Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010 | 2010 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 2 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 | 2011 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 3 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 | 2012 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 4 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013 | 2013 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 5 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 | 2014 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 6 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 | 2015 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 7 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 | 2016 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 8 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017 | 2017 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 9 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 | 2018 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 10 | The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2019 | 2019 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 11 | The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2020 | 2020 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
| 12 | The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021 | 2021 | Sy Montgomery | Buy |
The Best American Science and Nature Writing is an annual anthology series that collects outstanding essays about science and the natural world from magazines, journals, and other publications. Each year, a different guest editor selects the pieces, which means the focus and style shift from volume to volume. Sy Montgomery served as series editor for these twelve volumes spanning 2010 through 2021.
The series covers a wide range of topics, from climate science and medicine to animal behavior and cosmology. Because each volume stands alone, readers can pick up any year that catches their interest. The guest editors have included prominent scientists and writers, and their selections reflect their own areas of expertise and curiosity. The series ended with the 2021 edition.