Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 3 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | 2011 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 5 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | 2016 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | 2018 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | 2020 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 11 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | 2020 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | 2021 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 13 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | 2022 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | 2023 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | 2024 | Ken Liu | Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is an annual anthology series edited by Paula Guran that curates the strongest dark fantasy and horror short fiction published each year. The series began in 2010 and has run through fifteen volumes as of 2024, shifting from dated editions to numbered volumes partway through its run.
Ken Liu has contributed stories to multiple volumes in the series. The anthologies cast a wide net across the field, drawing from magazines, original anthologies, and online publications to present a comprehensive picture of dark speculative fiction each year.