The Grozny tourist bureau / Anthony Marra
An oral history of Abdelrahman Al-Ahmar / Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek
Jelly and Jack / Dana Spiotta
The Teflon toxin / Sharon Lerner
How I became a prison gardener / Michele Scott
The gentlest village / Jesse Ball
An interview with President Obama / Marilynne Robinson
Buena Vista Park, 2 A.M. / sam sax
The miracle years of Little Fork / Rebecca Makkai
Death-qualified / Gary Indiana
The trip treatment / Michael Pollan
Strong city / Da'Shay Portis
Sudba I / Anna Kovatcheva
Homer Dill's undead / Inara Verzemnieks
Reluctant citizens / Kyle Boelte
Dream house / Ariana Reines
Killing and dying / Adrian Tomine
On this side / Yuko Sakata
The lonely death of George Bell / N. R. Kleinfield
The death of the sky / David Wagoner
Last poem for Oe / Laurel Hunt
Things I know to be true / Kendra Fortmeyer
Algorithmic problem solving for father-daughter relationships / Xuan Juliana Wang
Brown vs. Ferguson / Endnotes
The Best American Nonrequired Reading Committee
Notable nonrequired reading of 2015