The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)
Buy on Amazon2018
All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories
Buy on Amazon2004
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007
Buy on Amazon2007
Weird Tales: The Twenty-First Century, Vol. 1
Buy on Amazon2007
Fast Ships, Black Sails
Buy on Amazon2008
Spicy Slipstream Stories
Buy on Amazon2008
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance
Buy on Amazon2009
Ravens in the Library
Buy on Amazon2009
Running with the Pack
Buy on Amazon2010
Warriors
Buy on Amazon2010
Dark and Stormy Knights
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Songs of Love and Death
Buy on Amazon2010
The Best of Talebones
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Down These Strange Streets
Buy on Amazon2011
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
Buy on Amazon2011
The Urban Fantasy Anthology
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Warriors 3
Buy on Amazon2011
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre
Buy on Amazon2011
Lightspeed: Year One
Buy on Amazon2011
Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire
Buy on Amazon2012
Lightspeed Magazine, November 2012
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Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
Buy on Amazon2013
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
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Dangerous Women
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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014
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After the End
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Best New SF 26
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Heiresses of Russ 2013
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Steampunk Trails #1
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Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013 Edition
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The Time Traveler's Almanac
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Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014
Buy on Amazon2014
Magic City: Recent Spells
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Clarkesworld: Year Six
Buy on Amazon2014
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
Buy on Amazon2014
Rogues
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Buy on Amazon2014
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2014
Zombies: More Recent Dead
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The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures
Buy on Amazon2014
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2014
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The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women
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Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology
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Operation Arcana
Buy on Amazon2015
The Doll Collection
Buy on Amazon2015
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2015
The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk
Buy on Amazon2015
The End Has Come
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Blood Sisters
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Warrior Women
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Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life
Buy on Amazon2016
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2016
Swords v. Cthulhu
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Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
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The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven
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Colorado State of Mind
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Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition
Buy on Amazon2017
The Unicorn Anthology
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Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology
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Georgetown Haunts and Mysteries
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
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Infinity Wars
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017
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Worlds Seen in Passing
Buy on Amazon2018
Mechanical Animals
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Nightmare Magazine, Issue 75
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 105, February 2019
Buy on Amazon2019
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
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Nevertheless She Persisted
Buy on Amazon2020
Tor.com Short Fiction Winter 2020
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Ignorance Is Strength
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Burn the Ashes
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Or Else the Light
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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition
Buy on Amazon2021
The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time
Buy on Amazon2021
Shapers of Worlds Volume II
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Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021
Buy on Amazon2022
Someone in Time
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 153, February 2023
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George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle in Stories
Buy on Amazon2024
Clarkesworld Issue 229
Buy on Amazon2025
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
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The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
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The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
Buy on Amazon2021
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
Buy on Amazon2022
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
Buy on Amazon2023
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
Buy on Amazon2024
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5
Buy on Amazon2024
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series is publication order: 1. The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran) (2018), 2. All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (2004), 3. Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007 (2007), 4. Weird Tales: The Twenty-First Century, Vol. 1 (2007), 5. Fast Ships, Black Sails (2008), and 94 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series by Carrie Vaughn contains 99 books. The series began in 2018 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series is written by Carrie Vaughn. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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