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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 64 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
Whispers
1977
Shadows 2
1979
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
1980
Death
1982
Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror
1989
Razored Saddles
1989
Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology
1990
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
The Bradbury Chronicles
1991
The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror
1992
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
Best New Horror 6
1995
Dark Terrors
1995
Dark of the Night
1997
Robert Bloch's Psychos
1997
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
1997
Millenium
1997
Dark Terrors 4
1998
Dark Terrors 5
2000
Dark Masques
2001
Dark Terrors 6
2002
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
2006
Best New Horror 18
2007
Dark Delicacies II: Fear
2007
Hellbound Hearts
2009
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
2010
Visitants
2010
A Book of Horrors
2011
The Devil's Coattails
2012
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
2012
Mammoth Books presents That Haunted Feeling
2012
Four For Fantasy
2013
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
2013
Hell Comes To Hollywood, Volume II
2014
Darker Terrors 7
2016
Cemetery Riots
2016
Corruption at the Crossroad
2017
Best New Horror 28
2018
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories
2018
A Time For Violence
2019
Freedom of Screech
2019
Body Shocks
2021
Best New Horror #31
2021
Horrible Little Stories: Horror Fiction They Don’t Want You To Read
2023
Little Deaths
2023
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