The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006

By Tom Downey, David Rakoff, Joe Sacco, Kurt Vonnegut, Ian McEwan, Judy Budnitz, Art Spiegelman, Michael Lewis, Guy Delisle, Naguib Mahfouz, Miranda July, Gipi, Dave Eggers, 村上春樹, Julia Sweeney, Matt Groening, David Foster Wallace, Rick Moody, George Saunders, Jeff Parker, Cat Bohannon, The Lincoln Group, Shaw, Sam

Subjects: American literature (collections), 21st century, American prose literature, American Short stories, American wit and humor

Description: Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.