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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 34 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
Fitting in: Historical Accounts of Paranormal Subcultures
2016
Strange California
2017
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 11: Trials by Whiteness
2017
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
2017
Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation
2017
Transcendent 2
2017
Transcendent 3
2018
The New Voices of Science Fiction
2019
Black Static #72 : Horror Fiction & Film
2019
The Best of Uncanny
2019
Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019
2020
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition
2021
Speculative Los Angeles
2021
The Best of Abyss & Apex, Volume Four
2021
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
2021
Revolution in the Heart
2026
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