Best Horror of the Year Books in Order

50
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

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2009

2

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two

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2010

3

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three

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2011

4

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four

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2012

5

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five

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2013

6

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six

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2014

7

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven

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2015

8

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight

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2016

9

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine

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2017

10

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten

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2018

11

The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction

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2018

12

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven

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2019

13

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve

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2020

14

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen

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2021

15

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen

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2022

16

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen

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2024

17

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen

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2024

18

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen

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2025

19

Naked Came the Manatee

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1997

20

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

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2000

21

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection

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2001

22

Reading the Bones

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2004

23

Whispers in the Night

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2007

24

The Darker Mask

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2008

25

The Living Dead 2

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2010

26

Assassin and Other Stories

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2010

27

Lightspeed: Year One

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2011

28

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition

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2012

29

Super Stories of Heroes and Villains

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2013

30

Long Hidden

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2014

31

The End is Nigh

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2014

32

The End is Now

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2014

33

Octavia's Brood

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2015

34

The End Has Come

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2015

35

Dark Discoveries - Issue #38

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2018

36

Whose Future Is It?

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2018

37

A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

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2019

38

Mythic Journeys

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2019

39

2019

40

Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora

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2020

41

Don’t Turn Out the Lights

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2020

42

Body Shocks

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2021

43

Revelations

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2022

44

Other Terrors

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2022

45

South Central Noir

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2022

46

Africa Risen

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2022

47

New Suns 2

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2023

48

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror

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2023

49

Christmas and Other Horrors

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2023

50

The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories

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2025

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 45 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Best Horror of the Year series by Tananarive Due contains 50 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 Tananarive Due. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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