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 nominees and winners.

• 1987: Misery by Stephen King (tie)
• 1987: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (tie)
  • Live Girls by Ray Garton
  • Unassigned Territory by Kem Nunn
  • Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson
• 1988: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
  • Stinger by Robert R. McCammon
  • Black Wind by F. Paul Wilson
  • The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale
  • The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
  • Flesh by Richard Laymon
• 1989: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
  • Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
  • In a Dark Dream by Charles L. Grant
  • Midnight by Dean R. Koontz
  • The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon
• 1990: Mine by Robert R. McCammon
  • Funland by Richard Laymon
  • Reign by Chet Williamson
  • Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale
• 1991: Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon
  • The M.D. by Thomas M. Disch
  • Needful Things by Stephen King
  • The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
  • Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
• 1992: Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • Homecoming by Matthew Costello
  • Deathgrip by Brian Hodge
  • Hideaway by Dean R. Koontz
  • Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
• 1993: The Throat by Peter Straub
  • Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
  • Blackburn by Bradley Denton
  • Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
  • The Summoning by Bentley Little
• 1994: Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
  • The Alienist by Caleb Carr
  • From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll
  • Insomnia by Stephen King
  • The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
• 1995: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
  • Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
  • Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
• 1996: The Green Mile by Stephen King
  • Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
  • Crota by Owl Goingback
  • The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
• 1997: Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge
  • The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns
  • My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
  • Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
• 1998: Bag of Bones by Stephen King
  • Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
  • Darker Angels by S.P. Somtow
  • Fog Heart by Thomas Tessier
• 1999: Mr. X by Peter Straub
  • Darker than Night by Owl Goingback
  • Hannibal by Thomas Harris
  • Low Men in Yellow Coats by Stephen King
  • Hexes by Tom Piccirilli
• 2000: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
  • The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell
  • The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins
  • The Deceased by Tom Piccirilli
• 2001: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
  • The Lost by Jack Ketchum
  • Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub
• 2002: The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
  • The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg
  • From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
  • Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• 2003: Lost Boy, Lost Girl by Peter Straub
  • The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
  • Serenity Falls by James A. Moore
  • The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan
  • A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli
• 2004: In the Night Room by Peter Straub
  • The Wind Caller by P. D Cacek
  • The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
  • Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo
• 2005: Creepers by David Morrell (tie)
• 2005: Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob (tie)
  • Keepers by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli
• 2006: Lisey's Story by Stephen King
  • Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli
  • Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
  • Pressure by Jeff Strand
  • Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck
• 2007: The Missing by Sarah Langan
  • The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston
  • Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
  • The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman
  • The Terror by Dan Simmons
• 2008: Duma Key by Stephen King
  • Coffin County by Gary Braunbeck
  • The Reach by Nate Kenyon
  • Johnny Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson
• 2009: Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
  • Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
  • Quarantined by Joe McKinney
  • Cursed by Jeremy Shipp
• 2010: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
  • Horns by Joe Hill
  • Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
  • Dead Love by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
  • Apocalypse of the Dead by Joe McKinney
  • Dweller by Jeff Strand
• 2011: Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney
  • A Matrix Of Angels by Christopher Conlon
  • Cosmic Forces by Greg Lamberson
  • Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi
  • Not Fade Away by Gene O'Neill
  • The German by Lee Thomas
• 2012: The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan
  • Bottled Abyss by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
  • Nightwhere by John Everson
  • Inheritance by Joe Mckinney
  • The Haunted by Bentley Little
• 2013: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  • NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
  • Malediction by Lisa Morton
  • A Necessary End by Sarah Pinborough and F. Paul Wilson
  • The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice
• 2014: Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem
  • Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
  • Jade Sky by Patrick Freivald
  • Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk
  • The Vines by Christopher Rice
• 2015: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
  • The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
  • The Deep by Michaelbrent Collings
  • The Cure by JG Faherty
  • Black Tide by Patrick Freivald

External links

• Stoker Award on the HWA web page
• Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees