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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 42 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
Nightscript Volume 1
2015
Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis
2016
Nightscript Volume 2
2016
Eternal Frankenstein
2016
LampLight Volume 5
2017
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders
2017
Looming Low: Volume I
2017
Tales from a Talking Board
2017
Best New Horror 28
2018
Lost Highways
2018
Chiral Mad 4
2018
Ashes and Entropy
2018
Welcome to Miskatonic University: Fantastically Weird Tales of Campus Life
2019
Thinking Horror Volume 2: The Horror Boom
2019
The Twisted Book Of Shadows
2019
Nox Pareidolia
2019
Miscreations
2020
The Fiends in the Furrows II
2020
The Bad Book
2021
Liminal Spaces
2021
Best New Horror #31
2021
Screams from the Dark
2022
The Best of Gamut
2024
The Darkest Night
2024
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