| 2008 (Best Novel) |
| The Missing |
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Sarah Langan
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. In her second novel, Langan delivers a powerhouse creepfest that recalls, in the ...More |
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| 2007 (Best Novel) |
| Lisey's Story |
Stephen King
Library Journal: Starred Review. What legacy, besides $20 million and stacks of memorabilia, can a famous Maine writ ...More |
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| 2007 (Best First Novel) |
| Ghost Road Blues |
Jonathan Maberry
Publishers Weekly: Maberry supplies plenty of chills, both Earth-bound and otherworldly, in this atmospheric horror ...More |
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| 2006 (Best Novel - tie) |
| Creepers |
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David Morrell
Library Journal: Why would a college history professor, three of his former students, and a reporter with questionab ...More |
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| 2005 (Best Novel) |
| In the Night Room |
Peter Straub
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. In Black House, Straub and Stephen King wrote of "slippage," whe ...More |
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| 2005 (Best First Novel) |
| Covenant |
John Everson
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| 2004 (Best Novel) |
| Lost Boy Lost Girl |
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Peter Straub
Library Journal: Straub brings back his writer hero Tim Underhill (Koko; The Throat) in a lightweight, occult horror ...More |
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| 2004 (Best First Novel) |
| The Rising |
Brian Keene
Library Journal: The world has changed and the dead are rising up as intelligent zombies. Jim Thurmond, one of the f ...More |
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| 2003 (Best First Novel) |
| The Lovely Bones |
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Alice Sebold
Library Journal
: Sebold, whose previous book, Lucky, told of her own rape and the subsequent trial of her attacker, ...More |
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| 2003 (Young Readers) |
| Coraline |
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Neil Gaiman
Publishers Weekly
: British novelist Gaiman (American Gods; Stardust) and his long-time accomplice McKean (collabora ...More |
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| 2002 (Best Novel) |
| American Gods |
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Neil Gaiman
Library Journal
: In his latest novel, Gaiman (Neverwhere) explores the vast and bloody landscape of myths and legen ...More |
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| 2001 (Best Novel) |
| The Traveling Vampire Show |
Richard Laymon
Library Journal
: In the latest novel from Laymon (The Midnight Tour), 16-year-old Dwight and his two pals, male Rus ...More |
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| 2001 (Young Readers) |
| The Power of Un |
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Nancy Etchemendy
School Library Journal
: Gr 4-8-Who wouldn't want the ability to undo a mistake, an accident, or even a tragedy, aft ...More |
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| 2000 (Best Novel) |
| Mr. X. |
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Peter Straub
Library Journal
: The "Mr. X" of the title is the shade that seems to follow Ned Dunstan through life. Ned ...More |
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| 2000 (Best First Novel) |
| Wither |
J.G. Passarella
Library Journal
: In the historic town of Winfield, MA, a cyclical evil arises to feed its thirst and seek hosts for ...More |
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| 1999 (Best Novel) |
| Bag of Bones |
Stephen King
Library Journal
: King's first novel with new publisher Scribner is a traditional ghost story that proves heavier on ...More |
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| 1998 (Best First Novel) |
| Lives of the Monster Dogs |
Kristen Bakis
Library Journal
: A clever, compelling Frankenstein story for the millennium, Bakis's first novel draws the reader i ...More |
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| 1997 (Best First Novel) |
| Crota |
Owl Goingback
Publisher's Weekly
: The energy of a grade-B monster movie pervades Goingback's debut novel. So do that genre's clic ...More |
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| 1996 (Best Novel) |
| Zombie |
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Joyce Carol Oates
Library Journal
: Quentin P. is 31 years old, single, and the son of a well-respected college professor. He has his ...More |
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| 1994 (Best Novel) |
| The Throat |
Peter Straub
Publishers Weekly
: Straub peaks with this visceral thriller, which completes his Blue Rose trilogy ( Koko ; Mystery ...More |
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| 1993 (Best Novel) |
| Blood of the Lamb |
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Thomas F. Monteleone
Library Journal
: A Jesuit priest begins to manifest supernatural powers of healing and destruction, becoming the ta ...More |
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| 1993 (Best First Novel) |
| Sineater |
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Elizabeth Massie
Publishers Weekly
: Winner of England's Bram Stoker Award, Massie's first novel works better as a convincing and ori ...More |
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| 1992 (Best Novel) |
| Boy's Life |
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Robert R. McCammon
Library Journal
: In 1964, 12-year-old Cory Mackenson lives with his parents in Zephyr, Alabama. It is a sleepy, com ...More |
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| 1992 (Best First Novel) |
| The Cipher |
Kathe Koja
Publishers Weekly
: Down-and-out Nicholas and his friend Nakota one day discover a black hole in the floor of an aba ...More |
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