Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel
Shirley Jackson Awards board of directors, in association with a jury of professionals
An annual literary award recognizing outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and dark fantasy, presented in the novel category and named in honor of author Shirley Jackson.
Latest winner · 2025
- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng · Kylie Lee Baker
Next · expected May 2027
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2025
2024
- Won
- EynhallowShortlisted
Tim McGregor
- SmothermossShortlisted
Alisa Alering
- The Eyes Are the Best PartShortlisted
Monika Kim
- Shortlisted
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2023
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- BrainwyrmsShortlisted
Alison Rumfitt
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- Every Version Ends in DeathShortlisted
Aliya Chaudhry
- Shortlisted
- The Militia HouseShortlisted
John Milas
2022
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- BeulahShortlisted
Christi Nogle
- JackalShortlisted
Erin E. Adams
- The Dead Friends SocietyShortlisted
Paul Gandersman, Peter Hall
- Unwieldy CreaturesShortlisted
Addie Tsai
2021
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2020
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- True StoryShortlisted
Kate Reed Petty
2019
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- Goodnight StrangerShortlisted
Miciah Bay Gault
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- Nothing to See HereShortlisted
Wilson
- Tinfoil ButterflyShortlisted
Rachel Eve Moulton
2018
- Won
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- Social CreatureShortlisted
Tara Isabella Burton
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2017
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- The Bone MotherShortlisted
David Demchuk
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2016
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- FoxloweShortlisted
Eleanor Wasserberg
- I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsShortlisted
Iain Reid
- LilyShortlisted
Michael Thomas Ford
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2015
- Won
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- Lord Byron's ProphecyShortlisted
Sean Eads
- The Glittering WorldShortlisted
Robert Levy
- When We Were AnimalsShortlisted
Joshua Gaylord
2014
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- ConfessionsShortlisted
Kanae Minato
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2013
- Won
- Night FilmShortlisted
Marisha Pessl
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- The DemonologistShortlisted
Andrew Pyper
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- Wild FellShortlisted
Michael Rowe
2012
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2011
- Won
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- The Devil All the TimeShortlisted
Donald Ray Pollock
- The Dracula PapersShortlisted
Reggie Oliver
- Shortlisted
- The Last WerewolfShortlisted
Glen Duncan
2010
- Won
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- Dark MatterShortlisted
Michelle Paver
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2009
- Won
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- The Owl KillersShortlisted
Karen Maitland
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2008
- Won
- Alive in NecropolisShortlisted
Doug Dorst
- Shortlisted
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- The Man on the CeilingShortlisted
Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem
- The ResurrectionistShortlisted
Jack O'Connell
2007
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- BaltimoreShortlisted
Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden
- Sharp TeethShortlisted
Toby Barlow
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Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel in 2025?
- “Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng” by Kylie Lee Baker won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel in 2025.
- Who are the most recent Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel winners?
- 2025: “Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng” by Kylie Lee Baker; 2024: “Curdle Creek: A Novel” by Yvonne Battle-Felton; 2023: “The Reformatory” by Tananarive Due; 2022: “The Devil Takes You Home” by Gabino Iglesias and “Where I End” by Sophie White; 2021: “My Heart Is a Chainsaw” by Stephen Graham Jones.
- Has anyone won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel more than once?
- Yes - 2 authors have: Robert Jackson Bennett (2010, 2013); Stephen Graham Jones (2020, 2021).