Bram Stoker AwardNomineeFirst Novel

Given by Horror Writers Association

171 Works 98,008 Books 3,483 Reviews ½ 3.7

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.

Stages:
All, Winner (312), Nominee (1,338)
Categories:
All, First Novel (171)
Years:
All, 2023 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (6), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (6), 2011 (5), 2010 (4), 2009 (4), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (4), 2005 (3), 2004 (4), 2003 (4), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (4), 1999 (4), 1998 (4), 1997 (5), 1996 (4), 1995 (5), 1994 (4), 1993 (5), 1992 (5), 1991 (5), 1990 (4), 1989 (3), 1988 (6), 1987 (5)

Nominee 171

WorkYear
The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen2023
The Spite House by Johnny Compton2023
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca2023
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede2023
Edenville: A Novel by Sam Rebelein2023
Beulah by Christi Nogle2022
Jackal by Erin E. Adams2022
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas2022
Black Tide by K. C. Jones2022
All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes2022
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper2021
Helminth by S. Alessandro Martinez2021
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen2021
Rabbits by Terry Miles2021
The Forest by Lisa Quigley2021
Tidepool by Nicole Willson2021
The Fourth Whore by EV Knight2020
The Taxidermist's Lover by Polly Hall2020
The Return by Rachel Harrison2020
Tome by Ross Jeffery2020
True Story by Kate Reed Petty2020
The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read2019
Dear Laura by Gemma Amor2019
Doorways to the Deadeye by Eric J. Guignard2019
Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane2019
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling2019
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste2018
What Should Be Wild: A Novel by Julia Fine2018
I Am The River by T. E. Grau2018
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage2018
The Moore House by Tony Tremblay2018
Cold Cuts by R. Payne Cabeen2017
In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson2017
What Do Monsters Fear? by Matt Hayward2017
The Boulevard Monster by Jeremy Hepler2017
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas2017
Haven by Tom Deady2016
The Apothecary's Curse by Barbara Barnett2016
Hollow House by Greg Chapman2016
Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza2016
The Eighth by Stephanie M. Wytovich2016
Mr. Suicide by Nicole Cushing2015
Shutter by Courtney Alameda2015
We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk2015
Hannahwhere by John M. McIlveen2015
Riding the Centipede by John Claude Smith2015
Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander2014
Forsaken: Book One of the Shadow Cove Saga by J. D. Barker2014
Consumed by David Cronenberg2014
Return of the Mothman by Michael Knost2014
Bird Box by Josh Malerman2014
The Evolutionist by Rena Mason2013
Candy House by Kate Jonez2013
The Year of the Storm by John Mantooth2013
Redheads by Jonathan Moore2013
Stoker's Manuscript by Royce Prouty2013
Life Rage by L.L. Soares2012
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino2012
Wide Open by Deborah Coates2012
The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief by Charles Day2012
A Requiem for Dead Flies by Peter N. Dudar2012
Bad Glass by Richard E. Gropp2012
Isis Unbound by Allyson Bird2011
Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs2011
The Lamplighters by Frazer Lee2011
The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche2011
That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley2011
Black & Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge2010
The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton2010
A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files2010
Spellbent by Lucy A. Snyder2010
Damnable by Hank Schwaeble2009
Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S. G. Browne2009
Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane2009
The Little Sleep by Paul G. Tremblay2009
The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti2008
Midnight on Mourn Street by Christopher Conlon2008
Monster Behind the Wheel by Michael McCarty2008
The Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard2008
Frozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland2008
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill2007
I Will Rise by Michael Louis Calvillo2007
Forever Richard by Sue Dent2007
The Memory Tree by John R. Little2007
The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni2007
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry2006
Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon2006
The Keeper by Sarah Langan2006
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff2006
Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse2005
The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke2005
Siren Promised by Jeremy Robert Johnson2005
Covenant by John Everson2004
Stained by Lee Thomas2004
Black Fire by Brian James Freeman2004
Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas2004
The Rising by Brian Keene2003
Wolf's Trap by W. D. Gagliani2003
Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas2003
Veniss Underground {expanded edition} by Jeff VanderMeer2003
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold2002
The Blues Ain't Nothin': Tales of the Lonesome Blues Pub by Tina L. Jens2002
Atmosphere by Michael Laimo2002
The Red Church by Scott Nicholson2002
Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri2001
Phantom Feast by Diana Barron2001
Skating on the Edge by D. G. K. Goldberg2001
Riverwatch by Joseph Nassise2001
The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins2000
Nailed by the Heart by Simon Clark2000
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski2000
Run by Douglas E. Winter2000
Wither by J G Passarella1999
Widow's Walk by Steve Beai1999
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly1999
King Rat by China Miéville1999
Dawn Song by Michael Marano1998
Night Prayers by P. D. Cacek1998
This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob1998
Silk by Caitlín R. Kiernan1998
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis1997
The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman1997
Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman1997
Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell1997
The Inquisitor by Mary Murrey1997
Crota by Owl Goingback1996
Flute Song by Donald R. Burleson1996
Dead Heat by Del Stone, Jr.1996
Horror Show by Greg Kihn1996
The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor1995
Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom1995
Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen1995
The Between by Tananarive Due1995
Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Girardi1995
Grave Markings by Michael A. Arnzen1994
The Black Mariah by Jay R. Bonansinga1994
Deadweight by Robert Devereaux1994
Near Death by Nancy Kilpatrick1994
The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman1993
Suckers by Anne Billson1993
Created By by Richard Christian Matheson1993
Afterage by Yvonne Navarro1993
Wet Work by Philip Nutman1993
Sineater by Elizabeth Massie1992
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite1992
Beauty by Brian D'Amato1992
Less Than Human by Gary Raisor1992
The Holy Terror by Wayne Allen Sallee1992
The Cipher by Kathe Koja1991
Prodigal by Melanie Tem1991
Winter Scream by Chris Curry1991
Wilderness by Dennis Danvers1991
Unearthed by Ashley McConnell1991
The Revelation by Bentley Little1990
Nightblood (Paperbacks from Hell) by T. Chris Martindale1990
Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli1990
Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers1990
Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins1989
Goat Dance by Douglas Clegg1989
Laying The Music To Rest by Dean Wesley Smith1989
The Suiting by Kelley Wilde1988
Resurrection Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson1988
Fear Book by John Byrne1988
Deliver Us From Evil by Allen Lee Harris1988
Cities of the Dead by Michael Paine1988
Demon Night by J. Michael Straczynski1988
The Manse by Lisa W. Cantrell1987
The Damnation Game by Clive Barker1987
Slob by Rex Miller1987
The Harvest Bride by Tony Richards1987
Excavation by Steve Rasnic Tem1987

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The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award
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