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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 60 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
Thou Shalt Not...
2006
Strange Stories of Sand and Sea
2008
Sand: Strange Tales: Year Two
2009
Never Again
2010
Crimewave 11
2010
Full Fathom Forty
2011
Twisted Fairy Tales
2011
Where Are We Going?
2012
Four For Fear
2012
Alt-Zombie
2012
Hauntings
2012
A Carnivàle of Horror
2012
Best New Horror 23
2012
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women
2012
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
2012
The Best British Fantasy 2013
2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
Best New Horror 24
2013
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic
2013
Twisted Histories
2013
Beside the Seaside
2014
Horror Uncut
2014
Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33
2014
The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad
2015
TFF-X: Ten years of The Future Fire
2015
The Hyde Hotel
2016
Obsidian
2016
The Jo Fletcher Books Anthology
2016
Murder Ballads
2017
Sherlock Holmes's School for Detection
2017
New Fears
2017
Best New Horror 28
2018
Phantoms
2018
Best New Horror 29
2019
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
2019
Wonderland
2019
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK's Healthcare Workers
2020
Best New Horror #30
2020
No More Heroes
2021
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
2021
Best New Horror #31
2021
Close to Midnight
2022
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