Charles L. Grant Anthologies books in order

Charles L. Grant Anthologies is a collection of 95 horror and science fiction anthologies spanning from 1972 to 2013, including many edited by Grant himself.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Orbit 11 1972 Charles L. Grant Buy
2 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1974 1974 Charles L. Grant Buy
3 Nebula Awards 10 1975 Charles L. Grant Buy
4 Nebula Award Stories Ten 1976 Charles L. Grant Buy
5 The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series IV 1976 Charles L. Grant Buy
6 Graven Images: Three Original Novellas Of Science Fiction 1977 Charles L. Grant Buy
7 Whispers 1977 Charles L. Grant Buy
8 The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series V 1977 Charles L. Grant Buy
9 Chrysalis 1 1977 Charles L. Grant Buy
10 Nebula Awards 12 1978 Charles L. Grant Buy
11 Shadows 1978 Charles L. Grant Buy
12 The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI 1978 Charles L. Grant Buy
13 Chrysalis 3 1978 Charles L. Grant Buy
14 Shadows 2 1979 Charles L. Grant Buy
15 Nightmares 1979 Charles L. Grant Buy
16 The Year’s Best Horror Stories Series VII 1979 Charles L. Grant Buy
17 Chrysalis 4 1979 Charles L. Grant Buy
18 Chrysalis 5 1979 Charles L. Grant Buy
19 Shadows 3 1980 Charles L. Grant Buy
20 Mummy! 1980 Charles L. Grant Buy
21 Shadows 4 1981 Charles L. Grant Buy
22 Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King 1982 Charles L. Grant Buy
23 Nebula Awards 16 1982 Charles L. Grant Buy
24 Shadows 5 1982 Charles L. Grant N/A
25 Perpetual Light 1982 Charles L. Grant Buy
26 The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror 1983 Charles L. Grant Buy
27 Fears 1983 Charles L. Grant Buy
28 Shadows 7 1984 Charles L. Grant Buy
29 Masques 1984 Charles L. Grant Buy
30 Shadows 8 1985 Charles L. Grant Buy
31 Midnight 1985 Charles L. Grant Buy
32 The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay 1985 Charles L. Grant Buy
33 The Year’s Best Horror Stories 1985 Charles L. Grant Buy
34 Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985 1985 Charles L. Grant Buy
35 Shadows 9 1986 Charles L. Grant Buy
36 The Years Best Horror Stories XIV 1986 Charles L. Grant Buy
37 Halloween Horrors 1986 Charles L. Grant Buy
38 Terrors 1986 Charles L. Grant Buy
39 Horrors 1986 Charles L. Grant Buy
40 Shadows 6 1986 Charles L. Grant Buy
41 The Dark Descent 1987 Charles L. Grant Buy
42 Shadows 10 1987 Charles L. Grant Buy
43 In the Field of Fire 1987 Charles L. Grant Buy
44 Volume I: The Color of Evil 1987 Charles L. Grant Buy
45 The Year’s Best Horror Stories XV 1987 Charles L. Grant Buy
46 Doom City 1987 Charles L. Grant Buy
47 The Best of Shadows 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
48 Masters of Darkness II 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
49 Gaslight & Ghosts 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
50 The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
51 Prime Evil 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
52 The Year’s Best Horror Stories XVI 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
53 Ghosts 1988 Charles L. Grant Buy
54 Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Horror 1989 Charles L. Grant Buy
55 The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection 1989 Charles L. Grant Buy
56 Borderlands 1 1990 Charles L. Grant Buy
57 The Year’s Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams 1990 Charles L. Grant Buy
58 The Seaharp Hotel 1990 Charles L. Grant Buy
59 Night Terrors 1990 Charles L. Grant Buy
60 The Horror Hall of Fame 1991 Charles L. Grant Buy
61 The Architecture of Fear 1991 Charles L. Grant Buy
62 Final Shadows 1991 Charles L. Grant Buy
63 Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film 1992 Charles L. Grant Buy
64 After Midnight 1992 Charles L. Grant Buy
65 Monsters in Our Midst 1993 Charles L. Grant Buy
66 The Giant Book of Zombies 1993 Charles L. Grant N/A
67 Deathport 1993 Charles L. Grant Buy
68 In the Fog 1993 Charles L. Grant Buy
69 The Giant Book of Best New Horror 1993 Charles L. Grant Buy
70 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993 Charles L. Grant Buy
71 The Mammoth Book of Zombies 1993 Charles L. Grant Buy
72 Grails 1994 Charles L. Grant Buy
73 Best New Horror 5 1994 Charles L. Grant Buy
74 Giant Book of Fantasy Tales 1996 Charles L. Grant Buy
75 Gallery of Horror 1996 Charles L. Grant Buy
76 Robert Bloch’s Psychos 1997 Charles L. Grant Buy
77 Millenium 1997 Charles L. Grant Buy
78 Gothic Ghosts 1997 Charles L. Grant Buy
79 Eleventh Annual Collection 1998 Charles L. Grant Buy
80 In the Shadow of the Gargoyle 1998 Charles L. Grant Buy
81 Horror at Halloween 1999 Charles L. Grant Buy
82 Phantoms and Fiends 2000 Charles L. Grant Buy
83 October Dreams 2000 Charles L. Grant Buy
84 The Museum of Horrors 2001 Charles L. Grant Buy
85 Dark Masques 2001 Charles L. Grant Buy
86 Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 2002 Charles L. Grant Buy
87 13 Horrors 2003 Charles L. Grant Buy
88 The Dark: New Ghost Stories 2003 Charles L. Grant Buy
89 The Mammoth Book of New Terror 2004 Charles L. Grant Buy
90 Horrorscape 2005 Charles L. Grant Buy
91 The Best Of Borderlands, Vols. 1-5 2005 Charles L. Grant Buy
92 Dark Territories 2008 Charles L. Grant Buy
93 Classic Tales of Horror 2009 Charles L. Grant Buy
94 Horror at Halloween: Part Five 2011 Charles L. Grant Buy
95 Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny 2013 Charles L. Grant Buy

Charles L. Grant’s anthology work is staggering in scope. The 95 entries in this collection span four decades, from Orbit 11 in 1972 to Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny in 2013. Many of these are anthologies Grant edited himself, including the Shadows series that ran to ten volumes.

Grant was considered one of the best anthology editors in horror fiction. His editorial taste helped shape the genre through the 1980s and 1990s, and his anthologies served as launching pads for many horror writers. The collection also includes anthologies where Grant appeared as a contributing author alongside peers like Stephen King and Peter Straub.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Charles L. Grant Anthologies series?

There are 95 books in the Charles L. Grant Anthologies series, published between 1972 and 2013.

What is the first book in the Charles L. Grant Anthologies series?

The first book in the Charles L. Grant Anthologies series is Orbit 11, published in 1972.

What anthologies did Charles L. Grant edit?

Grant edited the Shadows anthology series (1978-1991), the Greystone Bay shared-world anthologies, and many other horror collections. He also appeared as a contributor in dozens of anthologies edited by others, including year’s best compilations.

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