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Year's best designates the top selections from a particular year, typically in arts or media: the year's best science fiction, year's best albums.
The phrase often appears in anthology titles collecting outstanding short works—stories, essays, poems—published during a calendar year.
It can also function as a simple superlative for any annual achievement: Her time was a year's best in the 400 meters.
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- awardsFormal honors bestowed
- top tenRanking of favorites
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- highlightsNotable moments emphasized
cream of the crop · compilation · roundup · accolades · standout · stellar · exceptional · acclaimed · celebrated · critical darling · favorites · fan favorite · winners · nominees · annual · collection · masterpiece · gold standard
- compilationsanthology, compilation, anthologies, collection, collected stories
year's bestlifetime achievement
Award for career-long excellence
career retrospective · hall of fame · magnum opus · body of work · all-time best