Annual anthology series are the longest-running collections in publishing, and they can be read in any order because each volume stands alone.
Series in Reading Order
- The Best American Short Stories by Various
Annual series, published since 1915. - The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year by Jonathan Strahan
Annual series edited by Jonathan Strahan. - The Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois
Annual series, 1984-2018. - Norton Anthology by Various
Subject-based anthology series used in teaching. - The Mammoth Book of... by Various
Themed anthology series from Robinson.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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