| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 | |
| Editor: | Dave Eggers and introduced by Judy Blume |
| Cover Artist: | Barry McGee |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Nonrequired Reading |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 |
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008, a volume in The Best American Nonrequired Reading series, was edited by Dave Eggers and introduced by Judy Blume.[1] [2] The works anthologized are selected by high school students in California and Michigan through 826 Valencia and 826michigan.[3] [4] [5]
| Work | Source | Author |
| "Y" | Indiana Review | Marjorie Celona |
| "The White Train" | Virginia Quarterly Review | J. Malcolm Garcia |
| "The Dreamer Did Not Exist" | Oxford American | |
| "Darkness" | Zoetrope | Andrew Sean Greer |
| "The Hotel Malogo" | Virginia Quarterly Review | Helon Haliba |
| "The Three Paradoxes" | The Three Paradoxes | Paul Hornschemeier |
| "Neptune's Navy" | The New Yorker | Raffi Khatchadourian |
| "Ayana" | The Paris Review | |
| "Queen of the Scottish Fairies" | www.nytimes.com | Ruth Modan |
| "Searching for Zion" | Transition | |
| "Bill Clinton, Public Citizen" | GQ | |
| "Cake" | The Kenyon Review | Patrick Tobin |
| "Where We Must Be" | Indiana Review | Laura van den Berg |
| "Pearls Before Breakfast" | The Washington Post | |
| "The Elegant Rube" | Open City | Malerie Willens |