Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction | 1989 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 2 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1994 | 1994 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 3 | Shakespearean Whodunnits | 1997 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 4 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 1997 | 1997 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 5 | Year’s Best SF 2 | 1997 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 6 | Dark Terrors 4 | 1998 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 7 | Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction | 1998 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 8 | Nanotech | 1998 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 9 | The Ant-Men of Tibet and Other Stories | 1999 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 10 | Year’s Best SF 4 | 1999 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 11 | Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999 | 1999 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 12 | Explorers | 2000 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 13 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 2000 | 2000 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 14 | Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000 | 2000 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 15 | Futures | 2001 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 16 | Space Soldiers | 2001 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 17 | Starlight 3 | 2001 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 18 | Asimov’s Science Fiction: August 2001, Vol. 25, No. 8 | 2001 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 19 | The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction | 2002 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 20 | Dark Terrors 6 | 2002 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 21 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | 2003 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 22 | The Hard SF Renaissance | 2003 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 23 | A.I.s | 2004 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 24 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels | 2005 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 25 | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction | 2006 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 26 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection | 2006 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 27 | Year’s Best SF 11 | 2006 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 28 | The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 29 | Forbidden Planets | 2006 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 30 | The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction | 2007 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 31 | Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge | 2007 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 32 | Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology | 2007 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 33 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection | 2007 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 34 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2008 | 2008 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 35 | Sideways In Crime | 2008 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 36 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 | 2008 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 37 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 | 2008 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 38 | Golden Age SF | 2009 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 39 | The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF | 2009 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 40 | Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded | 2010 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 41 | Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2010 | 2010 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 42 | Masked | 2010 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 43 | Starship Vectors | 2010 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 44 | Fables from the Fountain | 2011 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 45 | Lightspeed: Year One | 2011 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 46 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection | 2012 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 47 | Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 | 2013 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 48 | Multiverse | 2014 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 49 | The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection | 2014 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 50 | Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder | 2014 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 51 | Darker Terrors 7 | 2016 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 52 | Bridging Infinity | 2016 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 53 | Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK’s Healthcare Workers | 2020 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 54 | Burning Brightly | 2021 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 55 | Life Beyond Us | 2023 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 56 | Best of British Science Fiction 2023 | 2024 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
Anthology appearances have been a steady part of Baxter’s career since the late 1980s. He has contributed to themed collections covering space exploration, alternate history, hard SF, and shared universes, as well as appearing in year’s-best compilations and retrospectives of British science fiction.
These pieces often serve as entry points for new readers who encounter Baxter in a collection before seeking out his novels. They also represent work written to specific editorial briefs and word counts, a different challenge from his book-length projects and one that has clearly sharpened his ability to deliver complete ideas in compressed form.