The Best American Essays 2025

<p><strong>A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by critically acclaimed author and essayist, Jia Tolentino.</strong></p><p>The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.</p><p>Jia Tolentino, critically acclaimed essayist, editor, and <em>New Yorker </em>staff<em> </em>writer, selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.</p>