The Year's Best Science Fiction books are a series of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois

Gardner Dozois

Gardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...

. In 2005 Dozois produced a "Best of the Best" review with a foreword by Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

. The series is published by St. Martin's Press

St. Martin's Press

St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...

 (Griffin).

In the UK the series is entitled The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF and is published by Robinson. Note that the current US publication (Twenty-Seventh) is referred to as the 24th in the UK.

The creators of the books are not affiliated with the similarly titled Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Hartwell started the series in 1996, and has been co-editing it with Cramer since 2002. It is published by HarperCollins under the Eos imprint...

series.

Volumes

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1984...
  
  (1984)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1985...
  
  (1985)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (1988)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1989...
  
  (1989)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1990...
  
  (1990)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1991. It is the 8th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
  
  (1991)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1992...
  
  (1992)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1995...
  
  (1995)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection is a 1996 science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the 13th in the Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
  
  (1996)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1997...
  
  (1997)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1999...
  
  (1998)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1999...
  
  (1999)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology which was compiled by Gardner Dozois and published in 2000.-Contents:...
  
  (2000)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2001...
  
  (2001)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2002...
  
  (2002)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2004...
  
  (2004)
• Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
  Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
  Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005...
  
  (2005) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005...
  
  (2005)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006...
  
  (2006)
• Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels
  Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels
  Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
  
  (2007) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
  
  (2007)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008...
  
  (2008)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008. It is the 26th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
  
  (2009)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection
  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 6, 2010. It is the 27th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
  
  (2010)