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
Speaking With the Angel
Buy on Amazon2000
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002
Buy on Amazon2002
The Burned Children of America
Buy on Amazon2003
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003
Buy on Amazon2003
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans
Buy on Amazon2004
The Best of McSweeney's
Buy on Amazon2004
The Best of McSweeney's, Volume 2
Buy on Amazon2004
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004
Buy on Amazon2004
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers
Buy on Amazon2005
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
Buy on Amazon2005
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006
Buy on Amazon2006
Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier
Buy on Amazon2007
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007
Buy on Amazon2007
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
Buy on Amazon2008
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009
Buy on Amazon2009
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010
Buy on Amazon2010
ESPN Quick Pitches: A Star-Studded Lineup of Original Sports Fiction
Buy on Amazon2011
The Legacy of David Foster Wallace
Buy on Amazon2012
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
Buy on Amazon2012
McSweeney's #42
Buy on Amazon2012
The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues
Buy on Amazon2012
My Ideal Bookshelf
Buy on Amazon2012
Who Done It?
Buy on Amazon2013
McSweeney's #44
Buy on Amazon2013
Granta 124: Travel
Buy on Amazon2013
Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York
Buy on Amazon2014
Stories Upon Stories
Buy on Amazon2014
Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America
Buy on Amazon2014
The Kindness of Strangers
Buy on Amazon2015
Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury
Buy on Amazon2015
Freeman's: Arrival
Buy on Amazon2015
Astro Noise
Buy on Amazon2016
What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America
Buy on Amazon2017
McSweeney's #49
Buy on Amazon2017
Fight of the Century
Buy on Amazon2020
The Writer's Library
Buy on Amazon2020
McSweeney's Issue 70
Buy on Amazon2023
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering
Buy on Amazon2024
The Best Short Stories 2024
Buy on Amazon2024
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 43 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series by Dave Eggers contains 48 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 Dave Eggers. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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