Gardner Dozois (Ed)'s "Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction": Anthology with 36 stories

Stories I have read are at the beginning of the list, ordered by quality - best first. My rating follows title, in brackets. I often give a very short story summary. If I have posted a full review, link on title will take you there.

If the author or publisher have made a book available for free download, & I am aware of it, I provide a link either here or in appropriate review article. Prefix "*" marks such entries.

1. Ian R MacLeod's "Breathmoss" (C): A short story summary is included here.
2. Greg Bear's "Blood Music": Not read.
   
3. Gene Wolfe's "A Cabin on the Coast": Not read.
4. Lucius Shepard's "Salvador": Not read.
5. Nancy Kress's "Trinity": Not read.
6. Howard Waldrop's "Flying Saucer Rock & Roll": Not read.
7. Bruce Sterling's "Dinner in Audoghast": Not read.
8. Pat Cadigan's "Roadside Rescue": Not read.
9. John Crowley's "Snow": Not read.
10. William Gibson's "The Winter Market": Not read.
11. John Kessel's "The Pure Product": Not read.
12. Eileen Gunn' "Stable Strategies for Middle Management": Not read.
13. Mike Resnick's "Kirinyaga": Not read.
14. Robert Silverberg's "Tales from the Venia Woods": Not read.
15. Terry Bisson's "Bears Discover Fire": Not read.
16. Connie Willis' "Even the Queen": Not read.
17. Robert Reed's "Guest of Honor": Not read.
18. * Joe Haldeman's "None So Blind"; Asimov's, online: Not read.
19. Brian Stableford's "Mortimer Gray's History of Death"; Asimov's, April 1995: Not read.
20. Maureen F McHugh's "The Lincoln Train": Not read.
21. Greg Egan's "Wang's Carpets": Not read.
22. Ursula K Le Guin's "Coming of Age In Karhide": Not read.
23. Michael Swanwick's "The Dead": Not read.
24. Ian MacDonald' "Recording Angel": Not read.
25. * Tony Daniel's "A Dry Quiet War"; Asimov's, online: Not read.
26. William Sanders's "The Undiscovered": Not read.
27. Paul J McAuley's "Second Skin": Not read.
28. Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life": Not read.
29. Stephen Baxter's "People Came from Earth": Not read.
30. David Marusek's "The Wedding Album"; Asimov's, June 1999: Not read.
31. James Patrick Kelly's "10(16) to 1": Not read.
32. Walter Jon Williams' "Daddy's World": Not read.
33. * Steven Utley's "The Real World"; scifi.com, online: Not read.
34. Geoff Ryman's "Have Not Have" (alternate title - "Air"): Not read.
35. * Charles Stross's "Lobsters"; Asimov's, online: Not read.
36. * Molly Gloss's "Lambing Season"; Asimov's, online: Not read.

Fact sheet.
Editor: Gardner Dozois
First published: 2005
See also: Gardner Dozois's "Year's Best" & "Best of Best" anthology series.
Series: Vol 1 (short stories, 2005), Vol 2 (novellas, 2007)