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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 41 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
Breaking Windows
2003
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
2004
Inferno
2007
Booklife
2007
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
Ravens in the Library
2009
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
Teeth: Vampire Tales
2011
The Recent Weird
2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
2011
Fearful Symmetries
2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales
2014
Best New Horror #26
2015
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
2015
Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3
2018
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 83
2019
Weird Dream Society
2020
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles
2020
Edited By
2020
Body Shocks
2021
Beyond the Veil
2021
Screams from the Dark
2022
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