Best Horror of the Year Books in Order
154
Books
2009
First Book
2025
Latest Book
17
Years
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
1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2009
2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
Buy on Amazon2010
3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
Buy on Amazon2011
4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
Buy on Amazon2012
5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
Buy on Amazon2013
6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
Buy on Amazon2014
7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
Buy on Amazon2015
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
Buy on Amazon2016
9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
Buy on Amazon2017
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
Buy on Amazon2018
11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
Buy on Amazon2018
12
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
Buy on Amazon2019
13
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
Buy on Amazon2020
14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
Buy on Amazon2021
15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
Buy on Amazon2022
16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
Buy on Amazon2024
17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
Buy on Amazon2024
18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
Buy on Amazon2025
19
The Umbral Anthology Of Science Fiction Poetry
Buy on Amazon1950
20
Other Worlds Volume 1
Buy on Amazon1979
21
Chrysalis 8
Buy on Amazon1980
22
Chrysalis 9
Buy on Amazon1982
23
Perpetual Light
Buy on Amazon1982
24
Chrysalis 10
Buy on Amazon1983
25
Shadows 8
Buy on Amazon1985
26
The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay
Buy on Amazon1985
27
Halloween Horrors
Buy on Amazon1986
28
Whispers VI
Buy on Amazon1987
29
Doom City
Buy on Amazon1987
30
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold
Buy on Amazon1988
31
Book of the Dead
Buy on Amazon1989
32
Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror
Buy on Amazon1989
33
The Seaharp Hotel
Buy on Amazon1990
34
Best New Horror
Buy on Amazon1990
35
Best New Horror 2
Buy on Amazon1991
36
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1991
37
Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1991
38
Dante's Disciples
Buy on Amazon1991
39
Borderlands 3
Buy on Amazon1991
40
Best New Horror 3
Buy on Amazon1992
41
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
Buy on Amazon1992
42
Fifth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1992
43
Sinistre: An Antholgy of Rituals
Buy on Amazon1993
44
Deathport
Buy on Amazon1993
45
In the Fog
Buy on Amazon1993
46
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
Buy on Amazon1993
47
Best New Horror 4
Buy on Amazon1993
48
Hottest Blood
Buy on Amazon1993
49
Snow White, Blood Red
Buy on Amazon1993
50
The Ultimate Witch
Buy on Amazon1993
51
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories
Buy on Amazon1993
52
Deadly After Dark
Buy on Amazon1994
53
The Giant Book of Terror
Buy on Amazon1994
54
Seventh Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1994
55
Love in Vein
Buy on Amazon1994
56
Best New Horror 5
Buy on Amazon1994
57
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
Buy on Amazon1995
58
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories
Buy on Amazon1995
59
Tales of the Batman
Buy on Amazon1995
60
High Fantastic
Buy on Amazon1995
61
Dark Terrors
Buy on Amazon1995
62
Dark Terrors 2
Buy on Amazon1996
63
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales
Buy on Amazon1996
64
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
Buy on Amazon1996
65
A Nightmare's Dozen
Buy on Amazon1996
66
Dark Terrors 3
Buy on Amazon1997
67
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
Buy on Amazon1997
68
Black Swan, White Raven
Buy on Amazon1997
69
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories
Buy on Amazon1998
70
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment
Buy on Amazon1998
71
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
Buy on Amazon1999
72
October Dreams
Buy on Amazon2000
73
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
Buy on Amazon2000
74
Embraces: Dark Erotica
Buy on Amazon2000
75
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
Buy on Amazon2001
76
Fourteenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2001
77
Dark Masques
Buy on Amazon2001
78
Fifteenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2002
79
The Children of Cthulhu
Buy on Amazon2003
80
The Many Faces of Van Helsing
Buy on Amazon2004
81
Great Ghost Stories
Buy on Amazon2004
82
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2004
83
A Walk on the Darkside
Buy on Amazon2004
84
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
Buy on Amazon2004
85
Corpse Blossoms
Buy on Amazon2005
86
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition
Buy on Amazon2006
87
Mondo Zombie
Buy on Amazon2006
88
Evermore
Buy on Amazon2006
89
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
Buy on Amazon2008
90
Best New Horror 20
Buy on Amazon2009
91
Appalachian Winter Hauntings
Buy on Amazon2009
92
Legends Of The Mountain State 4
Buy on Amazon2010
93
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
Buy on Amazon2010
94
The Seventh Black Book of Horror
Buy on Amazon2010
95
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
Buy on Amazon2010
96
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Buy on Amazon2010
97
Mountain Magic
Buy on Amazon2010
98
The Best of Talebones
Buy on Amazon2010
99
Visitants
Buy on Amazon2010
100
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
Buy on Amazon2011
101
Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction
Buy on Amazon2011
102
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre
Buy on Amazon2011
103
Best New Horror 22
Buy on Amazon2011
104
The Devil's Coattails
Buy on Amazon2012
105
Zombies Vs Robots: This Means War!
Buy on Amazon2012
106
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire
Buy on Amazon2012
107
Dark Light
Buy on Amazon2012
108
Messing With Your Head
Buy on Amazon2012
109
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
Buy on Amazon2012
110
Psychos
Buy on Amazon2012
111
Best New Horror 23
Buy on Amazon2012
112
Appalachian Undead
Buy on Amazon2012
113
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
Buy on Amazon2012
114
Dark World: Ghost Stories
Buy on Amazon2013
115
Shadows Edge
Buy on Amazon2013
116
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
Buy on Amazon2013
117
Best New Horror 24
Buy on Amazon2013
118
Turn Down the Lights
Buy on Amazon2013
119
Exotic Gothic 4
Buy on Amazon2014
120
Horror 101: The Way Forward
Buy on Amazon2014
121
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Buy on Amazon2014
122
Night Terrors III
Buy on Amazon2014
123
Surreal Worlds
Buy on Amazon2015
124
Nightmares Unhinged
Buy on Amazon2015
125
Best New Horror #26
Buy on Amazon2015
126
The Monstrous
Buy on Amazon2015
127
The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories
Buy on Amazon2015
128
Uncertainties Volume II
Buy on Amazon2016
129
Scary Out There
Buy on Amazon2016
130
Best New Horror 27
Buy on Amazon2017
131
Galactic Empires
Buy on Amazon2017
132
Best New Horror 28
Buy on Amazon2018
133
Christmas Horror Vol. 2
Buy on Amazon2018
134
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories
Buy on Amazon2018
135
Vagabond 001: Fairy Tale Edition
Buy on Amazon2018
136
The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison
Buy on Amazon2019
137
Best New Horror 29
Buy on Amazon2019
138
Thinking Horror Volume 2: The Horror Boom
Buy on Amazon2019
139
Blood Is Not Enough
Buy on Amazon2019
140
I AM THE ABYSS
Buy on Amazon2020
141
It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers
Buy on Amazon2020
142
Oculus Sinister
Buy on Amazon2020
143
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
Buy on Amazon2021
144
Best New Horror #31
Buy on Amazon2021
145
Close to Midnight
Buy on Amazon2022
146
Horror Library, Volume 8
Buy on Amazon2023
147
The Canterbury Nightmares
Buy on Amazon2023
148
Nightmare Abbey 4
Buy on Amazon2023
149
Nightmare Abbey 5
Buy on Amazon2024
150
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
Buy on Amazon2024
151
Nightmare Abbey 6
Buy on Amazon2024
152
Nightmare Abbey 7
Buy on Amazon2024
153
Nightmare Abbey 8
Buy on Amazon2025
154
Where the Silent Ones Watch
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 149 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Best Horror of the Year series by Steve Rasnic Tem contains 154 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 Steve Rasnic Tem. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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