August Derleth Award

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The August Derleth Award is one of the British Fantasy Awards bestowed annually by the British Fantasy Society. The award is named after the American writer and editor August Derleth. It was inaugurated in 1972 for the best novel of the year, was not awarded in 2011, and was resumed in 2012 for the best horror novel of the year.

This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site about 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17008 The Knight Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17008 The King Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17008 Hrolf Kraki's Saga Poul Anderson 1973 American English
17008 The Sword And The Stallion Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17008 The Hollow Lands Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
3539 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
9671 A Spell For Chameleon Piers Anthony 1977 American English
7927 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
17008 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
17008 To Wake The Dead Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
14901 Cujo Stephen King 1981 American English
4711 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
14901 Floating Dragon Peter Straub 1983 American English
5955 Incarnate Ramsey Campbell 1983 British English
2685 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
980 It Stephen King 1986 American English
5002 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5121 The Influence Ramsey Campbell 1988 British English
3142 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons 1989 American English
7144 Midnight Sun Ramsey Campbell 1990 British English
17008 Outside The Dog Museum Jonathan Carroll 1991 American English
17008 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17008 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
5727 Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith 1994 British English
17008 Requiem Graham Joyce 1995 British English
17008 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce 1996 British English
17008 Light Errant Chaz Brenchley 1997 British English
14165 Bag Of Bones Stephen King 1998 American English
17008 Indigo Graham Joyce 1999 British English
11513 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
17008 The Night Of The Triffids Simon Clark 2001 British English
5750 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
17008 Full Dark House Christopher Fowler 2003 British English
14901 The Dark Tower Stephen King 1982 American English
14165 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry, Mónica Faerna 2005 British English
17008 Dusk Tim Lebbon 2006 British English
17008 The Grin Of The Dark Ramsey Campbell 2007 British English
17008 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17008 One Conrad Williams 2009 British English
11895 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
17008 Last Days Adam Nevill 2012 British English
10887 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
17008 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17008 Rawblood Catriona Ward 2015 British English
17008 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
7037 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
17008 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17008 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
7867 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
14901 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English