Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | 2015 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 3 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | 2011 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | 2012 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 5 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | 2016 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | 2017 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | 2018 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | 2013 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | 2020 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 11 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | 2020 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | 2021 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 13 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | 2022 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | 2023 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | 2024 | Laura Anne Gilman | Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror is an annual anthology that Gilman has edited since 2010. Each volume curates the strongest dark fantasy and horror stories published that year.
With fifteen volumes through 2024, the series has become a reliable guide to the best work in dark speculative fiction.