The Locus Award for Best Horror Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus 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.
Naming Locus Award for Best Horror Novel (1989–90, 1994, since 2017) Locus Award for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel (1991–93, 1996–97) Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel (1995, 1999)
Winners Full list of category winners at Science Fiction Awards Database.
Original run (1989–1999) Year Novel Author 1989 Those Who Hunt the Night 1990 Carrion Comfort 1991 1992 Summer of Night 1993 Children of the Night 1994 1995 Fires of Eden 1996 Expiration Date 1997 Desperation 1998No award 1999 Bag of Bones
Current run (since 2017) Year Novel Author 2017 2018 2019 2020 Black Leopard, Red Wolf 2021 Mexican Gothic 2022My Heart Is a Chainsaw2023What Moves the Dead20242025Bury Your Gays2026The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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