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