Best American: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 (Paperback)

from LisaMorr

This book of 24 short stories was only partially satisfying. I started it last year, and then set it down stuck on one of the last stories, and just now picked it up to finish it. I guess I liked about half the stories. Some of the ones that still stir a memory definitely had an impact, but there...

from JBD1

I think I'll just mention the pieces included here that I particularly liked or found interesting (not necessarily the same thing). Ryan Boudinot's short story "Free Burgers for Life," Al Franken's "Tearaway Burkas and Tinplate Menorahs, about a USO tour" and Jeff Gordiner's "The Lost Boys," on t...

from woodge

It's not often I delve into a short story collection. Why is it so many of them are depressing or just plain sad or pathetic? Woo-hoo! Fun! (Not.) So I might've skimmed about half of these. If there's too much of a main character being pathetic... or characters doing drugs... or the main characte...

from figre

First, let's get this out of the way. This collection continues the amazing track record of this series. Great stories and articles. This year, the collection has one strange aspect - most of the selections are fiction. To me, the real strength of this series is usually the non-fiction. (In fact,...

from figre

First, let's get this out of the way. This collection continues the amazing track record of this series. Great stories and articles. This year, the collection has one strange aspect - most of the selections are fiction. To me, the real strength of this series is usually the non-fiction. (In fact,...