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
Ravens in the Library
Buy on Amazon2009
The Living Dead 2
Buy on Amazon2010
The Book of Apex: Volume 2 of Apex Magazine
Buy on Amazon2010
After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar
Buy on Amazon2011
Night-Mantled: The Best of Wily Writers
Buy on Amazon2011
Whedonistas
Buy on Amazon2011
Apex Magazine - June 2011
Buy on Amazon2011
Home Improvement: Undead Edition
Buy on Amazon2011
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who
Buy on Amazon2012
Westward Weird
Buy on Amazon2012
The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity
Buy on Amazon2012
A Fantasy Medley 2
Buy on Amazon2012
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
Buy on Amazon2013
Oz Reimagined
Buy on Amazon2013
Carniepunk
Buy on Amazon2013
Glitter & Mayhem
Buy on Amazon2013
Hex in the City
Buy on Amazon2013
The End is Nigh
Buy on Amazon2014
Speculative Fiction 2013
Buy on Amazon2014
Robot Uprisings
Buy on Amazon2014
Dead But Not Forgotten
Buy on Amazon2014
Dead Man's Hand
Buy on Amazon2014
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
Buy on Amazon2014
The End is Now
Buy on Amazon2014
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition
Buy on Amazon2015
Operation Arcana
Buy on Amazon2015
The Doll Collection
Buy on Amazon2015
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
Buy on Amazon2015
The End Has Come
Buy on Amazon2015
Press Start to Play
Buy on Amazon2015
Letters to Tiptree
Buy on Amazon2015
Temporally Out of Order
Buy on Amazon2015
Loosed Upon the World
Buy on Amazon2015
Seize the Night
Buy on Amazon2015
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
Buy on Amazon2015
Bloodlines
Buy on Amazon2015
Future Visions
Buy on Amazon2015
The Gods of HP Lovecraft
Buy on Amazon2015
Warrior Women
Buy on Amazon2015
Unbound
Buy on Amazon2016
Lightspeed Magazine, May 2016
Buy on Amazon2016
Defying Doomsday
Buy on Amazon2016
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2016
Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place
Buy on Amazon2016
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2016
Limbus, Inc. - Book III
Buy on Amazon2016
The Book Smugglers' Quarterly Almanac: Volume 2
Buy on Amazon2016
The Starlit Wood
Buy on Amazon2016
Shadowed Souls
Buy on Amazon2016
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2016
The Long List Anthology Volume 2
Buy on Amazon2016
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2017
Buy on Amazon2017
Little Green Men—Attack!
Buy on Amazon2017
Dark Cities
Buy on Amazon2017
Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology
Buy on Amazon2017
Indigo
Buy on Amazon2017
Nights of the Living Dead Anthology
Buy on Amazon2017
Urban Enemies
Buy on Amazon2017
Hath No Fury
Buy on Amazon2017
Submerged
Buy on Amazon2017
Joe Ledger: Unstoppable
Buy on Amazon2017
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps
Buy on Amazon2017
Mad Hatters and March Hares
Buy on Amazon2017
Robots vs. Fairies
Buy on Amazon2018
Infinity's End
Buy on Amazon2018
Rocket Fuel
Buy on Amazon2018
Unidentified Funny Objects 7
Buy on Amazon2018
Hark! the Herald Angels Scream
Buy on Amazon2018
Chiral Mad 4
Buy on Amazon2018
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
Buy on Amazon2019
Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #2: A Selection of Novellas
Buy on Amazon2019
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2019
Kaiju Rising II
Buy on Amazon2019
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
Buy on Amazon2019
Infinite Stars
Buy on Amazon2019
The Best of Uncanny
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Nevertheless She Persisted
Buy on Amazon2020
Shattering Glass
Buy on Amazon2020
Ignorance Is Strength
Buy on Amazon2020
Burn the Ashes
Buy on Amazon2020
Or Else the Light
Buy on Amazon2020
Where the Veil Is Thin
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Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2021
King in Black Gwenom Vs. Carnage
Buy on Amazon2021
When Things Get Dark
Buy on Amazon2021
Body Shocks
Buy on Amazon2021
99 Tiny Terrors
Buy on Amazon2021
The Reinvented Heart
Buy on Amazon2022
Someone in Time
Buy on Amazon2022
Close to Midnight
Buy on Amazon2022
Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology
Buy on Amazon2023
The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
Buy on Amazon2023
Lofty Mountains
Buy on Amazon2023
99 Fleeting Fantasies
Buy on Amazon2024
Wink: Young Adult Tales that Wink at Classic Children's Books
Buy on Amazon2024
Lesbians In Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before
Buy on Amazon2025
Grimoire
Buy on Amazon2025
Jim Henson Presents
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 111 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Best Horror of the Year series by Seanan McGuire contains 116 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 Seanan McGuire. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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