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
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 104 Number 2, February 2003
Buy on Amazon2003
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2004
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2006
Best New Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2006
Inferno
Buy on Amazon2007
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2008
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
Buy on Amazon2008
Jack Haringa Must Die!
Buy on Amazon2008
Twenty-First Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2008
Haunted Legends
Buy on Amazon2010
Wilde Stories 2011: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
Buy on Amazon2011
Supernatural Noir
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
The Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2011
Horror for Good
Buy on Amazon2012
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
Buy on Amazon2012
A Season in Carcosa
Buy on Amazon2012
The Book of Cthulhu II
Buy on Amazon2012
Fungi
Buy on Amazon2012
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
Buy on Amazon2013
Shades of Blue and Gray
Buy on Amazon2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
Buy on Amazon2013
Tales of Jack the Ripper
Buy on Amazon2013
Primeval
Buy on Amazon2013
Suffered from the Night: Queering Stoker's Dracula
Buy on Amazon2013
Blood Type
Buy on Amazon2013
Lovecraft's Monsters
Buy on Amazon2014
The New Black
Buy on Amazon2014
Fearful Symmetries
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Buy on Amazon2014
Nightmare Carnival
Buy on Amazon2014
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
Buy on Amazon2015
Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Buy on Amazon2015
Whispers From The Abyss 2: The Horrors That Were and Shall Be
Buy on Amazon2015
Seize the Night
Buy on Amazon2015
Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond
Buy on Amazon2015
The Gods of HP Lovecraft
Buy on Amazon2015
The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu
Buy on Amazon2016
Limbus, Inc. - Book III
Buy on Amazon2016
Children of Lovecraft
Buy on Amazon2016
Seas & Oceans
Buy on Amazon2017
Ashes and Entropy
Buy on Amazon2018
Nox Pareidolia
Buy on Amazon2019
Miscreations
Buy on Amazon2020
Edited By
Buy on Amazon2020
Wonder and Glory Forever
Buy on Amazon2020
Come Join Us By the Fire Season 2
Buy on Amazon2021
There Is No Death, There Are No Dead: Tales of Spiritualism Horror
Buy on Amazon2021
When Things Get Dark
Buy on Amazon2021
Revelations
Buy on Amazon2022
Screams from the Dark
Buy on Amazon2022
Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror
Buy on Amazon2024
Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners
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 70 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Best Horror of the Year series by Laird Barron contains 75 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 Laird Barron. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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