9) The Big Book of Science Fiction, edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Ann Vandermeer

Since it includes works by many of the top science fiction authors we are talking about on our list, this anthology deserves to be on our "Best Of" lists, even though they don't often. Wells, Clarke, Butler, Vonnegut, Asimov, Liu, Doctorow, Le Guin, and the list goes on and on! An excellent beginning for readers of science fiction.
Edited by Anshika Jain