Year's Best Fantasy Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Year's Best Fantasy books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Year's Best Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2001
Year's Best Fantasy 2
Buy on Amazon2002
Year's Best Fantasy 3
Buy on Amazon2003
Year's Best Fantasy 4
Buy on Amazon2004
Year's Best Fantasy 5
Buy on Amazon2005
Year's Best Fantasy 6
Buy on Amazon2006
Year's Best Fantasy 7
Buy on Amazon2007
Year's Best Fantasy 8
Buy on Amazon2008
Year's Best Fantasy 9
Buy on Amazon2009
TriQuarterly 49: Science Fiction
Buy on Amazon1980
Universe 11
Buy on Amazon1981
Magicats!
Buy on Amazon1984
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction
Buy on Amazon1985
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr
Buy on Amazon1987
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction
Buy on Amazon1989
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1989
Buy on Amazon1989
Third Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1989
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989
Buy on Amazon1990
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1990
Slow Dancing Through Time
Buy on Amazon1990
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon1990
Isaac Asimov's Earth
Buy on Amazon1992
Omni Visions Two
Buy on Amazon1994
Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994
Buy on Amazon1994
Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales
Buy on Amazon1995
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1995
Buy on Amazon1995
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1996
Starlight 1
Buy on Amazon1996
Modern Classics of Fantasy
Buy on Amazon1997
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
Buy on Amazon1998
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998
Buy on Amazon1998
The Good New Stuff
Buy on Amazon1999
Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1999
Buy on Amazon1999
Year's Best SF 4
Buy on Amazon1999
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999
Buy on Amazon1999
Explorers
Buy on Amazon2000
Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000
Buy on Amazon2000
Nebula Awards 35 (2001)
Buy on Amazon2001
Meditations on Middle-Earth
Buy on Amazon2001
Infinity Plus One
Buy on Amazon2001
Supermen
Buy on Amazon2002
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2002
Buy on Amazon2002
The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction
Buy on Amazon2002
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15
Buy on Amazon2002
Year's Best SF 8
Buy on Amazon2003
I premi Hugo 2002
Buy on Amazon2003
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16
Buy on Amazon2003
The Hard SF Renaissance
Buy on Amazon2003
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
Buy on Amazon2004
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2004
The Fiction Factory
Buy on Amazon2005
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
Buy on Amazon2005
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2006
Year's Best SF 11
Buy on Amazon2006
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006
Buy on Amazon2006
Futures Past
Buy on Amazon2006
The Best of the Best, Vol 2
Buy on Amazon2007
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology
Buy on Amazon2007
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2007
Rewired
Buy on Amazon2007
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2008
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
Buy on Amazon2008
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008
Buy on Amazon2008
From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
Buy on Amazon2009
Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2010
Buy on Amazon2010
Unfit for Eden: A Postscripts Anthology 26/27
Buy on Amazon2011
The Sword & Sorcery Anthology
Buy on Amazon2012
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition
Buy on Amazon2012
The Palencar Project
Buy on Amazon2012
Timeless Time Travel Tales
Buy on Amazon2012
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2012
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Buy on Amazon2012
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4
Buy on Amazon2012
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Buy on Amazon2012
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition
Buy on Amazon2013
Steampunk Specs
Buy on Amazon2013
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
Buy on Amazon2013
Shadows of the New Sun
Buy on Amazon2013
The Time Traveler's Almanac
Buy on Amazon2013
Rogues
Buy on Amazon2014
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2014
Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33
Buy on Amazon2014
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7
Buy on Amazon2015
Letters to Tiptree
Buy on Amazon2015
Clarkesworld: Year Eight
Buy on Amazon2016
Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2017
Buy on Amazon2017
Once Upon a Time Machine Volume 2
Buy on Amazon2018
The Final Frontier
Buy on Amazon2018
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018
Buy on Amazon2018
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 38, May 2019
Buy on Amazon2019
Devil's Ways
Buy on Amazon2020
The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book
Buy on Amazon2020
Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2021
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 58, September 2022
Buy on Amazon2022
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 61, March 2023
Buy on Amazon2023
The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 3
Buy on Amazon2023
The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2023
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Year's Best Fantasy series is publication order: 1. Year's Best Fantasy (2001), 2. Year's Best Fantasy 2 (2002), 3. Year's Best Fantasy 3 (2003), 4. Year's Best Fantasy 4 (2004), 5. Year's Best Fantasy 5 (2005), and 97 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Year's Best Fantasy series by Michael Swanwick contains 102 books. The series began in 2001 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Year's Best Fantasy series is written by Michael Swanwick. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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