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Best Horror of the Year Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Best Horror of the Year books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Best Horror of the Year series? Start with "The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One" (2009) and follow publication order through all 102 books.
The complete Best Horror of the Year reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
Gaslight & Ghosts
1988
Arrows Of Eros
1989
Best New Horror
1990
Now We Are Sick
1991
Best New Horror 2
1991
Best New Horror 3
1992
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
The Giant Book of Zombies
1993
The Giant Book of Best New Horror
1993
Best New Horror 4
1993
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993
Dark Voices 6
1994
The Giant Book of Terror
1994
The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves
1994
Best New Horror 5
1994
Best New Horror 6
1995
Cthulhu 2000
1995
Dark Terrors
1995
Dark Terrors 2
1996
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales
1996
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
1996
Shakespearean Whodunnits
1997
Dark of the Night
1997
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
1997
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9
1998
Binary 2
1998
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
1999
Dark Detectives
1999
Dark Terrors 5
2000
Foursight
2000
October Dreams
2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
2001
Infinity Plus One
2001
Keep Out The Night
2002
Dark Terrors 6
2002
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
2003
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
The Mammoth Book of New Terror
2004
Best New Horror 16
2005
The Man from the Diogenes Club
2006
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2006
Best New Horror 18
2007
The Little Black Book, Movies
2007
Summer Chills
2007
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
2007
A Book of Wizards
2008
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
2008
Best New Horror 19
2008
Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes
2008
The Dead That Walk
2009
Zombie Apocalypse!
2010
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead
2011
Full Fathom Forty
2011
Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes
2011
The Recent Weird
2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
2011
The Book of Cthulhu II
2012
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
2013
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
2013
Best New Horror 24
2013
Thirteen
2013
Mister October, Volume II
2013
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
Best New Horror 25
2014
Lovecraft's Monsters
2014
The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 3
2014
Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder
2014
The Monstrous
2015
Horrorology
2015
In the Shadow of Frankenstein
2016
In the Footsteps of Dracula
2017
Best New Horror 29
2019
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #27
2019
Best of Best New Horror Volume 2
2020
Best New Horror #30
2020
Bare Bones #7: Summer 2021
2021
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
2021
Best New Horror #31
2021
Classic Monsters Unleashed
2022
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary
2022
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #31
2023
Birds, Strangers and Psychos
2025
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