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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, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)" (2018) and follow publication order through all 55 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, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)
2018
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
2004
Full-Blooded Fantasy
2005
Young Warriors: Stories of Strength
2005
Swashbuckling Fantasy
2006
The Restless Dead
2007
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
2007
So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction
2007
Magic in the Mirrorstone
2008
The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
2008
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
Ravens in the Library
2009
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
2009
Half-Minute Horrors
2009
Bloody Fabulous
2010
Zombies vs. Unicorns
2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy
2011
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5
2011
Teeth: Vampire Tales
2011
Bewere the Night
2011
Welcome to Bordertown
2011
Happily Ever After
2011
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top
2012
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron
2012
Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny
2013
Dark Duets
2014
Magic City: Recent Spells
2014
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
2014
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales
2014
My True Love Gave to Me
2014
Blood Sisters
2015
Press Start to Play
2015
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
2016
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore
2017
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
2017
Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories
2019
Fantastisches Lesen
2019
Faeries Never Lie
2024
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
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