About
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American author, editor, and publisher. He is known for his novels, including "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" (2000), "What Is the What" (2006), and "The Circle" (2013). Eggers's writing often explores themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning in a complex world. He is also a vocal advocate for social justice and environmentalism. Eggers has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the MacArthur Fellowship. His novels have been translated into more than 30 languages and have been adapted into several films. Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a literary journal and publishing company. He is a co-founder of the 826 Valencia writing center, which provides free writing workshops to students in under-resourced communities.
Book Series by Dave Eggers
The Circle Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Circle | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Every | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
Save The Story Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Story of Captain Nemo (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
The Forgetters Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Keeper of the Ornaments | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Comebacker | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Where the Candles Are Kept | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| You Shall Know Our Velocity! | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hello Children | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| What Is the What | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wild Things | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Hologram for the King | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Heroes of the Frontier | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lifters | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Parade | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Eyes and the Impossible | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Rain (Short Story) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| How We Are Hungry | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Short Short Stories (Short Story) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box ( With: Deb Olin Unferth) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Picture Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow Most Likely (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lights and Types of Ships at Night (Short Story) ( With: Annie Dills) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| We Became Jaguars (Short Story) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Faraway Things (Short Story) ( With: Kelly Murphy) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion (Short Story) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Other Plays
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Away We Go | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Non-Fiction Books
An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers ( With: Jane Smiley)
2014
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Teachers Have It Easy | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Surviving Justice ( With: Scott Turow) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zeitoun | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| America: Now and Here | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| It Is Right to Draw Their Fur | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| David Shrigley | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers ( With: Jane Smiley) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Visitants | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Better than Fiction 2 | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Her Right Foot (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ungrateful Mammals (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Monk of Mokha | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| What Can a Citizen Do? (Short Story) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Most of the Better Natural Things in the World (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Dave Eggers Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking With the Angel | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Burned Children of America | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best of McSweeney's | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best of McSweeney's, Volume 2 | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| ESPN Quick Pitches: A Star-Studded Lineup of Original Sports Fiction | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Legacy of David Foster Wallace | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| McSweeney's # 42 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Who Done It? | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| McSweeney's # 44 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Granta 124: Travel | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stories Upon Stories | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Kindness of Strangers | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Freeman's: Arrival | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| McSweeney's # 49 | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fight of the Century | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Writer's Library | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| McSweeney's Issue 70 | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
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