Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | 2015 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 3 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | 2011 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | 2012 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 5 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | 2016 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | 2017 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | 2018 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | 2013 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | 2020 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 11 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | 2020 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | 2021 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 13 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | 2022 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | 2023 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | 2024 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror is an annual anthology series that ran from 2010 to 2024, collecting the strongest dark fantasy and horror fiction published each year. Joe R. Lansdale’s stories appeared across multiple volumes, placing him among the most frequently featured authors in the series.
Like the Best Horror of the Year volumes, these anthologies serve as a barometer for the genre, and Lansdale’s repeated inclusion confirms his status as one of horror fiction’s most reliable and respected voices.