368 pages
English language
Published Jan. 10, 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
by Jhumpa Lahiri,
Dave Eggers,
George Saunders,
William T. Vollmann,
Anders Nilsen,
Dan Chaon,
Aimee Bender,
Stephen Elliott,
Al Franken,
Jessica Anthony,
Jeff Gordinier,
Lauren Weedman,
Joe Sayers,
Daniel Alacron,
Amber Dermont,
Stephanie Dickinson,
Tish Durkin,
Kate Krautkramer,
Rattawut Lapcharoensap,
Molly McNett,
J. David Stevens,
Jonathan Tel,
Douglas Trevor