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
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998
Buy on Amazon1998
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1999
Buy on Amazon1999
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 2000
Buy on Amazon2000
Asimov's Science Fiction: August 2001, Vol. 25, No. 8
Buy on Amazon2001
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
Buy on Amazon2003
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16
Buy on Amazon2003
The Silver Gryphon
Buy on Amazon2003
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian
Buy on Amazon2003
New Voices In Science Fiction
Buy on Amazon2003
ReVisions
Buy on Amazon2004
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
Buy on Amazon2004
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2005
Buy on Amazon2005
Escape from Earth
Buy on Amazon2006
Wizards / Dark Alchemy
Buy on Amazon2007
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge
Buy on Amazon2007
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2007
Fast Ships, Black Sails
Buy on Amazon2008
Sideways In Crime
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
Buy on Amazon2008
The Dragon Book
Buy on Amazon2009
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
Buy on Amazon2009
The Book of Cthulhu
Buy on Amazon2011
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
Buy on Amazon2013
The Time Traveler's Almanac
Buy on Amazon2013
Time Travel: Recent Trips
Buy on Amazon2014
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore
Buy on Amazon2017
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 30 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Year's Best Fantasy series by Kage Baker contains 35 books. The series began in 2001 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Year's Best Fantasy series is written by Kage Baker. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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