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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 by Nnedi Okorafor

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025

Nnedi Okorafor, John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 21, 2025

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Sci-Fi Short Stories, Fantasy Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies
Published
HarperCollins, October 21, 2025

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About this book

Of science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, “There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything.” The twenty stories in this collection simultaneously fulfill and defy expectations of genre, showcasing boundary-pushing authors at their best.

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In this year’s Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, a robot will struggle to make friends, a team of auditors determines the financial value of a lifetime, an alien species will teach you how to read, and maybe, just maybe, someone will finally do something about the kid in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Omelas hole. From the joyous to the terrifying, to the heart wrenching and the absurd, these stories encourage you to open your mind and, as Okorafor promises: “Watch your world expand.” THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 INCLUDES: 'PEMI AGUDA • KIJ JOHNSON • TANANARIVE DUE • S.L. HUANG • JOE HILL • ISABEL J. KIM • T.J. KLUNE • OLIVIE BLAKE • CAROLINE M. YOACHIM • AND OTHERS

Quick Spec Fiction

Come here for

  • short-form speculative range
  • a curator’s-eye anthology

Expect

  • science and fantasy cross-currents
  • an anthology read with momentum

Where it sits

Fantasy Anthologies80%
Sci-Fi Short Stories66%
Short Story Anthologies58%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Sci-Fi Short Stories
  • American Literary Collections
Authors
Nnedi Okorafor, John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 21, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy Anthologies