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: January 2026
Publication Order
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2009
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
Buy on Amazon2010
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
Buy on Amazon2011
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
Buy on Amazon2012
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
Buy on Amazon2013
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
Buy on Amazon2014
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
Buy on Amazon2015
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
Buy on Amazon2016
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
Buy on Amazon2017
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
Buy on Amazon2018
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
Buy on Amazon2018
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
Buy on Amazon2019
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
Buy on Amazon2020
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
Buy on Amazon2021
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
Buy on Amazon2022
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
Buy on Amazon2024
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
Buy on Amazon2024
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
Buy on Amazon2025
Drabble II: Double Century
Buy on Amazon1990
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
Buy on Amazon1992
The Giant Book of Zombies
Buy on Amazon1993
Best New Horror 4
Buy on Amazon1993
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
Buy on Amazon1993
The Giant Book of Terror
Buy on Amazon1994
Best New Horror 5
Buy on Amazon1994
Dark Terrors
Buy on Amazon1995
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
Buy on Amazon1996
Destination Unknown
Buy on Amazon1997
Secret City
Buy on Amazon1997
Dark of the Night
Buy on Amazon1997
Dark Terrors 3
Buy on Amazon1997
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
Buy on Amazon1997
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
Buy on Amazon1997
Dark Terrors 4
Buy on Amazon1998
Eleventh Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1998
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9
Buy on Amazon1998
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
Buy on Amazon1999
Dark Terrors 5
Buy on Amazon2000
Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips
Buy on Amazon2001
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
Buy on Amazon2001
Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters
Buy on Amazon2002
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13
Buy on Amazon2002
Dark Terrors 6
Buy on Amazon2002
Fifteenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2002
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2003
The Mammoth Book of New Terror
Buy on Amazon2004
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
Buy on Amazon2004
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
Buy on Amazon2006
The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration
Buy on Amazon2006
Best New Horror 18
Buy on Amazon2007
Summer Chills
Buy on Amazon2007
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
Buy on Amazon2007
Mammoth Books Presents Demonic Dreams
Buy on Amazon2008
Best New Horror 19
Buy on Amazon2008
Best New Horror 20
Buy on Amazon2009
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7
Buy on Amazon2010
The Sounds Of Crime
Buy on Amazon2010
Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories
Buy on Amazon2010
Zombie Apocalypse!
Buy on Amazon2010
The End of the Line
Buy on Amazon2010
Visitants
Buy on Amazon2010
Crimewave 11
Buy on Amazon2010
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead
Buy on Amazon2011
House of Fear
Buy on Amazon2011
Full Fathom Forty
Buy on Amazon2011
Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Buy on Amazon2011
Best New Horror 22
Buy on Amazon2011
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
Buy on Amazon2012
Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke
Buy on Amazon2012
Four For Fear
Buy on Amazon2012
Best New Horror 23
Buy on Amazon2012
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
Buy on Amazon2012
Dark World: Ghost Stories
Buy on Amazon2013
Fearie Tales
Buy on Amazon2013
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
Buy on Amazon2013
Psychomania: Killer Stories
Buy on Amazon2013
Deadly Pleasures
Buy on Amazon2013
Kneeling in the Silver Light: Stories from the Great War
Buy on Amazon2014
Interzone 258, May-June 2015
Buy on Amazon2015
The Future of Horror
Buy on Amazon2015
The Monstrous
Buy on Amazon2015
Darker Terrors 7
Buy on Amazon2016
In the Footsteps of Dracula
Buy on Amazon2017
Invisible Blood
Buy on Amazon2019
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
Buy on Amazon2021
Body Shocks
Buy on Amazon2021
Ink and Daggers
Buy on Amazon2023
Reports from the Deep End
Buy on Amazon2023
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Best Horror of the Year series is publication order: 1. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One (2009), 2. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two (2010), 3. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three (2011), 4. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four (2012), 5. The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five (2013), and 84 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Best Horror of the Year series by Christopher Fowler contains 89 books. The series began in 2009 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Best Horror of the Year series is written by Christopher Fowler. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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