Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition | 2004 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 2 | Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | 2004 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 3 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2004 | 2004 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection | 2006 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 5 | Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories | 2007 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection | 2007 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 7 | Rewired | 2007 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 8 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 | 2008 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 9 | Fast Forward 2 | 2008 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 10 | I’m With the Bears | 2011 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 11 | Diverse Energies | 2012 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 12 | After the End | 2013 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 13 | The End is Nigh | 2014 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 14 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine | 2014 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 15 | Futuredaze 2: Reprise | 2014 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 16 | Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales | 2014 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 17 | Lightspeed Magazine, October 2014 | 2014 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 18 | Loosed Upon the World | 2015 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
| 19 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection | 2017 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Buy |
Paolo Bacigalupi’s short fiction has appeared in many of the top science fiction anthologies since the early 2000s. His stories have been selected for multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois, as well as themed anthologies focused on climate change, dystopia, and monsters.
These nineteen anthology appearances span from 2004 to 2017. While some readers may find individual stories through these collections, Bacigalupi’s own Pump Six and Other Stories is the most direct way to read a concentrated set of his work. The anthologies listed here are useful for readers who want to discover his fiction alongside other authors in the genre.