All seven seasons of American Horror Story are amazing and highly recommended to watch, but there are some seasons that are a lot better than the others and should be on your list to watch first!
1. Season Six: Roanoke
The first half of the season is called, "The Roanoke Nightmare." It's a couple explaining their story. The second half is supposed to be a follow-up series of the first half and shows everybody together in the Roanoke house.
2. Season Two: Asylum
This season takes place in a mental institution. It goes back and forth between the past and the present and shows everybody who was ever in the asylum.
3. Season Seven: Cult
The presidential election starts off the season. This season is all about uprising with people's fears.
4. Season Four: Freak Show
In this season, it was based mostly as a circus. Everybody who was considered a "freak" was found and put in the circus act. There was a killer on the lose, and also a man who wanted more than just getting to know the "freaks."
5. Season Five: Hotel
The Hotel Cortez is where this season takes place. It's a very different kind of hotel, which holds many paranormal activities. There is a murderer trying to be found, known as, "The Ten Commandments Killer" and the detective who is on the case, stays at the hotel. You get to learn more about the hotel, the detective and many other's and their lives.
6. Season One: Murder House
This season is based on a family who moved to a new into a mansion, known as the murder house throughout the season. The family was unaware that the house they moved into was actually haunted by ghosts of the people who once lived there and they realize that everything is not actually how it seems.
7. Season Three: Coven
This season takes place in New Orleans. It's about a group of witches sent to an academy who have to fight for their survival.