Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | 2015 | John Langan | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | John Langan | Buy |
| 3 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | 2011 | John Langan | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | 2012 | John Langan | Buy |
| 5 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | 2016 | John Langan | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | 2017 | John Langan | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | John Langan | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | 2018 | John Langan | Buy |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | 2013 | John Langan | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | 2020 | John Langan | Buy |
| 11 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | 2020 | John Langan | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | 2021 | John Langan | Buy |
| 13 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | 2022 | John Langan | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | 2023 | John Langan | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | 2024 | John Langan | Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is an annual anthology series that collects the strongest short fiction from the horror and dark fantasy genres each year. John Langan has served as co-editor, helping to curate these collections since the 2010 edition. The series originally used year-based titles before switching to numbered volumes starting in 2020.
With fifteen volumes published through 2024, the series has become an important reference point for readers and writers in the horror genre, tracking trends and recognizing standout stories that might otherwise be missed in smaller publications.