I have taken it into my head to start another project! I'm going to try and read each of the books in the Best American Essay, Short Story, Nonrequired Reading, and Science and Nature Writing series from Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). And possibly the Ecco Science Writing collections, depending on content. Whoa, crazy (there is no try, only do). I have a goodly quantity of the Essay anthologies accumulated already (thank you, inexpensive used books).
Mariner/HMH Best American:
2013
The Best American Essays edited by Cheryl Strayed
The Best American Infographics edited by Gareth Cook
The Best American Science and Nature Writing edited by Siddhartha Mukherjee
2012
The Best American Nonrequired Reading edited by Dave Eggers
The Best American Science and Nature Writing edited by Dan Ariely
2011
The Best American Essays edited by Edwidge Danticat
The Best American Science and Nature Writing edited by Mary Roach
2009
The Best American Essays edited by Mary Oliver
The Best American Nonrequired Reading edited by Dave Eggers
The Best American Science and Nature Writing edited by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Best American Short Stories edited by Alice Sebold
2008
The Best American Essays edited by Adam Gopnik
Ecco Best American Science Writing:
2012
The Best American Science Writing edited by Michio Kaku
2011
The Best American Science Writing edited by Rebecca Skloot and Floyd Skloot
2009
The Best American Science Writing edited by Natalie Angier
