The Year's Best Science Fiction Books in Order
Edited by Gardner R. Dozois
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🎧 Listen to The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection on Audible
The Year's Best Science Fiction is an annual anthology series edited by Gardner Dozois, compiling selected science fiction stories from each year to highlight notable works in the genre. Published from 1957 to 2017, the series provides a curated overview of annual science fiction output, with volumes often receiving critical recognition such as the Locus Award. Each collection serves as a representative sample of the year's most significant short science fiction works.
Books in this series
Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on AmazonThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
1957 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1998. It is the 15th volume in…
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Buy on AmazonThe Year's Best Science Fiction - Sixteenth Annual Collection
1984 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1997. It is the 14th volume in…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
1984
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1984. It is the first…
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1985 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1985. It is the…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection
1986
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection is a short story anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and published in 1986. It gathers…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection
1988
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the fifth…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection
1989
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1989. It is the sixth…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection
1990
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1990. It is the…
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Buy on AmazonThe year's best science fiction - eighth annual collection
1991 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction is an anthology whose contents include stories by James Patrick Kelly, Ursula Le Guin, Greg Egan, Charles Sheffield,…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection
1992
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1992. It is the ninth…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection
1993
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the tenth…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection
1994
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection
1995
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1995. It is the 12th…
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Buy on AmazonThe Year's Best Science Fiction, Thirteenth Annual Collection
1996 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection is a 1996 science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the 13th volume in…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection
1999
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 1999. It is the 16th volume in…
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Buy on AmazonThe Year's Best Science Fiction - Seventeenth Annual Collection
2000 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology compiled by Gardner Dozois and published in 2000. It…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection
2001
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 2001. It is the…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2002
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 2002. It is the nineteenth…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection
2003
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the…
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Buy on AmazonThe year's best science fiction - twenty-first annual collection
2004 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 2004. It is the…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Gardner R. Dozois
This anthology features the finest science fiction writings from the past two decades of the annual series "The Year's Best Science Fiction," edited…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
2005
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, released in 2005. It is the 22nd volume in…
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2006 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 2006. It is the 23rd volume in…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Gardner R. Dozois
"Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels" is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
2007 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published in 2007. It is the 24th volume…
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2008 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on July 8, 2008.…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection
2009
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on June 23, 2009. It is the 26th…
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2010 · Gardner R. Dozois
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on July 6, 2010. It is the 27th…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection
2011
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on July 5, 2011.…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
2012
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection is an anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on July 3, 2012. It is the 29th…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection
2013
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on July 23, 2013. It…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
2014
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection is a 2014 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois, the…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection
2015
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois, published on July 7, 2015.…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
2016
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
2017
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the…
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection
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What order should I read the The Year's Best Science Fiction books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection”.
How many books are in the The Year's Best Science Fiction series?
We list 37 books by Gardner R. Dozois , published between 1957–2017.
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