Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Books in Order

Mammoth Book of Best New Horror contains 28 books, published between 1990 and 2017. The first book is Best New Horror (1990) and the newest is Best New Horror 27 (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 28
Published: 1990–2017
Pages on record: 11,852 in 22 of 28 books
Reading time: 198–296 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,852 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

See all 28 books in order Printable Mammoth Book of Best New Horror checklist

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is an annual horror anthology, collecting short fiction by many hands into one volume a year. Best New Horror (1990) opens the run and Best New Horror 27 (2017) closes it, 28 volumes later. English and American horror tales fill the contents, and the books are substantial, at a median of 512 pages.

How many Mammoth Book of Best New Horror books are there?

Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has 28 books, released between 1990 and 2017.

Where to start with Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

Start with Best New Horror (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mammoth Book of Best New Horror book?

Best New Horror 27 (2017) is the newest Mammoth Book of Best New Horror book released so far.

Is there a new Mammoth Book of Best New Horror book coming?

No next Mammoth Book of Best New Horror book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 6 nominations for Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2008Wonfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eighteen
British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2004Wonfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen
British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2002Wonfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Twelve
British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2000Wonfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Ten
Locus Award for Best Anthology2008Shortlistedfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eighteen
British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2007Shortlistedfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seventeen
Locus Award for Best Anthology2007Shortlistedfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seventeen
Locus Award for Best Anthology2004Shortlistedfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen
Locus Award for Best Anthology2002Shortlistedfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Twelve
Locus Award for Best Anthology2000Shortlistedfor The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume Ten

Mammoth Book of Best New Horror at a glance

No recent titles: The newest Mammoth Book of Best New Horror title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: Mammoth Book of Best New Horror books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 11,852 pages across the 22 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 512 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Mammoth Book of Best New Horror books, 10 of 28, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution: Of the 28 titles, 13 are credited to Stephen Jones and 1 to Stephen B. Jones. 14 titles carry no credit.

What the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror books are about

26 of the 28 Mammoth Book of Best New Horror books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 22 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Horror 22 of 26 books
Short stories 7 of 26 books
Collections 6 of 26 books
Récits d'horreur anglais 2 of 26 books

Characters in the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

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