Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for novels.

Winners and nominees
The following are the winners and nominees. Finalists (nominees) are listed under the winner(s) for each year, respectively.

The year of eligibility listed in the table is the year that the work was published; the ceremony when the honor was awarded happening the following year.

Multiple winners
Ordered first by wins and then by alphabetical order (according to last name).
 * Stephen King (6)
 * Peter Straub (5)
 * Robert R. McCammon (3)
 * Stephen Graham Jones (2)
 * Sarah Langan (2)
 * Paul Tremblay (2)

Multiple nominees
Ordered first by nominations, then by at least one win, and finally by alphabetical order (according to last name).

† indicates that the writer also won the award in exactly one occasion (up-to-date as of the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards).


 * Stephen King (15)
 * Peter Straub (7)
 * Tom Piccirilli (6)†
 * Robert R. McCammon (5)
 * Gary A. Braunbeck (4)
 * Stephen Graham Jones (4)
 * Jonathan Maberry (4)
 * Joe McKinney (4)†
 * Dan Simmons (4)†
 * Owl Goingback (3)†
 * Joe Hill (3)
 * Dean R. Koontz (3)
 * Richard Laymon (3)†
 * Josh Malerman (3)
 * Paul Tremblay (3)
 * Chuck Wendig (3)
 * Poppy Z. Brite (2)
 * Tananarive Due (2)
 * Thomas Harris (2)†
 * Grady Hendrix (2)
 * Patrick Freivald (2)
 * Gregory Lamberson (2)
 * Sarah Langan (2)
 * Joe R. Lansdale (2)
 * Bentley Little (2)
 * S. P. Miskowski (2)
 * Chuck Palahniuk (2)
 * Christopher Rice (2)
 * Jeff Strand (2)
 * Steve Rasnic Tem (2)†
 * Lee Thomas (2)
 * Chet Williamson (2)
 * F. Paul Wilson (2)