Locus Award for Best Horror Novel

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The Locus Award for Best Horror Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards. It has also been known as both the Locus Award for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel and Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel.

Contents

Naming

Winners

Full list of category winners at sfadb. [1]

Original run (1989–1999)

YearNovelAuthorRef.
1989 Those Who Hunt the Night Barbara Hambly [2]
1990 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons [3]
1991 The Witching Hour Anne Rice [4]
1992 Summer of Night Dan Simmons [5]
1993 Children of the Night Dan Simmons [6]
1994 The Golden Lucius Shepard [7]
1995 Fires of Eden Dan Simmons [8]
1996 Expiration Date Tim Powers [9]
1997 Desperation Stephen King [10]
1998 No award [11]
1999 Bag of Bones Stephen King [12]

Current run (since 2017)

YearNovelAuthorRef.
2017 The Fireman Joe Hill [13] [14]
2018 The Changeling Victor LaValle [15] [16]
2019 The Cabin at the End of the World Paul G. Tremblay [17] [18]
2020 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James [19] [20]
2021 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia [21] [22]
2022 My Heart Is a Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones [23] [24]
2023 What Moves the Dead T. Kingfisher
2024 A House with Good Bones T. Kingfisher [25]

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References

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