The Best American Nonrequired Reading
# The Best American Nonrequired Reading

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. The volume was part of The Best American Series and was initially 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. 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 Handler | 826 National | Lemony Snicket | Roman Muradov |
| 2015 | 14th | Adam Johnson | 826 National | Adam Johnson | Eric Nyquist |
| 2016 | 15th | Rachel Kushner | 826 National | Rachel Kushner | Jillian Tamaki |
| 2017 | 16th | Sarah Vowell | 826 National | Sarah Vowell | Kenard Pak |
| 2018 | 17th | Sheila Heti | 826 National | Sheila Heti | Tommi Parrish |
| 2019 | 18th | Edan Lepucki | 826 National | Edan Lepucki | Molly Egan |
