Anthologies reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 120 Reddit reviews across 9 subreddits and 10 posts to rank the best Anthologies brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/horrorlit, r/sciencefiction, r/MovieSuggestions, r/horror, r/ExtremeHorrorLit. Top-rated brands include Clive Barker (5.0/5), Joe Hill (5.0/5), Tananarive Due (4.7/5).
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Reviews120
Subreddits9
Posts10
Brands87
Products83
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#1
Clive Barker
5.0
(3)
"On the off chance you haven’t read Books of Blood by Clive Barker, read it."
"The Books Of Blood are the greatest collection of all time"
"Books of Blood by Clive Barker"
#2
Joe Hill
5.0
(3)
"20th century ghosts and strange weather by Joe hill"
"+1 to 20th Century Ghosts! There's such a nice variety of stories that fall into different horror subgenres."
"Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts is my favorite collection."
#3
Tananarive Due
4.7
(3)
"Ghost Summer (Tananarive Due)"
"The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, Tananarive Due."
"The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due"
#4
Adam Nevill
4.7
(3)
"You can’t go wrong with any collection by Adam Neville"
"Some will not sleep by Adam Nevil"
"Anthologies by Adam Nevill."
#5
Edward Lee
4.0
(3)
"Sick thing"
"Necro files"
"Czech extreme by Edward Lee"
#6
Nathan Ballingrud
5.0
(2)
"North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Balingrud is fantastic."
"North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud is an amazing collection."
#7
Todd Keisling
5.0
(2)
"Cold, Black, and Infinite by Todd Keisling"
"Cold, Black, & Infinite by Todd Keisling"
#8
Ellen Datlow
5.0
(2)
"Ellen Datlow publishes Best Horror of the Year but anything she puts out is great."
"Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year anthologies are great value."
#9
J. Francis McComas and Everett F. Bleiler
5.0
(2)
"Adventures in Time and Space, Healy and McComas, is still among the very best. It is really worth seeking out."
"The classic anthology is Adventures in Space and Time (or vice versa, I forget which), edited by J Francis McComas, published in the late Forties."
#10
David G. Hartwell
5.0
(2)
"Anything edited by David G Hartwell. That man had great taste."
"Absolutely the best. I eagerly looked forward to the new release each year."
#11
Michael Wehunt
5.0
(2)
"You can’t go wrong with any collection by Michael Wehunt"
"I loved both of Michael Wehunt’s collections"
#12
Stephen King
5.0
(2)
"Bazar of bad dreams by Stephen king"
"The Bazaar of Bad Dreams."
#13
Angela Carter
5.0
(2)
"The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)"
"The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter is an amazing collection."
#14
Karl Edward Wagner
5.0
(2)
"Karl Edward Wagner’s In A Lonely Place"
"In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner is an amazing collection."
#15
Brian A. Hopkins
5.0
(2)
"These I Know By Heart > Brian Hopkins"
"Salt Water Tears > Brian A. Hopkins"
#16
Thomas Ligotti
5.0
(2)
"Thomas Ligotti’s My Work Is Not Yet Done"
"The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti"
#17
Joyce Carol Oates
5.0
(2)
"American Gothic Tales, edited by Joyce Carol Oates."
"A Darker Shade of Noir edited by Joyce Carol Oates! Great collection of body horror focused short stories by all women authors."
#18
John Connolly
4.5
(2)
"Nocturnes by John Connolly is loaded either awesome tales"
"Nocturnes by John Connelly"
#19
Radiant Citadel
4.5
(2)
"Radiant Citadel is a very good anthology and an excellent choice if you want multiple, shorter stand-alone adventures that can be linked."
"Radiant Citadel looks like a great choice. Might be better to have multiple smaller adventures for the new people."
#20
Slasher
4.5
(2)
"Loved Slasher! Seconding this recommendation!"
"I really enjoyed Slasher, particularly seasons 2 and 3."
#21
John Langan
4.5
(2)
"John Langan- Children of the Fang"
"Anthologies by John Langan."
#22
Jeremy Robert Johnson
4.5
(2)
"Jeremy Robert Johnson’s Entropy In Bloom"
"Angel Dust Apocalypse. - Jeremy Robert Johnson"
#23
Matt Cardin
4.5
(2)
"Matt Cardin’s anthologies"
"To Rouse Leviathan, by Matt Cardin"
#24
Masters of Horror
4.0
(2)
"Master of Horror - they're pretty much all really good"
"Creepshow series, tales from the crypt, the terror, masters of horror, channel zero, cabinet of curiosities. Reastically some stories in all these series are better than others, but overall they are very strong"
#25
Black Library
4.0
(2)
"Black Library celebrations have good short stories in my opinion the larger anthologies can be a mixed bag"
"The Vorbis Conspiracy was one of the most even BL anthologies in recent years"
#26
Love Death & Robots
4.0
(2)
"Anthology episodes or <1hr movies - Love Death & Robots: Jibaro"
"Anthology episodes or <1hr movies - Love Death & Robots: Bad Traveling"
#27
The ABCs of Death
3.5
(2)
"The ABCs of Death (I think there are 2) are fun too."
"The ABCs of Death is both trashy and hilarious. Must watch lol"
#28
V/H/S
3.0
(2)
"V/H/S is one of those watches where it’s so bad it’s good. some of the segments are genuinely good though!"
"Never seen any of the V/H/S movies? They vary in quality, but start with the original."
#29
S P Oldham
5.0
(1)
"Wakeful Children: A Collection of Horror and Supernatural Tales, and Hag's Breath: A Collection of Witchcraft and Wickedness, by S P Oldham."
#30
Nabokov
5.0
(1)
"Nabokov’s Verses and Versions is the best anthology of Russian poetry."
#31
Jon Padgett
5.0
(1)
"The Secret of Ventriloquism > Jon Padgett"
#32
T.E. Grau
5.0
(1)
"The Nameless Dark > T.E. Grau"
#33
Kayleigh Dobbs
5.0
(1)
"The End by Kayleigh Dobbs"
#34
Stefan Grabiński
5.0
(1)
"The Dark Domain by Stefan Grabiński is an amazing collection."
#35
Bentley Little
5.0
(1)
"The Collection by Bentley Little"
#36
Attila Veres
5.0
(1)
"Attila Veres’ The Black Maybe"
#37
Richard Matheson
5.0
(1)
"The Best Of Richard Matheson is a favorite of mine."
#38
Brian Hodge
5.0
(1)
"Skidding Into Oblivion > Brian Hodge"
#39
Nadia Bulkin
5.0
(1)
"She Said Destroy (Nadia Bulkin)"
#40
E.H. Regan
5.0
(1)
"Remnants by E.H. Regan"
#41
Jordan Peele
5.0
(1)
"Jordan Peele recently edited an anthology of short horror stories written by Black authors titled ‘Out There Screaming’ and it was amazinggg"
#42
Richard Chizmar
5.0
(1)
"October Dreams edited by Richard Chizmar"
#43
L.P. Hernandez
5.0
(1)
"L.P. Hernandez had a mean little collection called No Gods, Only Chaos that I read earlier this year and loved"
#44
Shane Hawk
5.0
(1)
"I second never whistle at night by Shane Hawk"
#45
Alfred Hitchcock
5.0
(1)
"Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum is a collection of deep cuts from Weird Tales and other magazines, and it's just as essential as it sounds."
#46
Tom Piccirilli
5.0
(1)
"Midnight Premiere edited by Tom Piccirilli"
#47
Gemma Files
5.0
(1)
"Gemma Files- Kissing Carrion"
#48
Ray Newman
5.0
(1)
"Intervals of Darkness by Ray Newman"
#49
Joe R. Lansdale
5.0
(1)
"Joe R. Lansdale’s In The Mad Mountains: Stories Inspired by HP Lovecraft"
#50
Caitlin R. Keirnan
5.0
(1)
"Caitlin R. Keirnan’s House Under The Sea was absolutely SEAsational!"
#51
Carmen Maria Machado
5.0
(1)
"Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)"
#52
Paul Tremblay
5.0
(1)
"Growing Things (Paul Tremblay)"
#53
Bob Leman
5.0
(1)
"If you can track down a copy, Feesters in the Lake by Bob Leman is amazing."
#54
Gabino Iglesias
5.0
(1)
"Coyote Songs (Gabino Iglesias)"
#55
Stephen Jones
5.0
(1)
"Stephen Jones Best New Horror anthologies are great value."
#56
Tim Curran
5.0
(1)
"Alien Horrors by Tim Curran"
#57
Stephen Graham Jones
5.0
(1)
"After the People Lights Have Gone Off (Stephen Graham Jones)"
#58
Max Booth III
5.0
(1)
"Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III"
#59
Luigi Musolino
5.0
(1)
"A different darkness and other abominations by Luigi Musolino has some fantastic stories and the writing is great, def work checking out."
#60
Tales from the Yawning Portal
5.0
(1)
"If you can get your hands on Tales from the Yawning Portal, that's my personal favorite of the 'compilation' books."
#61
The Rattle Bag
5.0
(1)
"The Rattle Bag edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes is hard to beat."
#62
The Ascent of Wonder
5.0
(1)
"The Ascent of Wonder. David G Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer."
#63
Arthur C. Clarke
5.0
(1)
"I always recommend picking up anthologies by Arthur C. Clarke or Ray Bradbury."
#64
Ray Bradbury
5.0
(1)
"I always recommend picking up anthologies by Arthur C. Clarke or Ray Bradbury."
#65
Ted Chiang
5.0
(1)
"Pretty much any short story collection by Ted Chiang."
#66
Hyperion
5.0
(1)
"The first Hyperion novel is a collection of stories in the same vein as the classic Canterbury Tales."
#67
The World Turned Upside Down
5.0
(1)
"The World Turned Upside Down. Editors: Jim Baen, David Drake, Eric Flint. The stories in this anthology are ones that were impressive enough to the editors that they are still remembered."
#68
Brian Aldiss
5.0
(1)
"I love this collection edited by Brian Aldiss."
#69
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
5.0
(1)
"Science Fiction Hall of Fame is ridiculously stacked with mid-20th century SciFi. Highly recommend!!!!"
#70
The Year's Best Science Fiction
5.0
(1)
"The Year’s Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. These were truly the best sci-fi anthologies I’ve ever read."
#71
Peter Schinkel
4.0
(1)
"I really enjoyed Twisted Planet Book One by Peter Schinkel."
#72
VanderMeer
4.0
(1)
"The VanderMeers’ The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories is a good place to start."
#73
T. Thornton Gray
4.0
(1)
"The Dark Routes: Twenty Tales of Speculative Fiction - T. Thornton Gray"
#74
Mariana Enriquez
4.0
(1)
"I enjoy Mariana Enriquez’s The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Things We Lost in the Fire."
#75
Thomas Monteleone
4.0
(1)
"The Borderlands collections by Thomas Monteleone. Some amazing and unusual stories in those."
#76
Daphne du Maurier
4.0
(1)
"I also really love The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier - more unsettling/spooky than straight up horror, but I enjoyed every story."
#77
British Library
4.0
(1)
"Try the British Libraries Tales of the Weird. Each volume has a collection of stories based on a theme eg. tales of the sea, hauntings,woods..."
#78
Scott Thomas
4.0
(1)
"Sea of Ashes, by Scott Thomas"
#79
Norton
4.0
(1)
"Norton has this one that is pretty good imo."
#80
Nicholas Day
4.0
(1)
"Now That We're Alone- Nicholas Day"
#81
Dennis Etchison
4.0
(1)
"Got To Kill Them All (or) Red Dreams - Dennis Etchison"
#82
Reggie Oliver
4.0
(1)
"Flowers of the Sea, by Reggie Oliver"
#83
Relvin Gonzales
4.0
(1)
"Despair: A Collection of Horror Stories - Relvin Gonzales"
#84
Guillermo del Toro
4.0
(1)
"Try Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosity's"
#85
Laurel Hightower
4.0
(1)
"Below by Laurel Hightower. This is a short story. It's creepy & intense."
#86
Kevin Lucia
4.0
(1)
"Anthologies by Kevin Lucia."
#87
Brandon Faircloth
4.0
(1)
"Anthologies by Brandon Faircloth."
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