Bram Stoker Award for Novel

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

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)

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)

Chet Williamson (2)

F. Paul Wilson (2)

Thomas Harris (1)†