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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 54 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
After the King
1991
Immortal Unicorn
1995
Modern Classics of Fantasy
1997
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
Tails of Wonder and Imagination
2001
The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature
2002
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition
2006
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy
2006
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition
2007
A Book of Wizards
2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2009
2009
Unplugged
2009
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
2009
Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology
2010
Real Unreal
2010
Warriors 2
2010
Triangulation: End of the Rainbow
2010
Songs of Love and Death
2010
The Way of the Wizard
2010
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
2011
The Urban Fantasy Anthology
2011
Conclave
2012
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
2012
Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2012
2012
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
2012
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron
2012
Once Upon a Curse
2012
The New Voices of Fantasy
2013
Superheroes
2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
One Horn to Rule Them All
2014
Woman: An Anthology
2014
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
2015
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
2016
The Unicorn Anthology
2017
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
2017
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
2017
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, 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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