Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thoughtcrime Experiments | 2009 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 2 | The Dragon and the Stars | 2010 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 3 | Daily Science Fiction Stories of November 2011 | 2011 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 4 | Lightspeed: Year One | 2011 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 5 | The Future is Japanese: Science Fiction Futures and Brand New Fantasies from and about Japan | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 6 | The Memory Eater | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 7 | Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2012 | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 8 | The Best of Electric Velocipede | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 9 | Diverse Energies | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 2 | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 11 | Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 12 | Unidentified Funny Objects | 2012 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 13 | Fish | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 15 | The Other Half of the Sky | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 16 | Oz Reimagined | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 17 | Aliens: Recent Encounters | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 18 | Year’s Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2013 | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 19 | Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 20 | The Book of Apex: Volume 4 | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 21 | Coffee | 2013 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 22 | Long Hidden | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 23 | Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014 | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 24 | The End is Nigh | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 25 | Dead Man’s Hand | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 26 | Clarkesworld: Year Six | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 27 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 28 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 29 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 30 | Futuredaze 2: Reprise | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 31 | Solaris Rising 3 | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 32 | The End is Now | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 33 | Upgraded | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 34 | The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 35 | Time Travel: Recent Trips | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 36 | Mythic Delirium | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 37 | The Best of Galaxy’s Edge Magazine 2013-2014 | 2014 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 38 | Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 39 | The End Has Come | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 40 | Press Start to Play | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 41 | Funny Science Fiction | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 42 | Loosed Upon the World | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 43 | Dragons, Droids & Doom | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 44 | Warrior Women | 2015 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 45 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One | 2016 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 46 | Bridging Infinity | 2016 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 47 | Asian Monsters | 2016 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 48 | The Book of Swords: Part 1 | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 49 | GlitterShip Year One | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 50 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 51 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 52 | Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 53 | Steampunk Universe | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 54 | Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | 2017 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 55 | Robots vs. Fairies | 2018 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 56 | Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One | 2018 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 57 | Timeshift: Tales of Time | 2018 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 58 | Current Futures | 2019 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 59 | The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories | 2019 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 60 | The Best of Uncanny | 2019 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 61 | Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 6 | 2020 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 62 | Escape Pod | 2020 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 63 | Relics, Wrecks and Ruins | 2021 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 64 | Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices | 2021 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 65 | Make Shift | 2021 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 66 | Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One | 2021 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 67 | The Book of Witches | 2023 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 68 | The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI | 2023 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 69 | Deep Magic: Volume III | 2025 | Ken Liu | Buy |
| 70 | The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Sixth Annual Collection | 2025 | Ken Liu | Buy |
Ken Liu’s anthology appearances number seventy volumes spanning from 2009 to 2025. These range from year’s-best compilations like The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy to themed anthologies such as Press Start to Play, Robots vs. Fairies, and Oz Reimagined. His work also appears in international fiction showcases like The Future is Japanese and The Dragon and the Stars.
The breadth of these appearances reflects Liu’s status as one of the most widely published short fiction writers in contemporary speculative fiction. He has contributed to anthologies focused on steampunk, horror, humor, literary science fiction, and virtually every other subgenre. Collections like Long Hidden, Diverse Energies, and Asian Monsters highlight his presence in anthologies that broaden the genre’s cultural perspectives.