Yearly "Best Of" Science Fiction Anthologies

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  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1965 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1966
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1967
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1968
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1969
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1970
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1971
    World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 - Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, Editors
  • 1972
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1972 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
  • 1973
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1973 - Donald A. Wollheim
  • 1974
    The 1974 Annual World's Best SF - Donald A. Wollheim
  • 1975
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1975 - Donald A. Wollheim
  • 1976
  • 1977
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1977 - Donald A. Wollheim
  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1980 - Donald A. Wollheim
  • 1981
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1981 - Donald A. Wollheim
  • 1982
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1982 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
  • 1983
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1983 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction First Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1984
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1984 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Second Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1985
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1985 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1986
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1986 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1987
    The 1987 Annual World's Best SF - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1988
    The 1988 Annual World's Best SF - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1989
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventh Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1990
    Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1990 - Donald A. Wollheim, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Eighth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1991
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Ninth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1992
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Tenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1993
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1994
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
  • 1995
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Thirteenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best SF 1 - David G. Hartwell, Editor
  • 1996
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best SF 2 - David G. Hartwell, Editor
  • 1997
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best SF 3 - David G. Hartwell, Editor
  • 1998
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best SF 4 - David G. Hartwell, Editor
  • 1999
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best SF 5 - David G. Hartwell, Editor
  • 2000
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Eighteenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best Fantasy - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
    Year's Best SF 6 - David G. Hartwell, Editor
  • 2001
    Science Fiction : The Best of 2001 - Karen Haber and Robert Silverberg, Editors
    The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection - Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Editors
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Nineteenth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best Fantasy 2 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
    Year's Best SF 7 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
  • 2002
    Science Fiction : The Best of 2002 - Karen Haber and Robert Silverberg, Editors
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Twentieth Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best Fantasy 3 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
    Year's Best SF 8 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
  • 2003
    Science Fiction : The Best of 2003 - Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan, Editors
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-first Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best Fantasy 4 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
    Year's Best SF 9 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
  • 2004
    Science Fiction : The Best of 2004 - Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan, Editors
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Second Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best Fantasy 5 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
    Year's Best SF 10 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
  • 2005
    Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2005 - Rich Horton, Editor
    Horror: The Best of the Year - John Gregory Betancourt, Editor
    Science Fiction : The Best of 2005 - Rich Horton, Editor
    The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Third Annual Collection - Gardner Dozois, Editor
    Year's Best Fantasy 6 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors
    Year's Best SF 11 - David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Editors

If you want to read the best SF short stories of a certain it's hard to figure out what anthologies to read. I've tried to pair the books with the publication year that those stories represent.