The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
Author: Dave Eggers
The Wall Street Journal says, “After a decade in which reading was considered about as hip as the Bee Gees, the under-25 set is now buying books for leisure reading at three times the rate of the overall market.” The Best American Non-Required Reading is a selection for young people of the best literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals: from The New Y….Read More
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