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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010

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Mixed Bag submitted by cullmann on August 25, 2012, 10:09am Some pieces will capture you, some are okay, and some are a bit of a slog. Overall, I did enjoy this collection and look forward to reading the others.

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SERIES
Best American series.



PUBLISHED
New York : Mariner Books, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 484 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780547241630
0547241631

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Eggers, Dave.
Sedaris, David.

SUBJECTS
American prose literature -- 21st century.
Short stories, American.
American essays -- 21st century.
American wit and humor -- 21st century.