Bram Stoker Award-winning books

Horror and dark fantasy novels, collections and nonfiction.

Included: Book-category winners, 2016–2025 award years; excludes short/long fiction, screenplays, short nonfiction and personal honors.

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Browse the included records below. Award years refer to the award, not the publication date.

Bram Stoker Award books

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  • The Fisherman — John Langan (2016) · Novel · winner · Source
  • Haven — Tom Deady (2016) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • Snowed — Maria Alexander (2016) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe — James Chambers (2016) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror — Joyce Carol Oates (2016) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • Borderlands 6 — Thomas F. Monteleone and Olivia F. Monteleone (2016) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life — Ruth Franklin (2016) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • Brothel — Stephanie M. Wytovich (2016) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • Ararat — Christopher Golden (2017) · Novel · winner · Source
  • Cold Cuts — Robert Payne Cabeen (2017) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • The Last Harvest — Kim Liggett (2017) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation — Damian Duffy and Octavia E. Butler (2017) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • Strange Weather — Joe Hill (2017) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities & Undefinable Wonders — Doug Murano (2017) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction — Grady Hendrix (2017) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • A Collection of Nightmares — Christina Sng (2017) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • The Cabin at the End of the World — Paul Tremblay (2018) · Novel · winner · Source
  • The Rust Maidens — Gwendolyn Kiste (2018) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein — Kiersten White (2018) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Victor LaValle’s Destroyer — Victor LaValle (2018) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • That Which Grows Wild — Eric J. Guignard (2018) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea — Ellen Datlow (2018) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life — Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson (2018) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Devil’s Dreamland — Sara Tantlinger (2018) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • Coyote Rage — Owl Goingback (2019) · Novel · winner · Source
  • The Bone Weaver’s Orchard — Sarah Read (2019) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • Oware Mosaic — Nzondi (2019) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples — Colleen Doran and Neil Gaiman (2019) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • Growing Things and Other Stories — Paul Tremblay (2019) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories — Ellen Datlow (2019) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction — Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson (2019) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Place of Broken Things — Linda D. Addison and Alessandro Manzetti (2019) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • The Only Good Indians — Stephen Graham Jones (2020) · Novel · winner · Source
  • The Fourth Whore — EV Knight (2020) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • Mary Shelley Presents — Nancy Holder (2020) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • Clown in a Cornfield — Adam Cesare (2020) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Grotesque: Monster Stories — Lee Murray (2020) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • A Collection of Dreamscapes — Christina Sng (2020) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women — Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn (2020) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Writing in the Dark — Tim Waggoner (2020) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • My Heart is a Chainsaw — Stephen Graham Jones (2021) · Novel · winner · Source
  • Queen of Teeth — Hailey Piper (2021) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • The River Has Teeth — Erica Waters (2021) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • The Inhabitant of the Lake — Alessandro Manzetti and Stefano Cardoselli (2021) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • In That Endlessness, Our End — Gemma Files (2021) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson — Ellen Datlow (2021) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Writers Workshop of Horror 2 — Michael Knost (2021) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken. — Christina Sng and Angela Yuriko Smith and Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn (2021) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • The Devil Takes You Home — Gabino Iglesias (2022) · Novel · winner · Source
  • Beulah — Christi Nogle (2022) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • They Stole Our Hearts — Daniel Kraus (2022) · Middle Grade Novel · winner · Source
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary — James Aquilone (2022) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • The Triangle — Robert P. Ottone (2022) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Breakable Things — Cassandra Khaw (2022) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • Crime Scene — Cynthia Pelayo (2022) · Poetry Collection · winner · Source
  • Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous — Ellen Datlow (2022) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Writing in the Dark: The Workbook — Tim Waggoner (2022) · Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • Out There Screaming — Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams (2023) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Blood from the Air — Gemma Files (2023) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • The Daughters of Block Island — Christa Carmen (2023) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • Carmilla: The First Vampire — Amy Chu (2023) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered — Sadie Hartmann (2023) · Long Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • The Nighthouse Keeper — Lora Senf (2023) · Middle Grade Novel · winner · Source
  • The Reformatory — Tananarive Due (2023) · Novel · winner · Source
  • On the Subject of Blackberries — Stephanie M. Wytovich (2023) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • She Is a Haunting — Trang Thanh Tran (2023) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • The Haunting of Velkwood — Gwendolyn Kiste (2024) · Novel · winner · Source
  • The Eyes Are the Best Part — Monika Kim (2024) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • There’s Something Sinister in Center Field — Robert P. Ottone (2024) · Middle Grade Novel · winner · Source
  • The Creepening of Dogwood House — Eden Royce (2024) · Middle Grade Novel · winner · Source
  • Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo — Adam Cesare (2024) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source
  • Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales — Mercedes M. Yardley (2024) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point — Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska (2024) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch — Emily C. Hughes (2024) · Long Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future — Pedro Iniguez (2024) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • H. P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu — Gou Tanabe (2024) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora — Kristy Park Kulski (2025) · Anthology · winner · Source
  • Lost in The Dark and Other Excursions — John Langan (2025) · Fiction Collection · winner · Source
  • The October Film Haunt — Michael Wehunt (2025) · First Novel · winner · Source
  • Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown — Mike Mignola (2025) · Graphic Novel · winner · Source
  • Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature — Becky Siegel Spratford (2025) · Long Non-Fiction · winner · Source
  • Ride or Die — Delilah S. Dawson (2025) · Middle Grade Novel · winner · Source
  • The Buffalo Hunter Hunter — Stephen Graham Jones (2025) · Novel · winner · Source
  • Everything Endless — Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge (2025) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • Shiny Happy People — Clay McLeod Chapman (2025) · Young Adult Novel · winner · Source