Issued with a different guest editor every year.

Volumes for <1998> edited by Sue Grafton; <1999> edited by Ed McBain; <2000> edited by Donald E. Westlake; <2001> edited by Lawrence Block; <2003> edited by Michael Connelly ; <2006> edited by Scott Turow; <2007> edited by Carl Hiaasen; <2009> edited by Jeffery Deaver; <2010> edited by Lee Child; <2011> edited and with an introduction by Harlan Coben; <2012> edited and with an introduction by Robert Crais; <2013> edited and with an introduction by Lisa Scottoline; <2014> edited and with an introduction by Laura Lippman; <2015> edited and with an introduction by James Patterson; <2016> edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth George; <2017> edited and with an introduction by John Sandford; <2018> edited and with an introduction by Louise Penny; <2019> edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem; <2020- > edited and with an introduciton by C.J. Box.

Previous edition: The best American mystery stories. 2019.