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The Best of Me
“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review

ANew York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

A CNN andChristian Science MonitorBest Book of the Month

For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing.

Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work. In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler’s lap. He drowns a mouse in a bucket, struggles to say “give it to me” in five languages, and hand-feeds a carnivorous bird.

But if all you expect to find in Sedaris’s work is the deft and sharply observed comedy for which he became renowned, you may be surprised to discover that his words bring more warmth than mockery, more fellow-feeling than derision. Nowhere is this clearer than in his writing about his loved ones. In these pages, Sedaris explores falling in love and staying together, recognizing his own aging not in the mirror but in the faces of his siblings, losing one parent and coming to terms—at long last—with the other.

Taken together, the stories in TheBest of Me reveal the wonder and delight Sedaris takes in the surprises life brings him. No experience, he sees, is quite as he expected—it’s often harder, more fraught, and certainly weirder—but sometimes it is also much richer and more wonderful.

Full of joy, generosity, and the incisive humor that has led David Sedaris to be called “the funniest man alive” (Time Out New York), The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing—quite often at himself—and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.
Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris

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Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris

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Jenny and the Jaws of Life

Jenny and the Jaws of Life

Jincy Willett

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A Carnival of Snackery

A Carnival of Snackery

David Sedaris

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The Best of Me

The Best of Me

David Sedaris

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Calypso

Calypso

David Sedaris

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Calypso

Calypso

David Sedaris

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Calypso

Calypso

David Sedaris

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David Sedaris Diaries

David Sedaris Diaries

David Sedaris, Jeffrey Jenkins

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David Sedaris Diaries

David Sedaris Diaries

David Sedaris, Jeffrey Jenkins

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Theft by Finding

Theft by Finding

David Sedaris

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Theft by Finding

Theft by Finding

David Sedaris

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Theft by Finding

Theft by Finding

David Sedaris

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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

David Sedaris

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

David Sedaris

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Holidays on Ice

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris

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Holidays on Ice

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris

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Naked

Naked

David Sedaris

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Barrel Fever

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

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Naked

Naked

David Sedaris

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Barrel Fever

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

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Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Unknown

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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Unknown

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

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