Warriors

Warriors by Cecelia Holland, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Lawrence Block, Tad Williams, Joe R. Lansdale, Peter S. Beagle, Diana Gabaldon, Naomi Novik, Steven Saylor, James Rollins, David Weber, Carrie Vaughn, S.M. Stirling, Howard Waldrop, Gardner Dozois, David Morrell, Robert Silverberg, David Bell, and George R.R. Martin, 736 pages

The main reason I read these books, and the others like them, are for the tastes of various authors writings. With most of the novellas only hitting 30 pages you don't have to worry about struggling through any one author for too long. The fact that it has another novella about/from the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin helps as well.

All of the novellas follow the theme of having warriors of various types in them. Among my favorites were Out of the Dark by David Weber, The Eagle and the Rabbit by Steven Saylor and Defenders of the Frontier by Robert Silverberg.