This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work

Some of the world's most acclaimed writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and cartoonists, share what they consider their finest works, accompanied by incisive commentary by each author on the work and the creative process, with contributions by Anne Tyler, Arthur Miller, Gary Trudeau, David Sedaris, Rita Dove, Tom Robbins, T. C. Boyle, John Updike, and Ruth Reichl, among others. Original. 12,500 first printing.