisher

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won 3 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The Reddening

    Adam Nevill

    Won
  2. Mistletoe

    Alison Littlewood

    Shortlisted
  3. The Institute

    Stephen King

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Migration

    Helen Marshall

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Plague Stones

    James Brogden

    Shortlisted
  6. The Twisted Ones

    T. Kingfisher

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. Little Eve

    Catriona Ward

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. The Cabin at the End of the World

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. The Way of the Worm

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted
  4. Wolf's Hill

    Simon Bestwick

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. Behind Her Eyes

    Sarah Pinborough

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  2. Relics

    Tim Lebbon

    Shortlisted
  3. The Boy on the Bridge

    M. R. Carey

    Shortlisted
  4. The Changeling

    Victor LaValle

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Crow Garden

    Alison Littlewood

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. Disappearance at Devil's Rock

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. 13 Minutes

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted
  3. The Hidden People

    Alison Littlewood

    Shortlisted
  4. The Searching Dead

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. Rawblood

    Catriona Ward

    Won
  2. A Cold Silence

    Alison Littlewood

    Shortlisted
  3. Lost Girl

    Adam Nevill

    Shortlisted
  4. The Death House

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted
  5. The Silence

    Tim Lebbon

    Shortlisted
  6. Welcome to Night Vale

    Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. No One Gets Out Alive

    Adam Nevill

    Won
  2. Station Eleven

    Emily St. John Mandel

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. The End

    Gary McMahon

    Shortlisted
  4. The Girl with All the Gifts

    M. R. Carey

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Last Plague

    Rich Hawkins

    Shortlisted
  6. The Unquiet House

    Alison Littlewood

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. The Shining Girls

    Lauren Beukes

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. House of Small Shadows

    Adam Nevill

    Shortlisted
  3. Mayhem

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted
  4. NOS4A2

    Joe Hill

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Path of Needles

    Alison Littlewood

    Shortlisted
  6. The Year of the Ladybird

    Graham Joyce

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Last Days

    Adam Nevill

    Won
  2. Silent Voices

    Gary McMahon

    Shortlisted
  3. Some Kind of Fairy Tale

    Graham Joyce

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. The Drowning Girl

    Caitlin R. Kiernan

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 5 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Kind Folk

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. The Ritual

    Adam Nevill

    Won
  2. 11/22/63

    Stephen King

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. A Dance with Dragons

    George R. R. Martin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Cyber Circus

    Kim Lakin-Smith

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Heroes

    Joe Abercrombie

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

Frequently asked questions

Who won the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel in 2026?
“The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones won the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel in 2026.
Who are the most recent British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel winners?
2026: “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones; 2025: “My Darling Dreadful Thing” by Johanna van Veen; 2023: “Just Like Home” by Sarah Gailey; 2022: “The Last House on Needless Street” by Catriona Ward; 2021: “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Has anyone won the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel more than once?
Yes - 2 authors have: Adam Nevill (2012, 2013, 2015, 2020); Catriona Ward (2016, 2019, 2022).