I've been collecting this series sporadically since 1996. The first was purchased while in a what-to-read-next malaise. I'm there again, so here's the recently-purchased 2003 essays to get me going. The selections are always artful and varied and, like listening to This American Life, always provide interest for topics I would otherwise deem uninteresting. It's nice to find those things that can surprise you.
You'd probably like Fadiman's own book:
Fadiman, Anne (1998)
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
ISBN: 0-374-14860-0
It's a collection of essays; a homage to people that read and the world of writers.