Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year

• 1987: Misery by Stephen King (tie)
• 1987: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (tie)
  • Live Girls by Ray Garton
  • Unassigned Territory by Kem Hunn
  • Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson
• 1988: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
  • Stinger by Robert R. McCammon
  • Black Wind by F. Paul Wilson
  • The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale
  • Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
  • Flesh by Richard Lanyon
• 1989: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
  • Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
  • In A Dark Dream by Charles L. Grant
  • Midnight by Dean R. Koontz
  • The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon
• 1990: Mine by Robert R. McCammon
  • Funland by Richard Lanyon
  • Reign by Chet Williamson
  • Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale
• 1991: Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon
  • The M.D. by Thomas M. Disch
  • Needful Things by Stephen King
  • Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
  • Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
• 1992: Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • Homecoming by Matthew Costello
  • Deathgrip by Brian Hodge
  • Hideaway by Dean R. Koontz
  • Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
• 1993: The Throat by Peter Straub
  • Anno Dracuila by Kim Newman
  • Blackburn by Bradley Denton
  • Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
  • The Summoning by Bentley Little
• 1994: Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
  • The Alienist by Caleb Carr
  • From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll
  • Insomnia by Stephen King
  • The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
• 1995: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
  • Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
  • Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
• 1996: The Green Mile by Stephen King
  • Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
  • Crota by Owl Goingback
  • The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
• 1997: Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge
  • The Church of Dead Girls by Stepehn Dobyns
  • My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
  • Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
• 1998: Bag of Bones by Stephen King
  • Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
  • Darker Angels by S.P. Somtow
  • Fog Heart by Thomas Tessier
• 1999: Mr. X by Peter Straub
  • Darker than Night by Owl Goingback
  • Hannibal by Thomas Harris
  • Low Men in Yellow Coats by Stephen King
  • Hexes by Tom Piccirilli
• 2000: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
  • The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell
  • The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins
  • The Deceased by Tom Piccirilli
• 2001: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
  • The Lost by Jack Ketchum
  • Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub
• 2002: The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
  • The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg
  • From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
  • Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

See also

• Bram Stoker Award