The Best American Science Writing 2012

10 best books like The Best American Science Writing 2012 (Michio Kaku): Herding Cats, The Quitter, Devotion, The Best American Comics 2016, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008, Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category, Bumf Vol. 1: I Buggered The Kaiser, The Best American Comics 2018

Herding Cats

Author	Sarah Andersen
ISBN	1449489788

Adjusting to life as a world-famous cartoonist isn't easy. Terrifying deadlines, piles of junk-food wrappers under a glowing computer screen, and an ever-growing horde of pets....umm, never mind--it's pretty much the same.

With characteristic wit and charm, Sarah Andersen's third collection...

The Quitter

Author	Harvey Pekar
ISBN	1401204007

""Pekar's most poignant and satisfying effort to date."--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"Dean Haspiel. . . .performs with virtuoso flair in THE QUITTER"--THE NEW YORKER"Brutally honest."--ROLLING STONE★"A searingly honest memoir. . . . Pekar's work dignifies the struggle of the average man."--PUBLISHERS...

Devotion

Author	Patti Smith
ISBN	0300218621

 The National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process.

A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such...

The Best American Comics 2016

Author	Roz Chast
ISBN	0544750357

“There’s something thrilling about seeing people invent new ways to tell their story. To me, it’s proof that the art form of comics is healthy: it lives and grows and reinvents itself. It’s alive!”
–Roz Chast, from the Introduction
 
FEATURING Lynda Barry, Kate Beaton,...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

Author	Mary Roach
ISBN	0547350635

The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special...

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011

Author	Dave Eggers
ISBN	0547577435

The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the...

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008

Author

Dave Eggers

This is by far the weakest collection I've read since '05. Honestly, the best part was the throwaway "best of" craziness in the first third of the collection. I found the nonfiction tedious and "trying too hard" (including the Saunders piece . . though I did read it until the end . . . President Clinton makes...

Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category

Author	Dave Eggers
ISBN	1400076854

Now more than ever, Americans are troubled by questions. As sweaty modernity thrusts itself upon us, the veil of ignorance that cloaked our nation hangs in tatters, tattered tatters. Our "funny bones" are neither fun nor bony. Glum is the new giddy, and the old giddy wasn't too giddy to begin with.

 

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Bumf Vol. 1: I Buggered The Kaiser

Author	Joe Sacco
ISBN	1606997483

In the vein of the old underground comix like ZAP or Weirdo, author Joe Sacco promises that BUMF will go where it needs to go, and do what it needs to do.” Though world-famous for his serious, journalistic books like Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and Footnotes in Gaza, Bumf promises to echo back to Sacco’s...

The Best American Comics 2018

Author	Phoebe Gloeckner
ISBN	1328464601

“I love comics. Comics is (Comics ARE?) a perfect language, robustly evolving and expanding like any other living language,” writes Phoebe Gloeckner in her Introduction to The Best American Comics 2018. This year’s collection includes work selected from the pages of graphic novels, comic...

The Best American Comics 2017

Author	Ben Katchor
ISBN	0544750365

“Every last page is worth a look.” —Bustle

Ben Katchor, “the most poetic, deeply layered artist ever to draw a comic strip” (New York Times Book Review), selects the best graphic pieces of the year. The Best American Comics 2017 showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming...