The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008

by Dave Eggers , Kurt Vonnegut , Laurie Weeks , Jake Swearingen , Marjorie Celona , J. Malcom Garcia , David Gessner , Andrew Sean Greer , Helon Haliba , Paul Hornschemeier , Raffi Khartchadourian , Stephen King , Rutu Modan , Emily Raboteau , George Saunders , Patrick Tobin , Laura van den Berg , Gene Weingarten , Malerie Willens , Sherman Alexie , Rachel Aviv , Nora Bonner , Lilli Carré , Rana Dasgupta , Tamas Dobozy , Bryan Furuness , Elizabeth Gonzalez , Emmanuel Guibert , Didier Lefèvre , Frederic Lemercier , Etgar Keret , Courtney Moreno , Tea Obreht , T Ott , Patricio Pron , Evan Ratliff , David Rohde , Amy Waldman