Year's Best SF Anthology Books in Order

38
Books
1996
First Book
2021
Latest Book
26
Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Year's Best SF Anthology books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Year's Best SF

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1996

2

Year's Best SF 2

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1997

3

Year's Best SF 3

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1998

4

Year's Best SF 4

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1999

5

Year's Best SF 5

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2000

6

Year's Best SF 6

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2001

7

Year's Best SF 7

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2002

8

Year's Best SF 8

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2003

9

Year's Best SF 9

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2004

10

Year's Best SF 10

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2005

11

Year's Best SF 11

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2006

12

Year's Best SF 12

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2007

13

Year's Best SF 13

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2008

14

Year's Best SF 14

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2009

15

Year's Best SF 15

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2010

16

Year's Best SF 16

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2011

17

Year's Best SF 17

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2012

18

Year's Best SF 18

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2013

19

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991

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1991

20

Starlight 2

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1998

21

Vanishing Acts

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2000

22

Nebula Awards 35 (2001)

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2001

23

Starlight 3

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2001

24

2002

25

I premi Hugo 2002

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2003

26

The Hard SF Renaissance

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2003

27

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels

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2005

28

Feeling Very Strange

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2006

29

The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1

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2007

30

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy

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2008

31

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21

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2008

32

Twenty-First Annual Collection

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2008

33

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

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2011

34

Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012

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2012

35

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016

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2016

36

Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016

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2016

37

Edited By

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2020

38

Nebula Awards Showcase 55

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2021

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Year's Best SF Anthology series is publication order: 1. Year's Best SF (1996), 2. Year's Best SF 2 (1997), 3. Year's Best SF 3 (1998), 4. Year's Best SF 4 (1999), 5. Year's Best SF 5 (2000), and 33 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Year's Best SF Anthology series by Ted Chiang contains 38 books. The series began in 1996 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Year's Best SF Anthology series is written by Ted Chiang. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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