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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 79 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
Andromeda 1
1976
Analog Annual
1976
Science Fiction Discoveries
1976
New Voices I
1978
Galaxy Science Fiction, September-October 1979
1979
Dragons of Light
1980
The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book
1983
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction
1983
First Annual Collection
1988
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction
1989
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!
1989
Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology
1990
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear
1992
Omni Best Science Fiction Two
1992
Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear
1994
Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King
1998
Tails of Wonder and Imagination
2001
Meditations on Middle-Earth
2001
Galileo's Children
2005
Shadow Twin
2005
Futures Past
2006
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
2008
The Living Dead
2008
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology
2010
Warriors 1
2010
Warriors
2010
Warriors 2
2010
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse
2010
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
2010
Songs of Love and Death
2010
Down These Strange Streets
2011
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
2011
Warriors 3
2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
Necro Files
2011
Lightspeed: Year One
2011
Extreme Zombies
2012
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack
2013
Future Games
2013
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
2013
Dangerous Women
2013
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
2013
Old Mars
2013
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013 Edition
2013
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
Rogues
2014
Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology
2014
Old Venus of Stories
2015
Old Venus
2015
Unidentified Funny Objects 4
2015
Warrior Women
2015
The Book of Swords
2017
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
2017
The Book Of Swords: Part 2
2018
The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories
2018
Infinite Stars
2019
Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews
2021
Pairing Up
2023
Speaking of the Fantastic V
2024
George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle in Stories
2024
Aces Full
2025
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
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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