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."Oh, yeah? The 'Best'? Says who?" Chicago Tribune Nov. 23, 2008"'Nonrequired Reading' isn't a should-read, it's an essential read." San Jose Mercury News The volume was part of The Best American Series and was initially edited by Dave Eggers.Upton, Nick. On my Nightstand, Concord Monitor, Dec. 21, 2008 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.
Series summary
+ The Best American Nonrequired Reading Year Edition Editor Series Editor Introduction Cover Artist 2002 1st Dave Eggers Dave Eggers J. Otto Seibold 2003 2nd Dave Eggers Zadie Smith Daniel Clowes 2004 3rd Dave Eggers Viggo Mortensen Adrian Tomine 2005 4th Dave Eggers Beck Tony Millionaire 2006 5th Dave Eggers Matt Groening Art Spiegelman 2007 6th Dave Eggers Sufjan Stevens Carson Ellis 2008 7th Dave Eggers Judy Blume Barry McGee 2009 8th Dave Eggers Marjane Satrapi Banksy 2010 9th Dave Eggers David Sedaris Maurice Sendak 2011 10th Dave Eggers Guillermo del Toro William Joyce 2012 11th Dave Eggers Ray Bradbury Brian Selznick 2013 12th Dave Eggers Walter Mosley Camille Rose Garcia 2014 13th Daniel Handler826 National Lemony Snicket Roman Muradov 2015 14th Adam Johnson826 National Adam Johnson Eric Nyquist 2016 15th Rachel Kushner826 National Rachel Kushner Jillian Tamaki 2017 16th Sarah Vowell826 National Sarah Vowell Kenard Pak 2018 17th Sheila Heti826 National Sheila Heti Tommi Parrish 2019 18th Edan Lepucki826 National Edan Lepucki Molly Egan
See also The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
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External links The Best American Nonrequired Reading