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
Strange Tales, Volume II
Buy on Amazon2007
Strange Tales, Volume III
Buy on Amazon2009
Worlds Next Door
Buy on Amazon2010
Sprawl
Buy on Amazon2010
A Book of Horrors
Buy on Amazon2011
Dead Red Heart
Buy on Amazon2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
Buy on Amazon2011
Best New Horror 22
Buy on Amazon2011
Damnation and Dames
Buy on Amazon2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
Buy on Amazon2012
Mammoth Books presents A Ghostly Gathering
Buy on Amazon2012
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
Buy on Amazon2013
A Killer Among Demons
Buy on Amazon2013
Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2013
Buy on Amazon2013
The Dark Magazine, Issue 1, October 2013
Buy on Amazon2013
Best New Horror 25
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Buy on Amazon2014
Suspended In Dusk
Buy on Amazon2014
Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013
Buy on Amazon2014
Letters to Lovecraft
Buy on Amazon2014
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2015
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
Buy on Amazon2015
Blood Sisters
Buy on Amazon2015
The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014
Buy on Amazon2015
Best New Horror #26
Buy on Amazon2015
Horrorology
Buy on Amazon2015
In Your Face
Buy on Amazon2016
Dark Discoveries - Issue #35
Buy on Amazon2016
Tor.com Collection: Season 1
Buy on Amazon2016
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition
Buy on Amazon2017
The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015
Buy on Amazon2017
Murder Ballads
Buy on Amazon2017
Great British Horror 2: Dark Satanic Mills
Buy on Amazon2017
Mad Hatters and March Hares
Buy on Amazon2017
Best New Horror 28
Buy on Amazon2018
Suspended in Dusk II
Buy on Amazon2018
Dark Voices
Buy on Amazon2018
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories
Buy on Amazon2018
Phantoms
Buy on Amazon2018
Broad Knowledge
Buy on Amazon2018
Best New Horror 29
Buy on Amazon2019
Mythic Journeys
Buy on Amazon2019
Wonderland
Buy on Amazon2019
Hex Life
Buy on Amazon2019
A Miscellany of Death and Folly
Buy on Amazon2019
Body Shocks
Buy on Amazon2021
Best New Horror #31
Buy on Amazon2021
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
Buy on Amazon2021
Twice Cursed
Buy on Amazon2023
The Book of Witches
Buy on Amazon2023
Darkness Beckons Anthology
Buy on Amazon2023
Grimdark Magazine Issue #40
Buy on Amazon2024
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 66 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Best Horror of the Year series by Angela Slatter contains 71 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 Angela Slatter. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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