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
Dark Terrors 2
Buy on Amazon1996
Secret City
Buy on Amazon1997
Dark Terrors 3
Buy on Amazon1997
Eleventh Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1998
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle
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
Silver Birch, Blood Moon
Buy on Amazon1999
Dark Terrors 5
Buy on Amazon2000
October Dreams
Buy on Amazon2000
Queer Fear
Buy on Amazon2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
Buy on Amazon2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
Buy on Amazon2001
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
Buy on Amazon2001
Wrong Things
Buy on Amazon2001
The Darker Side: Generations of Horror
Buy on Amazon2002
Keep Out The Night
Buy on Amazon2002
Dark Terrors 6
Buy on Amazon2002
Fifteenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2002
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
Buy on Amazon2003
The Children of Cthulhu
Buy on Amazon2003
The Mammoth Book of New Terror
Buy on Amazon2004
A Walk on the Darkside
Buy on Amazon2004
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
Buy on Amazon2004
Mondo Zombie
Buy on Amazon2006
Best New Horror 17
Buy on Amazon2006
Best New Horror 18
Buy on Amazon2007
Best New Horror 19
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2
Buy on Amazon2009
Last Drink Bird Head
Buy on Amazon2009
Haunted Legends
Buy on Amazon2010
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
Buy on Amazon2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Buy on Amazon2010
A Book of Horrors
Buy on Amazon2011
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
Buy on Amazon2011
Supernatural Noir
Buy on Amazon2011
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
Buy on Amazon2011
The Colliers’ Venus
Buy on Amazon2011
The Book of Cthulhu
Buy on Amazon2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
Buy on Amazon2011
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre
Buy on Amazon2011
Best New Horror 22
Buy on Amazon2011
The Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2011
Lightspeed: Year One
Buy on Amazon2011
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2012
Buy on Amazon2012
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Buy on Amazon2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
Buy on Amazon2012
Unexpected Encounters
Buy on Amazon2012
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
Buy on Amazon2012
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2012
The Book of Cthulhu II
Buy on Amazon2012
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women
Buy on Amazon2012
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
Buy on Amazon2012
Weird Detectives
Buy on Amazon2013
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
Buy on Amazon2013
Aliens: Recent Encounters
Buy on Amazon2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
Buy on Amazon2013
Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales
Buy on Amazon2013
Lovecraft's Monsters
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Buy on Amazon2014
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
Buy on Amazon2014
Zombies: More Recent Dead
Buy on Amazon2014
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures
Buy on Amazon2014
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2015
Black Wings IV: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
Buy on Amazon2015
Penumbrae
Buy on Amazon2015
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
Buy on Amazon2015
Blood Sisters
Buy on Amazon2015
The Monstrous
Buy on Amazon2015
Warrior Women
Buy on Amazon2015
Darker Terrors 7
Buy on Amazon2016
Street Magicks
Buy on Amazon2016
Black Wings V
Buy on Amazon2016
The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu
Buy on Amazon2016
Children of Lovecraft
Buy on Amazon2016
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
Buy on Amazon2017
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2
Buy on Amazon2017
Best New Horror 28
Buy on Amazon2018
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories
Buy on Amazon2019
Houses Under the Sea
Buy on Amazon2019
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection
Buy on Amazon2020
Edited By
Buy on Amazon2020
Best New Horror #30
Buy on Amazon2020
Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2021
Body Shocks
Buy on Amazon2021
Best New Horror #31
Buy on Amazon2021
Screams from the Dark
Buy on Amazon2022
The Junk Merchants 2
Buy on Amazon2024
Just One Fix: A Literary Salute to William S. Burroughs
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 103 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Best Horror of the Year series by Caitlin R. Kiernan contains 108 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 Caitlin R. Kiernan. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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