Bram Stoker Awards

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honour of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula.

The Stokers are given ‘for superior achievement’, not for ‘best of the year’. Like the Oscars, they are non-juried awards. Any work of horror first published in the English language may be considered for a Stoker during the year of its publication.

See the Horror Writers Association for more information and for further award categories.

See more literary prize winners (including Genre prizewinners).

Best Novel

2023

• The Reformatory Tananarive Due

2022

• The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias

2021

• My Heart is a Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones

2020

• The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones

2019

• Coyote Rage Owl Goingback

2018

• The Cabin at the End of the World Paul Tremblay

2017

• Ararat Christopher Golden

2016

• The Fisherman John Langan

2015

• A Head Full of Ghosts Paul Tremblay

2014

• Blood Kin Steve Rasnic Tem

2013

• Doctor Sleep Stephen King

2012

• The drowning girl Caitlin Kiernan

2011

• Flesh Eaters Joe McKinney

2010

• A dark matter Peter Straub

2009

• Audrey’s Door Sarah Langan

2008

• Duma Key Stephen King

2007

• The Missing Sarah Langan Winner
• The Guardener’s Tale Bruce Boston
• Heart-shaped Box Joe Hill
• The Witch’s Trinity Erika Mailman
• The Terror Dan Simmons

 

2006

• Lisey’s Story Stephen King Winner
• Headstone City Tom Piccirilli
• Ghost Road Blues Jonathan Maberry
• Pressure Jeff Strand
• Prodigal Blues Gary A. Braunbeck

2005

• Creepers David Morrell Winner (tie)
• Dread in the Beast Charlee Jacob Winner (tie)
• Keepers Gary Braunbeck
• November Mourns Tom Piccirilli
• The Hides Kealan Patrick Burke

2004

• In the Night Room Peter Straub Winner
• The Wind Caller P. D. Cacek
• The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower Stephen King
• Deep in the Darkness Michael Laimo

2003

• Lost boy lost girl Peter Straub Winner
• The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla Stephen King
• Serenity Falls James A. Moore
• The Night Country Stewart O'Nan
• A Choir of Ill Children Tom Piccirilli

2002

• The Night Class Tom Piccirilli Winner
• The Hour before dark Douglas Clegg
• From a Buick 8 Stephen King
• Lullaby Chuck Palahniuk
• The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold

2001

• American gods Neil Gaiman Winner
• From the dust returned Ray Bradbury
• The Lost Jack Ketchum
• Black House Stephen King and Peter Straub

2000

• The Travelling vampire show Richard Laymon Winner
• The Indifference of heaven Gary A. Braunbeck
• Silent Children Ramsey Campbell
• The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club Brian A. Hopkins
• The Deceased Tom Piccirilli

1999

• Mr. X Peter Straub Winner
• Darker than night Owl Goingback
• Hannibal Thomas Harris
• Low men in yellow coats Stephen King
• Hexes Tom Piccirilli

1998

• Bag of bones Stephen King Winner
• Fear nothing Dean Koontz
• Darker angels S P Somtow
• Fog heart Thomas Tessier

1997

• Children of the dusk Janet Berliner and George Guthridge Winner
• The Church of dead girls Stephen Dobyns
• My Soul to keep Tananarive Due
• Earthquake weather Tim Powers

1996

• The Green mile Stephen King Winner
• Exquisite corpse Poppy Z Brite
• Crota Owl Goingback
• The Hellfire Club Peter Straub

1995

• Zombie Joyce Carol Oates Winner
• Widow Billie Sue Mosiman
• Deadrush Yvonne Navarro
• Bone Music Alan Rodgers

1994

• Dead in the water Nancy Holder Winner
• The Alienist Caleb Carr
• From the teeth of angels Jonathan Carroll
• Insomnia Stephen King
• The Butcher boy Patrick McCabe

1993

• The Throat Peter Straub Winner
• Anno Dracula Kim Newman
• Blackburn Bradley Denton
• Drawing blood Poppy Z Brite
• The Summoning Bentley Little

1992

• Blood of the lamb Thomas F Monteleone Winner
• Homecoming Matthew Costello
• Deathgrip Brian Hodge
• Hideaway Dean R Koontz
• Children of the night Dan Simmons

1991

• Boy's life Robert R McCammon Winner
• The M.D. Thomas M Disch
• Needful things Stephen King
• Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Stephen King
• Summer of night Dan Simmons

1990

• Mine Robert R McCammon Winner
• Savage season Joe R Lansdale
• Funland Richard Laymon
• Reign Chet Williamson

1989

• Carrion comfort Dan Simmons Winner
• Geek Love Katherine Dunn
• In a dark dream Charles L Grant
• Midnight Dean R Koontz
• The Wolf's hour Robert R McCammon

1988

• The Silence of the lambs Thomas Harris Winner
• The Drive-In Joe R Lansdale
• Flesh Richard Laymon
• Stinger Robert R McCammon
• Queen of the damned Anne Rice
• Black Wind F Paul Wilson

1987

• Misery Stephen King Winner (Tie)
• Swan song Robert R McCammon Winner (Tie)
• Live girls Ray Garton
• Unassigned territory Kem Nunn
• Ash Wednesday Chet Williamson