The Best American: Nonrequired Reading Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Best American: Nonrequired Reading books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
Buy on Amazon2011
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012
Buy on Amazon2011
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013
Buy on Amazon2013
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014
Buy on Amazon2014
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015
Buy on Amazon2015
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016
Buy on Amazon2016
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017
Buy on Amazon2017
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018
Buy on Amazon2018
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019
Buy on Amazon2019
The New Young American Poets
Buy on Amazon2000
American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics
Buy on Amazon2007
Against Expression
Buy on Amazon2010
Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Poetics Across North America
Buy on Amazon2012
The FunkWag from A to Z
Buy on Amazon2014
The Racial Imaginary
Buy on Amazon2014
What I Say
Buy on Amazon2015
The Forward Book of Poetry 2016
Buy on Amazon2015
The Manifesto Project
Buy on Amazon2017
Nick Cave: Until
Buy on Amazon2017
The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization
Buy on Amazon2019
Bodies Built for Game
Buy on Amazon2019
Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects
Buy on Amazon2020
Conceptualisms
Buy on Amazon2022
On Whiteness: The Racial Imaginary Institute
Buy on Amazon2022
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series is publication order: 1. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011), 2. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 (2011), 3. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 (2013), 4. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 (2014), 5. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015 (2015), and 19 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series by Claudia Rankine contains 24 books. The series began in 2011 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series is written by Claudia Rankine. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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