Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel

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Template:Short description The Bram Stoker Award for Best 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 winners and nominees. Finalists (nominees) are listed under the winner(s) for each year, respectively.

The year of eligibility listed in the table is the year that the work was published; the ceremony when the honor was awarded happening the following year.

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1989 Template:Sort Carrion Comfort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1990 Template:Sort Mine Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1991 Template:Sort Boy's Life Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1992 Template:Sort Blood of the Lamb Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1993 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1995 Template:Sort Zombie Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1996 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1997 Template:Sort Children of the Dusk Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1998 Template:Sort Bag of Bones Winner citation CitationClass=web

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1999 Template:Sort Mr. X Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2000 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2001 Template:Sort American Gods Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2002 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2003 Template:Sort Lost Boy, Lost Girl Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2004 Template:Sort In the Night Room Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2006 Template:Sort Lisey's Story Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2007 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2008 Template:Sort Duma Key Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2009 Template:Sort Audrey's Door Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2010 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2013 Template:Sort Doctor Sleep Winner citation CitationClass=web

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2015 Template:Sort Template:Sort Winner <ref name=":302" /><ref name=":3" />
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Multiple winning authors

Ordered first by wins and then by alphabetical order (according to last name).

Multiple nominated authors

Ordered first by nominations, then by at least one win, and finally by alphabetical order (according to last name).

† indicates that the writer also won the award in exactly one occasion (up-to-date as of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards).

References

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