British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel

British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel
Awarded forWorks over 40,000 words
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Fantasy Society
First award2012 (2012)
Most recent winnerMy Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
Websitebritishfantasysociety.org
RelatedBritish Fantasy Award for Best Novel
British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel

The British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, also known as the August Derleth Award, is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards. The award is named after the American writer and editor August Derleth. The August Derleth Award was previously given to the best novel of the year, before the awards were reorganized in 2012.

Winners and shortlist

  *   Winners

Year Author Work Publisher Ref.
2012 Adam Nevill* The Ritual Pan Books [1]
Joe Abercrombie The Heroes Gollancz [1]
Stephen King 11/22/63 Hodder & Stoughton [1]
Kim Lakin-Smith Cyber Circus NewCon [1]
George R. R. Martin A Dance with Dragons Harper Voyager [1]
2013 Adam Nevill* Last Days Macmillan Publishers [2]
Ramsey Campbell The Kind Folk PS Publishing [2]
Graham Joyce Some Kind of Fairy Tale Gollancz [2]
Caitlín R. Kiernan The Drowning Girl Roc Books [2]
Gary McMahon Silent Voices Solaris Books [2]
2014 Lauren Beukes* The Shining Girls HarperCollins [3]
Joe Hill NOS4A2 Gollancz [3]
Graham Joyce The Year of the Ladybird Gollancz [3]
Alison Littlewood Path of Needles Jo Fletcher [3]
Adam Nevill House of Small Shadows Pan Books [3]
Sarah Pinborough Mayhem Jo Fletcher [3]
2015 Adam Nevill* No One Gets Out Alive Macmillan Publishers [4]
Rich Hawkins The Last Plague Crowded Quarantine [4]
Alison Littlewood The Unquiet House Jo Fletcher [4]
Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven Knopf [4]
Gary McMahon The End NewCon [4]
M. R. Carey The Girl with All the Gifts Orbit Books [4]
2016 Catriona Ward* Rawblood Weidenfeld & Nicolson [5]
Joseph Fink Welcome to Night Vale Orbit UK [5]
Jeffrey Cranor
Tim Lebbon The Silence Titan Books [5]
Alison Littlewood A Cold Silence Jo Fletcher [5]
Adam Nevill Lost Girl Pan Books [5]
Sarah Pinborough The Death House Gollancz [5]
2017 Paul G. Tremblay* Disappearance at Devil's Rock Titan Books [6]
Sarah Pinborough 13 Minutes Gollancz [6]
Alison Littlewood The Hidden People Jo Fletcher [6]
Ramsey Campbell The Searching Dead PS Publishing [6]
2018 Victor LaValle The Changeling Spiegel & Grau [7]
Sarah Pinborough Behind Her Eyes HarperCollins [7]
M. R. Carey The Boy on the Bridge Orbit Books [7]
Alison Littlewood The Crow Garden Jo Fletcher [7]
Tim Lebbon Relics Titan Books [7]
2019 Catriona Ward* Little Eve Weidenfeld & Nicolson [8]
Paul G. Tremblay The Cabin at the End of the World Titan Books [8]
Ramsey Campbell The Way of the Worm PS Publishing [8]
Simon Bestwick Wolf's Hill Snowbooks [8]
2020 Adam Nevill* The Reddening Ritual Limited [9]
Stephen King The Institute Hodder & Stoughton [9]
Helen Marshall The Migration Titan Books [9]
Alison Littlewood Mistletoe Jo Fletcher [9]
James Brogden The Plague Stones Titan Books [9]
T. Kingfisher The Twisted Ones Titan Books [9]
2021 Silvia Moreno-Garcia* Mexican Gothic Jo Fletcher [10]
Premee Mohamed Beneath the Rising Solaris Books [10]
T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places Saga Press [10]
Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians Saga Press [10]
Emily Danforth Plain Bad Heroines Borough [10]
Paul G. Tremblay Survivor Song Titan Books [10]
2022 Catriona Ward* The Last House on Needless Street Viper [11]
Chuck Wendig The Book of Accidents Penguin Books [11]
Premee Mohamed A Broken Darkness Solaris Books [11]
S. T. Gibson A Dowry of Blood Nyx Publishing / Orbit Books [11]
Stephen Graham Jones My Heart Is a Chainsaw Titan Books [11]
Cassandra Khaw Nothing but Blackened Teeth Titan Books [11]
2023 Sarah Gailey* Just Like Home Hodder & Stoughton [12]
Gemma Amor Full Immersion Angry Robot [12]
Daniel Church The Hollows Angry Robot [12]
Tim Mendees Miracle Growth Eerie River Publishing [12]
Catriona Ward Sundial Viper [12]
2024 Stephen Graham Jones Don't Fear the Reaper Titan Books [13]
T. Kingfisher A House with Good Bones Titan Books [13]
Philip Fracassi Boys in the Valley Orbit Books [13]
Grady Hendrix How to Sell a Haunted House Titan Books [13]
Catriona Ward Looking Glass Sound Viper [13]
David Green One Life Left Eerie River Publishing [13]
2025 Johanna van Veen* My Darling Dreadful Thing Poisoned Pen Press [14]
David Barnett Withered Hill Canelo Horror [14]
Daniel Church The Ravening Angry Robot [14]
Tim Lebbon Among The Living Titan Books [14]
Chuck Tingle Bury Your Gays Titan Books [14]
Mikaella Clements Feast While You Can Grand Central Publishing [14]
Onjuli Datta

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "2013 British Fantasy Awards". Locus. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "2014 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "2015 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "2016 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d "Announcing the 2017 British Fantasy Award Winners". Reactor. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Announcing the 2018 British Fantasy Award Winners". Reactor. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  8. ^ a b c d "2019 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Andrew Liptak (22 February 2021). "Here Are the Winners of the 2020 British Fantasy Awards". Tor.com. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  12. ^ a b c d e "2023 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "2024 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "2025 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
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