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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 154 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
The Umbral Anthology Of Science Fiction Poetry
1950
Other Worlds Volume 1
1979
Chrysalis 8
1980
Chrysalis 9
1982
Perpetual Light
1982
Chrysalis 10
1983
Shadows 8
1985
The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay
1985
Halloween Horrors
1986
Whispers VI
1987
Doom City
1987
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold
1988
Book of the Dead
1989
Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror
1989
The Seaharp Hotel
1990
Best New Horror
1990
Best New Horror 2
1991
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Dante's Disciples
1991
Borderlands 3
1991
Best New Horror 3
1992
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
Fifth Annual Collection
1992
Sinistre: An Antholgy of Rituals
1993
Deathport
1993
In the Fog
1993
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
Best New Horror 4
1993
Hottest Blood
1993
Snow White, Blood Red
1993
The Ultimate Witch
1993
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories
1993
Deadly After Dark
1994
The Giant Book of Terror
1994
Seventh Annual Collection
1994
Love in Vein
1994
Best New Horror 5
1994
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
1995
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories
1995
Tales of the Batman
1995
High Fantastic
1995
Dark Terrors
1995
Dark Terrors 2
1996
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales
1996
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
1996
A Nightmare's Dozen
1996
Dark Terrors 3
1997
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
1997
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories
1998
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment
1998
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
1999
October Dreams
2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
2000
Embraces: Dark Erotica
2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
2001
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
Dark Masques
2001
Fifteenth Annual Collection
2002
The Children of Cthulhu
2003
The Many Faces of Van Helsing
2004
Great Ghost Stories
2004
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
2004
A Walk on the Darkside
2004
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
2004
Corpse Blossoms
2005
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition
2006
Mondo Zombie
2006
Evermore
2006
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
2008
Best New Horror 20
2009
Appalachian Winter Hauntings
2009
Legends Of The Mountain State 4
2010
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
2010
The Seventh Black Book of Horror
2010
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
Mountain Magic
2010
The Best of Talebones
2010
Visitants
2010
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
2011
Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction
2011
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre
2011
Best New Horror 22
2011
The Devil's Coattails
2012
Zombies Vs Robots: This Means War!
2012
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire
2012
Dark Light
2012
Messing With Your Head
2012
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
2012
Psychos
2012
Best New Horror 23
2012
Appalachian Undead
2012
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
2012
Dark World: Ghost Stories
2013
Shadows Edge
2013
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
2013
Best New Horror 24
2013
Turn Down the Lights
2013
Exotic Gothic 4
2014
Horror 101: The Way Forward
2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
Night Terrors III
2014
Surreal Worlds
2015
Nightmares Unhinged
2015
Best New Horror #26
2015
The Monstrous
2015
The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories
2015
Uncertainties Volume II
2016
Scary Out There
2016
Best New Horror 27
2017
Galactic Empires
2017
Best New Horror 28
2018
Christmas Horror Vol. 2
2018
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories
2018
Vagabond 001: Fairy Tale Edition
2018
The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison
2019
Best New Horror 29
2019
Thinking Horror Volume 2: The Horror Boom
2019
Blood Is Not Enough
2019
I AM THE ABYSS
2020
It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers
2020
Oculus Sinister
2020
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
2021
Best New Horror #31
2021
Close to Midnight
2022
Horror Library, Volume 8
2023
The Canterbury Nightmares
2023
Nightmare Abbey 4
2023
Nightmare Abbey 5
2024
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
2024
Nightmare Abbey 6
2024
Nightmare Abbey 7
2024
Nightmare Abbey 8
2025
Where the Silent Ones Watch
2025
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