The Best American Nonrequired Reading


The Best American Nonrequired Reading is a yearly anthology of fiction and nonfiction selected annually by high school students in California and Michigan through 826 Valencia and 826michigan. The volume is part of The Best American Series and is edited by Dave Eggers. 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.

Series summary

YearEditionEditorSeries EditorIntroductionCover Artist
20021stDave EggersDave EggersJ. Otto Seibold
20032ndDave EggersZadie SmithDaniel Clowes
20043rdDave EggersViggo MortensenAdrian Tomine
20054thDave EggersBeckTony Millionaire
20065thDave EggersMatt GroeningArt Spiegelman
20076thDave EggersSufjan StevensCarson Ellis
20087thDave EggersJudy BlumeBarry McGee
20098thDave EggersMarjane SatrapiBanksy
20109thDave EggersDavid SedarisMaurice Sendak
201110thDave EggersGuillermo del ToroWilliam Joyce
201211thDave EggersRay BradburyBrian Selznick
201312thDave EggersWalter MosleyCamille Rose Garcia
201413thDaniel Handler826 NationalLemony SnicketRoman Muradov
201514thAdam Johnson826 NationalAdam JohnsonEric Nyquist
201615thRachel Kushner826 NationalRachel KushnerJillian Tamaki
201716thSarah Vowell826 NationalSarah VowellKenard Pak
201817thSheila Heti826 NationalSheila HetiTommi Parrish
201918thEdan Lepucki826 NationalEdan LepuckiMolly Egan