1. "Assassination Vacation" - Sarah Vowell

2. "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" - Jon Stewart

3. "Sight Hound" - Pam Houston

4. "Nice Big American Baby" - Judy Budnitz

5. "A Changed Man" - Francine Prose

6. "How We Are Hungry: Stories" - Dave Eggers

7. "Mother of Sorrows" - Richard McCann

8. "Nothing's Sacred" - Lewis Black

9. "Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules" - David Sedaris (editor)

10. "Where I Was From" - Joan Didion