Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ant-Men of Tibet and Other Stories | 1999 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 2 | Space Soldiers | 2001 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 3 | Infinities | 2002 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 4 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 | 2002 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 5 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16 | 2003 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 6 | The Hard SF Renaissance | 2003 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 7 | Constellations | 2005 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 8 | One Million A.D. | 2005 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 9 | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction | 2006 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection | 2006 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 11 | Year’s Best SF 11 | 2006 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 12 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 | 2006 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 13 | The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 14 | The Best of the Best, Vol 2 | 2007 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection | 2007 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 16 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 | 2008 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 17 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 | 2008 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 18 | Federations | 2009 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 19 | The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF | 2009 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 20 | Shine: An Anthology of Near-Future Optimistic Science Fiction | 2010 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 21 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection | 2011 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 22 | Lightspeed: Year One | 2011 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 23 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection | 2012 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 24 | Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy | 2012 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 25 | Aliens: Recent Encounters | 2013 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 26 | Best New SF 26 | 2013 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 27 | Memoryville Blues: A Postscripts Anthology 30/31 | 2013 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 28 | Robot Uprisings | 2014 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 29 | Dead Man’s Hand | 2014 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 30 | The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 | 2014 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 31 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection | 2014 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 32 | The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7 | 2015 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 33 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One | 2016 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 34 | Bridging Infinity | 2016 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 35 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two | 2017 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 36 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three | 2017 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 37 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection | 2017 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 38 | Infinite Stars | 2017 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 39 | The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 | 2018 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 40 | 2001: An Odyssey in Words | 2018 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 41 | The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories | 2019 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 42 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five | 2020 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 43 | Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One | 2021 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
| 44 | Best of British Science Fiction 2023 | 2024 | Alastair Reynolds | Buy |
Alastair Reynolds has been one of the most frequently anthologized science fiction writers of the 21st century, with contributions to more than 40 collections. His stories appear regularly in year’s-best compilations edited by Gardner Dozois and others, as well as themed anthologies covering everything from space opera to robot uprisings.
Notable anthology appearances include Bridging Infinity (2016), Infinite Stars (2017), and the Love, Death and Robots official anthology (2021). His presence in these collections reflects his standing as one of the leading voices in hard science fiction.