This striking volume collects the finest essays and articles from the four-time National Magazine Award–nominated Believer magazine.

The book combines all the erudition and wit readers have come to expect from its pages: Jonathan Lethem on Nathanael West, William T. Vollmann on W. G. Sebald, Ben Ehrenreich on Brian Evenson, Paul La Farge on Dungeons & Dragons, and much, much more.

It’s an essential anthology, collecting the best in creative nonfiction, the best in literary journalism, and the best writing in English from the beginning of the 21st century, from one of the smartest, weirdest, and funniest magazines in the country.