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Anthology and Short Form Fiction

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60 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·5 crossover shelves·214% reader overlap with Science Fiction Collections & Anthologies Books

1. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022
Jess Walter, Steph Cha
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and form.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
2. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
John Joseph Adams, Rebecca Roanhorse
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and form.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
3. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
N.K. Jemisin, Peter S. Beagle
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and its.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
4. The Best American Mystery Stories 2019
Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and its.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
5. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024
Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and short.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
6. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023
Amor Towles - editor, Otto Penzler - editor
Fits this list for its focus on anthology and its.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
7. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fiction.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
8. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and its.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
9. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025
Nnedi Okorafor, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and how.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
10. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
Carmen Maria Machado, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fiction.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
11. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024
S.A. Cosby, Steph Cha
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and its.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
12. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017
John Sandford, Otto Penzler
Chosen for clear overlap with short story.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
13. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
Joe Hill, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fiction.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
14. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
C. J. Box, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and short.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
15. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021
Veronica Roth, John Joseph Adams
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Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
16. The Best American Noir of the Century
James Ellroy, Otto Penzler
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Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
17. The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016
Paula Guran
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Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
18. Alien Contact
Marty Halpern
Fits this list for its focus on anthology and fiction.
Shelf signal: Alien Contact
19. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and its.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
20. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021
Lee Child - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and short.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
21. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016
Karen Joy Fowler, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fiction.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
22. The Best American Short Stories 2012
Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and its.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
23. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022
Sara Paretsky - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
Fits this list for its focus on fiction and short.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
24. Midnight Hour
Abby L. Vandiver, Stephen Mack Jones
Fits this list for its focus on anthology and fiction.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies