The Best American Nonrequired Reading

Last updated

The Best American Nonrequired Reading was a yearly anthology of fiction and nonfiction selected annually by high school students in California and Michigan through 826 Valencia and 826michigan. [1] [2] [3] The volume was part of The Best American Series and was initially edited by Dave Eggers. [4] In the editor's note to the 2013 volume, Eggers stated that the 12th edition would be his last as editor. The 2014 volume was edited by Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket. The 2019 was the last volume as it has been discontinued by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. [5]

Contents

Series summary

The Best American Nonrequired Reading
YearEditionEditorSeries EditorIntroductionCover Artist
20021st Dave Eggers Dave Eggers J. Otto Seibold
20032ndDave Eggers Zadie Smith Daniel Clowes
20043rdDave Eggers Viggo Mortensen Adrian Tomine
20054thDave Eggers Beck Tony Millionaire
20065thDave Eggers Matt Groening Art Spiegelman
2007 6thDave Eggers Sufjan Stevens Carson Ellis
2008 7thDave Eggers Judy Blume Barry McGee
20098thDave Eggers Marjane Satrapi Banksy
20109thDave Eggers David Sedaris Maurice Sendak
201110thDave Eggers Guillermo del Toro William Joyce
201211thDave Eggers Ray Bradbury Brian Selznick
201312thDave Eggers Walter Mosley Camille Rose Garcia
201413th Daniel Handler 826 National Lemony Snicket Roman Muradov
201514th Adam Johnson 826 NationalAdam Johnson Eric Nyquist
201615th Rachel Kushner 826 NationalRachel Kushner Jillian Tamaki
201716th Sarah Vowell 826 NationalSarah Vowell Kenard Pak
201817th Sheila Heti 826 NationalSheila HetiTommi Parrish
201918th Edan Lepucki 826 NationalEdan LepuckiMolly Egan

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Committee, The Best American Nonrequired Reading. "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" . Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Oh, yeah? The 'Best'? Says who?" Chicago Tribune Nov. 23, 2008
  3. ↑ "'Nonrequired Reading' isn't a should-read, it's an essential read." San Jose Mercury News
  4. ↑ Upton, Nick. On my Nightstand, Concord Monitor, Dec. 21, 2008
  5. ↑ "Submitting to The Best American Comics". on-panel.com. Retrieved 2021-12-09.


Nuvola apps kdict.svg

This article about an anthology of written works is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.