Every year, The Best American Series editors handpick the previous year's finest writing in short stories, comics, mysteries, essays, travel, science and nature, sports, spirituality, and nonrequired reading. Here are selected picks from The Best American 2009.
1. The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
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The twenty stories in The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 are wide-ranging in their styles and themes, and - much like the 2008 collection - are short stories first, mysteries second. In fact, solid as they are as stories, many aren't all that mysterious, choosing instead to take the reader along on the ride.
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2. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009
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The writing in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009 demonstrates what sets the best apart from the rest. On topics ranging from psychology and biology to carbon footprints and electronic waste, these writers exude passion for their subjects. And the essays they write will wow readers into a rapt state of reverence for all of the awe and wonder in the natural world.
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3. The Best American Short Stories 2009
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4. The Best American Sports Writing 2009
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The foreword and introduction of a book are usually things to be glanced at, gotten through as quickly as possible on the way to the "good stuff." Here, the "good stuff" begins in the foreword, continues into the introduction, and comes to fruition in the double-dozen stories that comprise the meat of The Best American Sports Writing 2009.
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5. The Best American Travel Writing 2009
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