Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel: every winner 1987–2025, on audiobook
Which books won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel? All 41 winners from 1987 to 2025 are listed below, newest first — most recently The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones (2025) — each linked to its audiobook record where one exists.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel is horror's most prestigious novel prize, presented by the Horror Writers Association since 1987 for superior achievement in the genre. Its winners — from Stephen King's Misery and The Silence of the Lambs to Tananarive Due's The Reformatory — are among the most-listened horror audiobooks, a genre built for the ear.
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Every Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel winner, 1987–2025
| Year | Winning novel | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Buffalo Hunter Hunter | Stephen Graham Jones |
| 2024 | The Haunting of Velkwood | Gwendolyn Kiste |
| 2023 | The Reformatory | Tananarive Due |
| 2022 | The Devil Takes You Home | Gabino Iglesias |
| 2021 | My Heart Is a Chainsaw | Stephen Graham Jones |
| 2020 | The Only Good Indians | Stephen Graham Jones |
| 2019 | Coyote Rage | Owl Goingback |
| 2018 | The Cabin at the End of the World | Paul G. Tremblay |
| 2017 | Ararat | Christopher Golden |
| 2016 | The Fisherman | John Langan |
| 2015 | A Head Full of Ghosts | Paul G. Tremblay |
| 2014 | Blood Kin | Steve Rasnic Tem |
| 2013 | Doctor Sleep | Stephen King |
| 2012 | The Drowning Girl | Caitlin R. Kiernan |
| 2011 | Flesh Eaters | Joe McKinney |
| 2010 | A Dark Matter | Peter Straub |
| 2009 | Audrey's Door | Sarah Langan |
| 2008 | Duma Key | Stephen King |
| 2007 | The Missing | Sarah Langan |
| 2006 | Lisey's Story | Stephen King |
| 2005 | Creepers | David Morrell |
| 2005 | Dread in the Beast | Charlee Jacob |
| 2004 | In the Night Room | Peter Straub |
| 2003 | Lost Boy, Lost Girl | Peter Straub |
| 2002 | The Night Class | Tom Piccirilli |
| 2001 | American Gods | Neil Gaiman |
| 2000 | The Traveling Vampire Show | Richard Laymon |
| 1999 | Mr. X | Peter Straub |
| 1998 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King |
| 1997 | Children of the Dusk | Janet Berliner & George Guthridge |
| 1996 | The Green Mile | Stephen King |
| 1995 | Zombie | Joyce Carol Oates |
| 1994 | Dead in the Water | Nancy Holder |
| 1993 | The Throat | Peter Straub |
| 1992 | Blood of the Lamb | Thomas F. Monteleone |
| 1991 | Boy's Life | Robert R. McCammon |
| 1990 | Mine | Robert R. McCammon |
| 1989 | Carrion Comfort | Dan Simmons |
| 1988 | The Silence of the Lambs | Thomas Harris |
| 1987 | Misery | Stephen King |
| 1987 | Swan Song | Robert R. McCammon |
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2025 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel?
The 2025 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel went to The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.
How many books have won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel?
41 winners are on record from 1987 to 2025, all listed on this page with their year and author, sourced from Wikipedia.
Who has won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel more than once?
Stephen King (6 wins), Peter Straub (5 wins), Stephen Graham Jones (3 wins), Robert R. McCammon (3 wins) and 2 more.
Are Bram Stoker Award winners available as audiobooks?
Most are: Bram Stoker Award-winning novels are perennial audiobook favourites, and an Audible free trial includes one credit good for any of them.
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