Mike Ashley Anthologies books in order

Mike Ashley Anthologies lists over 50 anthologies edited by Mike Ashley, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, ghost stories, Arthurian legend, and more. His editorial career spans from 1977 to 2020.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 The Best of British SF 2 1977 Mike Ashley Buy
2 The Best of British SF 1 1977 Mike Ashley Buy
3 Sf Choice 77 1977 Mike Ashley Buy
4 Weird Legacies 1977 Mike Ashley Buy
5 Souls in Metal 1977 Mike Ashley Buy
6 Gaslight & Ghosts 1988 Mike Ashley Buy
7 The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur 1989 Mike Ashley Buy
8 The Camelot Chronicles 1992 Mike Ashley Buy
9 Historical Whodunits 1993 Mike Ashley Buy
10 Return To Derleth: Selected Essays 1993 Mike Ashley Buy
11 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories 1995 Mike Ashley Buy
12 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories 1995 Mike Ashley Buy
13 The Merlin Chronicles 1995 Mike Ashley Buy
14 The Giant Book Of Myths And Legends 1995 Mike Ashley Buy
15 Classical Whodunnits 1996 Mike Ashley Buy
16 The Collected Classical Stories and Classical Whodunnits 1996 Mike Ashley Buy
17 Fantasy Stories 1996 Mike Ashley Buy
18 Space Stories 1996 Mike Ashley Buy
19 Chronicles Of The Holy Grail 1996 Mike Ashley Buy
20 The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures 1997 Mike Ashley Buy
21 Shakespearean Whodunnits 1997 Mike Ashley Buy
22 The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories 1997 Mike Ashley Buy
23 The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales 1997 Mike Ashley Buy
24 Shakespearean Detectives 1998 Mike Ashley Buy
25 The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy 1998 Mike Ashley Buy
26 Heroic Adventures 1998 Mike Ashley Buy
27 Men O’War 1999 Mike Ashley Buy
28 The Chronicles of the Round Table 1999 Mike Ashley Buy
29 Royal Whodunnits 1999 Mike Ashley Buy
30 Phantom Perfumes And Other Shades 2000 Mike Ashley Buy
31 The World’s Greatest Master and Commander Stories 2001 Mike Ashley Buy
32 The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy 2001 Mike Ashley Buy
33 The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits 2002 Mike Ashley Buy
34 The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction 2002 Mike Ashley Buy
35 The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction 2002 Mike Ashley Buy
36 The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits 2003 Mike Ashley Buy
37 The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits 2004 Mike Ashley Buy
38 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction 2006 Mike Ashley Buy
39 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy 2008 Mike Ashley Buy
40 Great American Ghost Stories 2008 Mike Ashley Buy
41 Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers 2008 Mike Ashley Buy
42 The Darker Sex 2009 Mike Ashley Buy
43 The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF 2009 Mike Ashley Buy
44 The Dreaming Sex 2010 Mike Ashley Buy
45 The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF 2010 Mike Ashley Buy
46 Steampunk Prime 2010 Mike Ashley Buy
47 Dreams and Wonders 2010 Mike Ashley Buy
48 Vampires 2011 Mike Ashley Buy
49 The Duel of Shadows 2011 Mike Ashley Buy
50 Sisters in Crime 2013 Mike Ashley Buy
51 [Insert Coin Here] 2013 Mike Ashley Buy
52 The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013 Mike Ashley Buy
53 The Mammoth Book of Classical Whodunnits 2014 Mike Ashley Buy
54 The Feminine Future 2015 Mike Ashley Buy
55 Fighters of Fear 2020 Mike Ashley Buy

This page lists the anthologies edited by Mike Ashley outside of his Tales of the Weird and British Library Science Fiction Classics series. Ashley has been one of the most active anthology editors in genre fiction since the late 1970s, with over 50 collections to his name.

A large portion of his work appeared in the Mammoth Book series from Robinson Publishing. These include The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction, The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF, The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF, and several historical mystery collections set in ancient Egypt, Rome, and the Roaring Twenties. He also edited The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures and The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy.

Beyond the Mammoth Books, Ashley compiled Arthurian collections (The Pendragon Chronicles, The Camelot Chronicles, The Merlin Chronicles), ghost story anthologies (Great American Ghost Stories, Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades), and themed volumes like Steampunk Prime, The Feminine Future, and Fighters of Fear. His earliest anthologies, including The Best of British SF and Weird Legacies, date back to 1977.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Mike Ashley Anthologies series?

There are 55 books in the Mike Ashley Anthologies series, published between 1977 and 2020.

What is the first book in the Mike Ashley Anthologies series?

The first book in the Mike Ashley Anthologies series is The Best of British SF 2, published in 1977.

What types of anthologies has Mike Ashley edited?

Mike Ashley has edited anthologies across many genres and themes. His Mammoth Book entries cover science fiction, historical mysteries, comic fantasy, and more. He has also compiled collections of ghost stories, vampire fiction, Arthurian tales, Shakespearean mysteries, and steampunk. His editorial range is unusually wide for a genre anthologist.

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