Book prize winners

August Derleth Award winners

11 winners and 22 nominees we hold, newest first. A prize can lift demand for a book's first printing, so each entry links to its first edition and the points that identify it.

Winners

  1. 2005 The Dark Tower by Stephen King First edition not yet identified
  2. 2003 The Scar by China Miéville First edition: Macmillan 2002
  3. 2001 Perdido Street Station by China Miéville First edition: Macmillan 2000
  4. 1999 Bag of Bones by Stephen King First edition: Hodder & Stoughton 1998
  5. 1990 Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons First edition: Dark Harvest 1989
  6. 1987 It by Stephen King First edition: Hodder & Stoughton 1986
  7. 1983 The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe First edition: Timescape Books 1981
  8. 1982 Cujo by Stephen King First edition: Viking 1981
  9. 1980 Death's Master by Tanith Lee First edition not yet identified
  10. 1978 A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony First edition: Ballantine Bks 1977
  11. 1977 The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson First edition: Ballantine Books 1976

Shortlisted and nominated

  1. 2010 Under the Dome by Stephen King First edition: Hodder & Stoughton 2009
  2. 2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman First edition: HarperCollins 2008
  3. 2008 Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill First edition: Gollancz 2007
  4. 2008 The Terror by Dan Simmons First edition: Bantam Books 2007
  5. 2006 A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin First edition: Bantam Books 2005
  6. 2005 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke First edition not yet identified
  7. 2002 American Gods by Neil Gaiman First edition: Headline Publishing Group 2001
  8. 1998 Polgara the Sorceress (Malloreon (Paperback Random House)) by David Eddings First edition not yet identified
  9. 1997 Excession by Iain Banks First edition: Little, Brown 1996
  10. 1997 Hogfather by Terry Pratchett First edition: Orion Publishing Group 1996
  11. 1997 Sacrament by Clive Barker First edition: HarperCollins 1996
  12. 1996 Chaos and Order by Stephen R. Donaldson First edition: HarperCollins 1994
  13. 1996 The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter First edition: HarperCollins 1995
  14. 1992 Summer of Night by Dan Simmons First edition: Headline Feature 1991
  15. 1981 Firestarter by Stephen King First edition: Book Club Associates 1980
  16. 1981 The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson First edition: Voyager 1980
  17. 1980 Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip First edition: Futura 1979
  18. 1979 Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin First edition: Simon & Schuster 1977
  19. 1979 Gloriana, Or, the Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock First edition: Warner Books 1978
  20. 1977 Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz First edition: Ballantine Books 1976
  21. 1977 Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice First edition: Macdonald and Jane's 1976
  22. 1975 Shardik by Richard Adams First edition: Allen Lane in association with Rex Collings 1974

Prize records from Wikidata (CC0). Only books in our catalogue are listed.

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