Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025

edited by Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams

BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

Of science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, “There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything.” The twenty stories in this collection simultaneously fulfill and defy expectations of genre, showcasing boundary-pushing authors at their best. In this year’s Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, a robot will struggle to make friends, a team of auditors determine the financial value of a lifetime, an alien species will teach you how to read, and maybe, just maybe, someone will finally do something about the kid in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Omelas hole. From the joyous, to the terrifying, to the heart wrenching and the absurd, these stories encourage you to open your mind and, as Okorafor promises: “Watch your world expand.”

“BEST-OF” YEAR: 2024
ISBN: 978-0063441477
FORMAT: Trade Paperback / Ebook / Audiobook