Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | 2015 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 3 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | 2011 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | 2012 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 5 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | 2016 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | 2017 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | 2018 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | 2013 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | 2020 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 11 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | 2020 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | 2021 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 13 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | 2022 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | 2023 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | 2024 | Peter S. Beagle | Buy |
Peter S. Beagle has edited this annual anthology since 2010, selecting the best dark fantasy and horror stories published each year. The series started with edition-year titles (The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition) and shifted to numbered volumes beginning in 2020.
With fifteen volumes published over more than a decade, this anthology has become a reliable guide to what is worth reading in dark fantasy and horror. Each volume gathers stories from a wide range of authors and publications, making it useful both as a reading list and as a snapshot of the genre in any given year.