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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 50 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
Naked Came the Manatee
1997
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
2000
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection
2001
Reading the Bones
2004
Whispers in the Night
2007
The Darker Mask
2008
The Living Dead 2
2010
Assassin and Other Stories
2010
Lightspeed: Year One
2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
2013
Long Hidden
2014
The End is Nigh
2014
The End is Now
2014
Octavia's Brood
2015
The End Has Come
2015
Dark Discoveries - Issue #38
2018
Whose Future Is It?
2018
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
2019
Mythic Journeys
2019
Hex Life
2019
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora
2020
Don’t Turn Out the Lights
2020
Body Shocks
2021
Revelations
2022
Other Terrors
2022
South Central Noir
2022
Africa Risen
2022
New Suns 2
2023
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
2023
Christmas and Other Horrors
2023
The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories
2025
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