9 must-read anthologies books like The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume Three by Paula Guran

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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume Three

By: Paula Guran

4.00

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real. . . Such tales of the dark and the unknown hav…

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1. Black Swan Green

By: David Mitchell

3.97

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of… read more

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  • fiction
"Trees're always a relief, after people."

-David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

"His skin was blotched as a dying banana."

-David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

"Poems are lenses, mirrors, and X-ray machines."

-David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

"The song instantly insisted it'd never existed."

-David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

2. Kissing Carrion

By: Gemma Files

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Paperback

In this first published collection of short stories from one of Canada's most talented rising stars… read more

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3. The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four

By: Stephen King , John Langan , Chet Williamson , Glen Hirshberg , Peter Straub , Brian Hodge , Ellen Datlow , Priya Sharma , Laird Barron , Margo Lanagan , None , Terry Lamsley , Leah Bobet , Livia Llewellyn , A.C. Wise , None , David Nickle , Anna Taborska

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

The first three volumes of The Best Horror of the Year have been widely praised for their quality, … read more

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4. Lovecraft Unbound

By: Caitlín R. Kiernan , Joyce Carol Oates , Gemma Files , Joel Lane , Michael Chabon , Brian Evenson , Michael Shea , Nick Mamatas , Simon Kurt Unsworth , Lavie Tidhar , Ellen Datlow , Richard Bowes , Marc Laidlaw , Laird Barron , William Browning Spencer , Elizabeth Bear , Amanda Downum , Sarah Monette , Nathan Ballingrud , Holly Phillips , Michael Cisco , Dale Bailey , Anna Tambour

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

The stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing. Howard … read more

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5. The Best Horror of the Year Volume Nine

By: Ellen Datlow

4.00

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

"[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory and that every mo… read more

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6. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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7. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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8. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.71

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more

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  • fiction
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9. The Paleontologist

By: Luke Dumas

3.53

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A haunted paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister was abducted years earlier and is f… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"He had understood that, like the site of a nuclear tragedy, the place was uninhabitable for him now."

-Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

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10. The Spite House

By: Johnny Compton

3.53

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife,… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The Beast You Are: Stories

By: Paul Tremblay

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of  The Pallbearers Club ,  A He… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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13. Poor Deer

By: Claire Oshetsky

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

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14. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

By: Fonda Lee

4.64

Format: 713 pages, Paperback

Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is n… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Nonreactive to bullshit"

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Don't ever make the mistake that I did. Don't show mercy."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Don't show off how much you hate a man until you're ready to be his enemy."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Only children and gods are arrogant enough to judge what they can't understand. There's no point being afraid of their opinions."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

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16. The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.66

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story wi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Julie felt its hunger ripple eover her, listened: It was waiting for the city to die. It would wait forever. It did not need this to come to pass now. It was used to waiting. It knew, in the way of g…"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

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17. The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen

By: Ellen Datlow

4.07

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry i… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
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18. The Corset

By: Laura Purcell

4.15

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visit… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"Grief is a violent emotion, a sort of acid that eats away at the best parts of us."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"You'll call me heartless for thinking such thoughts. Maybe I was: a cavity yawned in my ribs, where once I'd felt a heart beat back."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, miss. Charitable people like yourself saved my life. But I wish they’d thought a bit more about what I was to do with it, once it was safe."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

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19. The Long List Anthology Volume 8: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

By: David Steffen

3.82

Format: 453 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the eighth annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of Wor… read more

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20. The Briar Book of the Dead

By: A.G. Slatter

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in the same universe as the acclaimed All the Murmuring Bones and The Path of Thorns (one of Op… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. McSweeney's Issue 71 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Monstrous and the Terrible

By: Brian Evenson

4.04

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

Our first-ever issue-length foray into horror, and featuring one of our biggest lineups in some tim… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
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22. The Path of Thorns

By: A.G. Slatter

4.00

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Alone in the world, Asher Todd travels to the remote estate of Morwood Grange to become governess t… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"I shake myself, feel the past cascade from my shoulders."

-A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

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23. The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)

By: Josiah Bancroft

4.01

Format: 636 pages, Paperback

The incredible final book in the word of mouth phenomenon fantasy series that began with Senlin Asc… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I've never known where I was going. I can hardly expect that to change now."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)

"He was quick to rationalize the necessity of these unfortunate casualties, but it did not escape his notice that every justification he mounted was eerily similar to the ones that Marat used to execu…"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)

"Marya felt the flying birds of her anxiety quiet once more. Rediscovering that she could be of some help and cheer to others tempered her sense of being caught in another ruse. Perhaps the world was …"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)

"I don't think there's any shame in doing your best. Of course, in hindsight, it's easy to see a better course, a wiser choice. When I look back, I see a thousand small missteps that altogether brough…"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)

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24. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

By: R.F. Kuang

3.68

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy writing selected by New York Times best… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"The truce was over; the walls were up; they had reminded her why she'd abandoned them, which was that she could never really, properly, be one of them. And Letty, if she could not belong to a place, …"

-R.F. Kuang, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

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25. Blackthorn Winter (Fallow Sisters #2)

By: Liz Williams

4.34

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

As they make preparations for Christmas, four fey sisters are drawn ever further from the familiar … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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26. The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen

By: Ellen Datlow

3.85

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

From Ellen Datlow— “the venerable queen of horror anthologies” per the New York Times —comes a new … read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
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27. Echoes

By: Ellen Datlow

3.70

Format: 816 pages, Paperback

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the gen… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume Three by Paula Guran

28. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume Three

By: Paula Guran

4.00

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real. . . Such tales of the dark and the unknown hav… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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29. Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten

By: Ellen Datlow

3.82

Format: 432 pages, ebook

“Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year series is one of the best investments you can make in short f… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
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30. Best Horror of the Year

By: Ellen Datlow

4.43

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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31. The Escher Man

By: T.R. Napper

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A cartel enforcer across South-east Asia must escape a world of paranoia and violence to save his … read more

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  • fiction

25 Top fiction books like The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume Three by Paula Guran

Transform Your Habits

Black Swan Green

David Mitchell

3.97

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

Mur Lafferty

3.71

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19 Best fiction books like Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten by Ellen Datlow

Transform Your Habits

Dark Screams: Volume One

Stephen King , Kelley Armstrong , Brian James Freeman , Bill Pronzini , Ramsey Campbell , Simon Clark , Richard Chizmar

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Best New Horror 24 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #24)

Neil Gaiman , Steve Rasnic Tem , Gemma Files , Kim Newman , Stephen Jones , Joel Lane , Ramsey Campbell , Glen Hirshberg , Lynda E. Rucker , Joe R. Lansdale , Alison Littlewood , Simon Kurt Unsworth , Reggie Oliver , Thana Niveau , Terry Dowling , Robert Shearman , Michael Kelly , Stephen Volk , Dale Bailey , Mark Valentine , Helen Marshall , Evangeline Walton , None

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Poems

Walt Whitman , Francis Murphy

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Experimental Film

Gemma Files

3.56

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