Bram Stoker Award Winners First Novel

Awards List

2021

Queen of Teeth (Winner)
Hailey Piper

Aug-2021
/ Horror

The Forest (Nominee)
Lisa Quigley

2021
/ Horror

Helminth (Nominee)
S. Alessandro Martinez

2021
/ Horror

Rabbits (Nominee)
Terry Miles

Jun-2021
/ Science Fiction

Tidepool (Nominee)
Nicole Willson

Aug-2021
/ Horror

When the Reckoning Comes (Nominee)
LaTanya McQueen

Aug-2021
/ Horror

2020

The Fourth Whore (Winner)
E.V. Knight

Mar-2020
/ Horror

Tome (Nominee)
Ross Jeffery

2020
/ Horror

The Return (Nominee)
Rachel Harrison

Mar-2020
/ Horror

True Story (Nominee)
Kate Reed Petty

Aug-2020
/ Thriller

The Taxidermist's Lover (Nominee)
Polly Hall

Dec-2020
/ Horror

2019

The Bone Weaver's Orchard (Winner)
Sarah Read

Feb-2019
/ Horror

The Luminous Dead (Nominee)
Caitlin Starling

Apr-2019
/ Science Fiction

Dear Laura (Nominee)
Gemma Amor

Jul-2019
/ General Fiction

Doorways to the Deadeye (Nominee)
Eric J. Guignard

Jul-2019
/ Horror

Invisible Chains (Nominee)
Michelle Renee Lane

Jul-2019
/ General Fiction

2018

The Rust Maidens (Winner)
Gwendolyn Kiste

Nov-2018
/ Horror

What Should Be Wild (Nominee)
Julia Fine

May-2018
/ Fantasy

Baby Teeth (Nominee)
Zoje Stage

Jul-2018
/ Horror

The Moore House (Nominee)
Tony Tremblay

Jul-2018
/ Horror

I Am The River (Nominee)
T.E. Grau

Oct-2018
/ Horror

2017

Cold Cuts (Winner)
Robert Payne Cabeen

Sep-2017
/ Science Fiction

The Boulevard Monster (Nominee)
Jeremy Hepler

Apr-2017
/ Fantasy

In the Valley of the Sun (Nominee)
Andy Davidson

Jun-2017
/ Horror

What Do Monsters Fear? (Nominee)
Matt Hayward

Jul-2017
/ Psychological Suspense

Kill Creek (Nominee)
Scott Thomas

Nov-2017
/ Thriller

2016

Haven (Winner)
Tom Deady

Jan-2017
/ Horror

Mayan Blue (Nominee)
Michelle Garza; Melissa Lason

May-2016
/ Horror

Hollow House (Nominee)
Greg Chapman

Jul-2016
/ Thriller

The Apothecary's Curse (Nominee)
Barbara Barnett

Oct-2016
/ Urban Fantasy

The Eighth (Nominee)
Stephanie M. Wytovich

Dec-2016
/ Horror

2015

Mr. Suicide (Winner)
Nicole Cushing

Jul-2015
/ Psychological Suspense

Shutter (Nominee)
Courtney Alameda

Feb-2015
/ Horror

Riding the Centipede (Nominee)
John Claude Smith

Jun-2015
/ Thriller

Hannahwhere (Nominee)
John McIlveen

Jul-2015
/ Thriller

We Are Monsters (Nominee)
Brian Kirk

Jul-2015
/ Horror

2014

Mr. Wicker (Winner)
Maria Alexander

Sep-2014
/ Urban Fantasy

Return of the Mothman (Nominee)
Michael Knost

Jan-2014
/ Action Adventure

Bird Box (Nominee)
Josh Malerman

May-2014
/ Horror

Mr. Wicker (Nominee)
Maria Alexander

Sep-2014
/ Urban Fantasy

Consumed (Nominee)
David Cronenberg

Oct-2014
/ Science Fiction

Forsaken (Nominee)
J.D. Barker

Dec-2014
/ Horror

2013

The Year of the Storm (Nominee)
John Mantooth

Jun-2013
/ Psychological Suspense

Redheads (Nominee)
Jonathan Moore

Nov-2013
/ Horror

The Candy House (Nominee)
Nicole Mallory

Jan-2014
/ Action Adventure

2012

Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling (Nominee)
Michael Boccacino

Jul-2012
/ General Fiction

Bad Glass (Nominee)
Richard E. Gropp

Sep-2012
/ Fantasy

2011

The Panama Laugh (Nominee)
Thomas S. Roche

Aug-2011
/ Horror

Southern Gods (Nominee)
John Hornor Jacobs

Aug-2011
/ Horror

That Which Should Not Be (Nominee)
Brett J. Talley

Oct-2011
/ Horror

The Lamplighters (Nominee)
Frazer Lee

Nov-2011
/ Horror

2010

Spellbent (Nominee)
Lucy A. Snyder

Jan-2010
/ Fantasy

A Book of Tongues (Nominee)
Gemma Files

May-2010
/ Western

2009

Damnable (Winner)
Hank Schwaeble

Aug-2009
/ Horror

Breathers: A Zombie's Lament (Nominee)
S.G. Browne

Mar-2009
/ Horror

The Little Sleep (Nominee)
Paul Tremblay

Mar-2009
/ Suspense

Solomon's Grave (Nominee)
Daniel G. Keohane

Mar-2009
/ Fantasy

2007

Heart-Shaped Box (Winner)
Joe Hill

Feb-2007
/ Horror

2006

Ghost Road Blues (Winner)
Jonathan Maberry

Jun-2006
/ Horror

The Keeper (Nominee)
Sarah Langan

Sep-2006
/ Horror

2005

Covenant (Winner)
John Everson

2004
/ Horror

Stained (Winner)
Lee Thomas

2004
/ Science Fiction / Fantasy

Siren Promised (Nominee)
Jeremy Robert Johnson

Apr-2006
/ Fantasy

2004

The Rising (Winner)
Brian Keene

May-2003
/ Horror

Move Under Ground (Nominee)
Nick Mamatas

May-2004
/ Fantasy

2002

Deadliest of the Species (Winner)
Michael Oliveri

Apr-2001
/ Horror

The Lovely Bones (Winner)
Alice Sebold

Aug-2002
/ Fantasy

2001

The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club (Winner)
Brian A. Hopkins

2000
/ Horror

2000

Wither (Winner)
J.G. Passarella

Feb-1999
/ Horror

1999

Dawn Song (Winner)
Michael Marano

Jun-1998
/ Fantasy

Every Dead Thing (Nominee)
John Connolly

May-1999
/ Private Investigator

Widow's Walk (Nominee)
Steve Beai

Aug-1999
/ Horror

King Rat (Nominee)
China Mieville

Oct-1999
/ Fantasy

1998

Lives of the Monster Dogs (Winner)
Kirsten Bakis

Feb-1997
/ Science Fiction / Fantasy

Silk (Nominee)
Caitlin R. Kiernan

Jun-1998
/ Science Fiction / Fantasy

1997

Crota (Winner)
Owl Goingback

Apr-1996
/ Horror

1995

Grave Markings (Winner)
Michael A. Arnzen

Oct-1994
/ General Fiction

Safety of Unknown Cities (Winner)
Lucy Taylor

1996
/ Horror

1994

The Thread That Binds the Bones (Winner)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman

May-1993
/ Fantasy

1993

Sineater (Winner)
Elizabeth Massie

1993
/ Horror

1992

The Cipher (Winner)
Kathe Koja

Jan-1991
/ Horror

Prodigal (Winner)
Melanie Tem

May-1991
/ Horror

1991

The Revelation (Winner)
Bentley Little

Jan-1990
/ Horror

1990

Sunglasses After Dark (Winner)
Nancy A. Collins

Aug-1989
/ Horror

1989

The Suiting (Winner)
Kelley Wilde

Sep-1989
/ Horror

1988

The Manse (Winner)
Lisa Cantrell

Oct-1987
/ Horror

Award Categories

Vampire Novel of Century

Work for Young People

Young Adult Novel

Young Readers

Award Years