Summary: The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, in galleries, minicomics, and the web.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

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Summary: Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2012 which were originally published in American periodicals.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Summary: Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

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Summary: Presents a collection of the best mystery stories written during 2015.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

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Summary: For the past year, a group of high school students met at a publishing house in San Francisco every Monday night to read literary magazines, chapbooks, graphic novels, and countless articles. This committee was assisted by a group of students that met in the basement of a robot shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Together, and under the guidance of guest editor Adam Johnson, these high schoolers...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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Summary: "Featuring guest-editor contributions by the author of the Outlander series, a latest annual edition compiles top-selected short works of science fiction and fantasy from the year 2019."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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Summary: Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" ("Chicago Tribune)." The collection boasts great variety from "famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds" ("St. Louis Post-Dispatch)," ensuring yet another...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009

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Summary: In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2021

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Summary: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2017, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

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Summary: A collection of the best travel writing published in 2019, selected by Alexandra Fuller.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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Summary: Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in 2009 in graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009

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Summary: Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in 2011 in graphic novels.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011

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Summary: The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2021, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Veronica Roth. This year's selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and bestselling author of the Divergent series Veronica Roth, showcases a crop of authors that are willing to experiment and tantalize readers with new takes on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2021

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Summary: Featuring guest editor contributions by the author of "Less," the latest edition of the respected literary annual collects twenty top-selected short stories from the previous year.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001

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Summary: An anthology of top-selected sports writing from the past year is culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty publications as well as a variety of leading sports blogs.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

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Summary: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2016, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

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Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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Contents: Spurs / Tod Robbins -- Pastorale / James M. Cain -- You'll always remember me / Steve Fisher -- Gun crazy / MacKinlay Kantor -- Nothing to worry about / Day Keene -- The homecoming / Dorothy B. Hughes -- Man in the dark / Howard Browne -- The lady says die! / Mickey Spillane -- Professional man / David Goodis -- The hunger / Charles Beaumont -- The gesture / Gil Brewer -- The last spin / Evan...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010

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Summary: Best-selling author Amy Stewart edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

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