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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 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 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series? Start with "The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition" (2010) and follow publication order through all 78 books.
The complete The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
2016
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
2017
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
2018
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
2021
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
2022
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
2023
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
2024
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5
2024
Universe 6
1976
Universe 9
1979
Shadows 4
1981
Mirrorshades
1986
Third Annual Collection
1989
Borderlands 1
1990
Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror
1991
Semiotext SF
1991
Dead End: City Limits: An Anthology of Urban Fear
1991
Storming the Reality Studio
1991
Midnight Graffiti
1992
Omni Best Science Fiction Two
1992
Predators
1993
Dark Crimes 2
1993
Hottest Blood
1993
The Earth Strikes Back
1994
Dark Love: 22 All-Original Tales of Lust and Obsession
1995
Fear Itself
1995
Between Time and Terror
1995
Forbidden Acts
1995
Backstage Passes
1996
Pawn of Chaos
1996
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment
1998
The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams
1998
Technohorror: Inventions in Terror
1999
October Dreams
2000
Unnatural Selection of Darwinian Nightmares
2000
Embraces: Dark Erotica
2000
High Seas Cthulhu
2007
Horrors Beyond 2
2007
Infernally Yours
2009
Shroud 7
2009
Sick Things
2010
Classics Mutilated
2010
Untold Adventures
2011
Evolve 2
2011
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre
2011
The Recent Weird
2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
2011
Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire
2012
Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad!
2012
The Devil's Coattails
2012
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire
2012
Extreme Zombies
2012
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
2012
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
2012
Future Games
2013
Deepest, Darkest Eden: New Tales of Hyperborea
2013
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
2015
Dark Discoveries - Issue #31
2015
Edge of Sundown: Tales of Horror in the Wild West
2015
Horror 201: The Silver Scream Vol. 1
2015
The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu
2016
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
2017
What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of Halloween
2018
Mythic Journeys
2019
Weirdbook #42: Special John Shirley Issue
2020
Apostles of the Weird
2020
The Digest Enthusiast, Book 12
2020
The Cozy Cosmic
2023
Hand of Doom: A Literary Tribute To Black Sabbath: Axes of Evil 2
2024
White on White: A Literary Tribute to Bauhaus
2025
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