Best American series

Elizabeth Kolbert selects twenty-six works of American science and nature writing as the best of the genre from the year 2008, including pieces by Nicholas Carr, Walter Isaacson, Oliver Sacks, and others.

Selects twenty-five works of American travel writing as the best of the genre from 2009.

A collection of American short stories, originally published in 2009 and selected by editor Richard Russo, including work by writers such as Steve Almond, Charles Baxter, and Karen Russel.

Collects what the editors feel are the outstanding comics published in North America between September 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009, by authors such as Peter Kuper, Gilbert and Mario Hernandez, Robert Crumb, and Josh Neufeld. Introduced by Neil Gaiman.

A collection of short fiction and nonfiction writings from mainstream and alternative American periodicals that features an introduction by Marjane Satrapi and selections from Philip Connors, Nathan Englander, Rivka Galchen, David Grann, and others.

A collection of American short stories, originally published in 2008 and selected by editor Alice Sebold, including work by writers such as Joseph Epstein, Alice Fulton, and Kevin Moffett.

A collection of mystery stories, originally published in 2006 and selected by editor Carl Hiaasen, including work by writers such as Lawrence Block, James Lee Burke, John Dufresne, and more.

A collection of twenty-two essays by American authors, chosen by guest editor David Foster Wallace as the best to be published in 2006, including selections by Jo Ann Beard, Louis Menand, Molly Peacock, Jerald Walker, and others.

Presents essays about sports chosen from magazines and newspapers published in 2013, on topics ranging from bullfighting to basketball, baseball, and boxing.

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.