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Year's Best SF Anthology Books in Order
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: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Year's Best SF Anthology series? Start with "Year's Best SF" (1996) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Year's Best SF Anthology reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Year's Best SF
1996
Year's Best SF 2
1997
Year's Best SF 3
1998
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Year's Best SF 5
2000
Year's Best SF 6
2001
Year's Best SF 7
2002
Year's Best SF 8
2003
Year's Best SF 9
2004
Year's Best SF 10
2005
Year's Best SF 11
2006
Year's Best SF 12
2007
Year's Best SF 13
2008
Year's Best SF 14
2009
Year's Best SF 15
2010
Year's Best SF 16
2011
Year's Best SF 17
2012
Year's Best SF 18
2013
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991
1991
Starlight 2
1998
Vanishing Acts
2000
Nebula Awards 35 (2001)
2001
Starlight 3
2001
Supermen
2002
I premi Hugo 2002
2003
The Hard SF Renaissance
2003
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
Feeling Very Strange
2006
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1
2007
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
2008
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
2008
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012
2012
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016
2016
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016
2016
Edited By
2020
Nebula Awards Showcase 55
2021
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