Bram Stoker Award for Best 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.[1][2]
- 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
- 1989: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
- 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
- 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
- 1994: Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
- 1995: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
- 1996: The Green Mile by Stephen King
- 1997: Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge
- 1998: Bag of Bones by Stephen King
- 1999: Mr. X by Peter Straub
- 2000: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
- 2001: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- 2002: The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
- 2003: Lost Boy, Lost Girl by Peter Straub
- 2004: In the Night Room by Peter Straub
- 2005: Creepers by David Morrell (tie)
- 2005: Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob (tie)
- 2006: Lisey's Story by Stephen King
- 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
- 2010: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
- 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[3]
- 2016: The Fisherman by John Langan[4]
- 2017: Ararat by Christopher Golden
- Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
- Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman
- I Wish I Was Like You by S.P. Miskowski
- Ubo by Steve Rasnic Tem
Multiple winners
- Stephen King (6)
- Peter Straub (5)
- Robert R. McCammon (3)
- Sarah Langan (2)
Multiple nominees
† indicates that the writer also won the award in one occasion.
- Stephen King (8)
- Tom Piccirilli (5)†
- Gary A. Braunbeck (4)
- Joe Hill (3)
- Dean R. Koontz (3)
- Jonathan Maberry (3)
- Joe McKinney (3)†
- Dan Simmons (3)†
- Poppy Z. Brite (2)
- Patrick Freivald (2)
- Owl Goingback (2)
- Thomas Harris (2)†
- Gregory Lamberson (2)
- Joe R. Lansdale (2)
- Richard Laymon (2)†
- Bentley Little (2)
- Robert R. McCammon (2)
- Chuck Palahniuk (2)
- Christopher Rice (2)
- Peter Straub (2)
- Paul Tremblay (2)†
- Chet Williamson (2)
- F. Paul Wilson (2)
References
- ^ http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm
- ^ http://www.horror.org/stokers2014/stokers.html
- ^ "2015 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners - Horror Writers Association BlogHorror Writers Association Blog". horror.org. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ "Bram Stoker Award® Winners Announced - Horror Writers Association BlogHorror Writers Association Blog". horror.org. Retrieved 2017-07-03.