Listmania Monday: Anthologies

As you may have noticed, I really like using Listmania Mondays to discuss the changing trends in ya lit as the publishing industry evolves. One of these "new" trends is actually pretty old: anthologies. Classic novelists used to submit short stories to literary magazines to generate a larger readership and now publishers are recycling the trick. There are many reasons for this, I suppose. It's a good way to encourage a particular fandom to buy another book by publishing a series' extra novella (what self-respecting VA fan didn't salivate for months before nabbing Foretold for our long-awaited Rose and Dimitri story?!) OR allowing a truly established author to try something new (Richelle also put out another vampire short story titled "Blue Moon" in the anthology Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, which is FANTASTIC). It's also a good writing exercise for authors interested in a particular subject to band together to spread the word (Holly Black is REALLY good at this). These are a lot of fun, like with Zombies vs. Unicorns but can also be serious and really important like Dear Bully.

I know a lot of readers consider anthologies the publishers' way of sticking it to us and forcing us to buy MORE BOOKS. To those readers I say: 1. Really? You're upset about buying more books? I call that a holiday! Also, usually I call it Tuesday. 2. You don't have to buy the book, you know. This isn't just for anthologies. There are these things called libraries where they give you a card (usually for free) and then give you books to take home (also for free....as long as you bring it back within an agreed-upon time frame). :) Personally, I like anthologies. I love discovering new authors and new stories from my favorite authors. I asked Richelle Mead last year during her Golden Lily tour if she would ever consider turning "Blue Moon" into a full-length novel and she said she'd considered it but had other things on her plate. And you know what? I'm okay with that. It was a great story, and I was satisfied with the ending. I also like having a physical copy of some of the novellas that are part of series like Mead's "Sunshine" (VA prequel story) or Claudia Gray's "Free" (Evernight prequel) etc.

So, friends, are you pro or con anthologies? Got a favorite (mine is Prom Nights from Hell because Meg Cabot and Stephenie Meyer KILLED it with their stories!!)? Did I forget one? Leave me a comment and let me know!

ETA: Yes, I know there are several people who refuse to read any anthology edited by Trisha Telep after the cluster that became of Wicked Pretty Things. This post is not condemning or agreeing with any side; this is simply a list of ya anthologies, and yes, that includes Telep-edited books.

After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
contributing authors: Genevieve Valentine, Carrie Ryan, N.K. Jemisin, Katherine Langrish, Carol Emshwiller, Beth Revis, Matthew Kressel, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Sarah Rees Brennan, Jeffrey Ford, Richard Bowes, Gregory Maguire, Steven Gould, Nalo Hopkinson, Jane Yolen, Carolyn Dunn, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Garth Nix, Cecil Castellucci

Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire edited by Paula Guran
contributing authors: Jeanne DuPrau, William Sleator, Carrie Ryan, Diana Peterfreund, Carrie Vaughn, Elizabeth Bear, Jesse Karp , Kiera Cass, Seth Cadin, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Steve Berman, John Shirley, Amanda Downum, Nisi Shawl, Maria V. Snyder

Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances edited by Trisha Telep
contributing authors:  Maria V. Snyder, Tiffany Trent, Kiersten White, Jaclyn Dolamore, Tessa Gratton, Caitlyn Kittredge, Adrienne Kress, Lesley Livingston, Dru Pagliassotti, Dia Reeves, Michael Scott, Ann Aguirre, Allan Frewin Jones

Dead Man's Hand edited by John Joseph Adams
contributing authors: Kelley Armstrong, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Orson Scott Card, David Farland, Jeffrey Ford, alan Dean Foster, Laura Anne Gilman, Hugh Howey, Rajan Khanna, Joe r. Lansdale, Ken Liu, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Mike Resnick, Beth Revis, Alastair Reynolds, Fred van Lente, Walter Jon Williams, Tad Williams, Ben Winters, Charles Yu 

Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories edited by Megan Kelley Hall & Carrie Jones
contributing authors (not all because there are 70!): Claudia Gabel, Courtney Sheinmel, Crissa-Jean Chappell, Cyn Balog, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Daniel Waters, Dawn Metcalf, Debbie Rigaud, Deborah Kerbel, Diana Rodriguez Wallach, A.S. King, Eric Luper, Erin Dionne, Alyson Noel, Amy Goldman Koss, Amy Reed, Aprilynne Pike, Carolyn Mackler, Carrie Ryan, Cecil Castellucci, Heather Brewer, Holly Cupala, Janni Lee Simner, Jeannine Garsee, Jessica Brody, Jo Knowles, Jocelyn Maeve Kelley, Jon Scieszka, Kieran Scott, Kiersten White, Kristin Harmel, Kurtis Scaletta, Lara Zeises, Laura Kasischke, Lauren Kate, Lauren Oliver, Linda Gerber, Lisa McMann, Lisa Schroeder, Lisa Yee, Lucienne Diver, Marina Cohen, Marlene Perez, Maryrose Wood, Megan McCafferty, R.L. Stine, Melissa Schorr, Ellen Hopkins, Laurie Faria Stolarz, and more...

Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Stories to Their Teen Selves edited by E. Kristin Anderson & Miranda Kenneally
contributing authors: Sarah Ockler, Stephanie Pellegrin, Tera Lynn Childs, Beth Fantaskey, Dave Roman, Cynthia Leitich Smith , Carrie Jones, Tom Angleberger, Ellen Hopkins, Sara Zarr, Jessica Burkhart, Jessica Corra, Jessica Lee Anderson, Jessica Spotswood, Mary Lindsey, Kekla Magoone, Erika Stalder, Joseph Bruchac, Robin Benway, Hannah Moskowitz, Katherine Longshore, Leila Sales, Michael Griffo, Marke Bieschke, Stacey Jay, Mariko Tamaki, Don Tate, Mitali Perkins, Caridad Ferrer, Charles Benoit , Nancy Holder, P.J. Hoover, K.A. Holt, Mari Mancusi, Jo Whittemore, Tara Kelly, Jenny Moss, Jennifer Ziegler, Laura Ellen, Lauren Oliver, Kersten Hamilton, Cheryl Rainfield, Faith Erin Hicks, Janet Gurtler, Mike Jung, Melissa Walker, Gretchen McNeil, Jodi Meadows, Stasia Ward Kehoe

Defy the Dark edited by Saundra Mitchell
contributing authors:  Malinda Lo, Myra McEntire, Sarah Ockler, Jackson Pearce, Dia Reeves, Jon Skovron, Courtney Summers, Aprilynne Pike, Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan, Rachel Hawkins, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tessa Gratton, Christine Johnson, Valerie Kemp

Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, and Raven by Lauren Oliver

Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions edited by Melissa Marr & Kelly Armstrong
contributing authors: Rachel Vincent, Sarah Rees Brennan, Jeri Smith-Ready, Mary E. Pearson, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Jessica Verday, Claudia Gray, Jackson Pearce, Carrie Ryan, Rachel Caine, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Kimberly Derting, Ally Condie

The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire edited by Trisha Telep
contributing authors:  Rachel Caine, Cecil Castellucci, Cassandra Clare, Melissa de la Cruz, Karen Mahoney, Maria V. Snyder, Holly Black, Kelley Armstrong, Libba Bray, Sarah Rees Brennan, Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié, Lilith Saintcrow, Dina James

Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite edited by P.C. Cast
contributing authors: Heather Brewer, Rachel Caine, Claudia Gray, Nancy Holder, Jeri Smith-Ready, Lili St. Crow

Fallen in Love (Fallen novellas) by Lauren Kate

The First Time edited by Jessica Verday and Rhonda Stapleton
contributing authors:  Cyn Balog, Lauren Bjorkman, Leigh Brescia, Jennifer Brown, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Janet Gurtler, Teri Hall, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, Stacey Jay, Heidi R. Kling, C. Lee McKenzie, Saundra Mitchell, Jenny Moss, Jackson Pearce, Shani Petroff, Carrie Ryan, Sydney Salter, Kurtis Scaletta, Jon Skovron, Kristina Springer, Charity Tahmaseb, J.A. Yang, Lara Zielin

Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction edited by Carrie Ryan
contributing authors:  Richelle Mead, Lisa McMann, Laini Taylor, Meg Cabot, Heather Brewer, Simone Elkeles, Kami Garcia, Michael Grant, Malinda Lo, Saundra Mitchell, Matt de la Pena, Diana Peterfreund, Margaret Stohl

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black & Cecil Castellucci
contributing authors: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Greg Leitich Smith , David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Tracy Lynn, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfeld, Lisa Yee, Sara Zarr, Hope Larson (illustrator), Bryan Lee O'Malley (illustrator)

Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales edited by Deborah Noyes
contributing authors: Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Celia Rees, Barry Yourgrau, Janni Lee Simner, Vivian Vande Velde, Joan Aiken, M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaimon, Caitlin R. Kiernan

Grim edited by Christine Johnson
contributing authors: Kimberly Derting, Sonia Gensler, Tessa Gratton, Claudia Gray, Rachel Hawkins, Amanda Hocking, Ellen Hopkins, Shaun David Hutchinson, Julie Kagawa, Malinda Lo, Myra McEntire, Saundra Mitchell, Jackson Pearce, Sarah Rees Brennan, Dia Reeves, Jon Skovran, Jeri Smith Ready

Immortal: Love Stories with Bite edited by P.C. Cast
contributing authors:  Rachel Caine, Kristin Cast, Claudia Gray, Nancy Holder, Tanith Lee, Richelle Mead, Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Iron Legends (Iron Fey novellas) by Julie Kagawa

Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love edited by Trisha Telep
contributing authors: Maggie Stiefvater, Becca Fitzpatrick, Rachel Vincent, Karen Mahoney, Diana Peterfreund, Daniel Waters, Carrie Ryan, Justine Musk, Daniel Marks, Sarah Rees Brennan, Michelle Rowen, Michelle Zink, Caitlin Kittredge

Kisses from Hell
contributing authors: Kristin Cast, Richelle Mead, Kelley Armstrong, Francesca Lia Block, Alyson Noel

Let it Snow
contributing authors: John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle

The Letter Q edited by Sarah Moon
contributing authors: James Lecesne, Armistead Maupin, Michael Cunningham, Jacqueline Woodson, Mayra Lazara Dole, Amy Bloom, Gregory Maguire , David Levithan, Rakesh Satyal, Eileen Myles, Jasika Nicole, Doug Wright, Stacey D'Erasmo, Jennifer Camper, Erik Orrantia, Brian Selznick, Malinda Lo, Martin Moran, Arthur Levine, Richard McCann, Ali Liebegott, Linda Villarosa, Paul Rudnick, Eric Orner, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Tony Valenzuela, Christopher Rice, Jewelle Gomez, Bill Clegg, Erika Moen, David Leavitt, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Howard Cruse, Michael DiMotta, Terrence McNally, Brent Hartinger, Susan Stinson, Marc Wolf, Julie Anne Peters, Lucy Knisley, Nick Burd, Paula Gilovich, Colman Domingo, Marion Dane Bauer, Lucy Thurber, Paige Braddock, Melanie Braverman, Michael Nava

Losing It edited by Keith Gray
contributing authors: A.S. King, Melvin Burgess, Keith Gray, Patrick Ness, Anne Fine, Sophie McKenzie, Bali Rai, Jenny Valentine, Mary Hooper, Andrew Smith

Love is Hell
contributing authors:  Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk edited by Sean Wallace
contributing authors: 

Prom Nights from Hell
contributing authors:  Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle

Rags & Bones edited by Melissa Marr & Tim Pratt
Contributing authors: Neil Gaimon, Carrie Ryan, Gene Wolfe, Kelley Armstrong, Rick Yancey, Kami Garcia, Charles Vess, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Margaret Stohl, Saladin Ahmed

The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural edited by Deborah Noyes
contributing authors: Herbie Brennan, Nancy Etchemendy, Chris Wooding, Marcus Sedgwick, Libba Bray, M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, Kelly Link, Annette Curtis Klaus

Shards & Ashes edited by Melissa Marr & Kelly Armstrong
contributing authors:  Veronica Roth, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Rachel Caine, Nancy Holder, Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan

Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical edited by Deborah Noyes
contributing authors: Aimee Bender, Matt Phelan, Vivian Vande Velde, Danica Novgorodoff, Annette Curtis Klaus, David Almond, Shawn Chenge, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Cecil Castellucci, Margo Lanagan


Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories edited by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant
contributing authors: M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Shawn Cheng, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow , Dylan Horrocks, Kathleen Jennings, Elizabeth Knox, Garth Nix, Christopher Rowe, Delia Sherman, Ysabeau S. Wilce

'Til the World Ends
contributing authors: Julie Kagawa, Ann Aguirre, Karen Duvall  

Truth & Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness edited by Liz Miles
contributing authors:  

Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes foreword by Francisco X. Stork
contributing authors:  Nina Berry, Sarwat Chadda, Shannon Delany, Max Scialdone, Karen Mahoney, Lisa Mantchev, Georgia McBride, C. Lee McKenzie, Gretchen McNeil, K.M. Walton, Suzanne Young, Michelle Zink, Leigh Fallon, Angie Frazier, Jessie Harrell, Nancy Holder, Heidi R. Kling, Suzanne Lazear, Pam van Hylckama Vlieg, Leah Cypess

Vacations from Hell
contributing authors:  Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson, Sarah Mlynowski

Welcome to Bordortown edited by Holly Black
contributing authors: 

Who Done It? directed by Jon Sciezka
contributing authors (not all are on this list as there are 80!): John Green, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Lauren Miracle, Maureen Johnson, Libba Bray, Gayle Forman, David Levithan, Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), Ned Vizzini, Jen Calonita, Rebecca Stead, Lev Grossman, Sara Shepard, Todd Strasser, Jennifer E. Smith, Jordan Sonnenblick, Robin Wasserman, Michelle Zink, Susane Colasanti, Sarah Beth Durst, Lindsey Kelk, Barry Lyga, Lauren Oliver, Natalie Standiford, Melissa Walker, Kiersten White, Adam Mansbach & Ricardo Cortes, Mo Willems, Dave Eggers, and more...
 

Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier
contributing authors: Alaya Dawn Johnson, Maureen Johnson, Carrie Ryan, Scott Westerfeld, Meg Cabot, Garth Nix, Kathleen Duey, Margo Lanagan, Naomi Novik, Diana Peterfreund, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare


21 Proms edited by David Levithan
contributing authors: Lisa Ann Sandell, Will Leitch, Leslie Margolis, E. Lockhart, Aimee Friedman, Libba Bray, Jacqueline Woodson , Ned Vizzini, John Green, Melissa de la Cruz, Holly Black, Brent Hartinger, Rachel Cohn, Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Mlynowski, Billy Merrell, Cecily von Ziegesar, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Jodi Lynn Anderson