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Fantasy Collections & Anthologies Books

Books selected for readers looking for fantasy collections & anthologies books.

60 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·2 crossover shelves·205% reader overlap with Anthology and Short Form Fiction

1. Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
Paula Guran, G.V. Anderson
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
2. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
3. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
John Joseph Adams, Rebecca Roanhorse
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
4. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
Carmen Maria Machado, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
5. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
N.K. Jemisin, Peter S. Beagle
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
6. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
Paula Guran
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
7. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024
Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
8. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
Joe Hill, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
9. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021
Veronica Roth, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
10. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016
Karen Joy Fowler, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
11. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025
Nnedi Okorafor, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
12. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Jonathan Strahan
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
13. The Year's Best Fantasy
Paula Guran, Eleanor Arnason
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
14. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
N.K. Jemisin, John Joseph Adams
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
15. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
Paula Guran
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
16. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
John Joseph Adams, Diana Gabaldon
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
17. Year's Best Fantasy
Paula Guran
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
18. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
Paula Guran, Fawaz Al-Matrouk
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
19. Seven Gothic Tales
Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and collections.
Shelf signal: Scandinavian Literary Collections
20. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 34
L. Ron Hubbard, Brandon Sanderson
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
21. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
C. J. Box, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and fantasy.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
22. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022
Jess Walter, Steph Cha
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
23. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 6
Jonathan Strahan, Neil Gaiman
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies
24. The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016
Paula Guran
Fits this list for its focus on fantasy.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Anthologies