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 over 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17152 The Knight Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17152 The King Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17152 Hrolf Kraki's Saga Poul Anderson 1973 American English
17152 The Sword And The Stallion Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17152 The Hollow Lands Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
3542 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
9690 A Spell For Chameleon Piers Anthony 1977 American English
7943 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
17152 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
17152 To Wake The Dead Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
14985 Cujo Stephen King 1981 American English
4720 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
14985 Floating Dragon Peter Straub 1983 American English
5966 Incarnate Ramsey Campbell 1983 British English
2689 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
981 It Stephen King 1986 American English
5012 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5130 The Influence Ramsey Campbell 1988 British English
3147 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons 1989 American English
7159 Midnight Sun Ramsey Campbell 1990 British English
17152 Outside The Dog Museum Jonathan Carroll 1991 American English
17152 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17152 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
5738 Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith 1994 British English
17152 Requiem Graham Joyce 1995 British English
17152 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce 1996 British English
17152 Light Errant Chaz Brenchley 1997 British English
14232 Bag Of Bones Stephen King 1998 American English
17152 Indigo Graham Joyce 1999 British English
11539 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
17152 The Night Of The Triffids Simon Clark 2001 British English
5761 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
17152 Full Dark House Christopher Fowler 2003 British English
14985 The Dark Tower Stephen King 1982 American English
14232 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry, Mónica Faerna 2005 British English
17152 Dusk Tim Lebbon 2006 British English
17152 The Grin Of The Dark Ramsey Campbell 2007 British English
17152 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17152 One Conrad Williams 2009 British English
11922 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
17152 Last Days Adam Nevill 2012 British English
10917 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
17152 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17152 Rawblood Catriona Ward 2015 British English
17152 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
7050 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
17152 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17152 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
14985 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English