Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard-Boiled Detectives | 1953 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 2 | Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures | 1967 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 3 | Tomorrow 1 | Science Fiction by the Masters | 1971 | John D. MacDonald |
| 4 | Space Suits & Gumshoes | 1972 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 5 | The Late Great Future | 1976 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 6 | Dark Crimes 2 | 1993 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 7 | Florida Stories | 1993 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 8 | Law and Order | 1997 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
| 9 | Murder Most Merry | 2002 | John D. MacDonald | Buy |
John D. MacDonald contributed to nine anthologies spanning crime fiction and science fiction. His earliest anthology appearance is Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953), while later ones include Worlds to Come (1967) and The Late Great Future (1976).
Posthumous anthology appearances include Dark Crimes 2 (1993), Florida Stories (1993), and Murder Most Merry (2002). These collections keep MacDonald’s shorter work accessible to new generations of readers.