New York Times Bestsellers
Dave Eggers has placed 8 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 73 weeks on the charts. One title reached #1.
The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers Other Novels
27 weeks on the Times Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list · peaked at #1 · debuted May 2023 · 28 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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The Circle
The Circle Series
12 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #7 · debuted Oct 2013 · 18 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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Reading Order
10 series · 86 books
The Circle Series
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| 1 | The Circle | 2013 | Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2015John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2014Andrew Carnegie Medal 2014Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Every | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Save The Story Series
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| 1 | The Story of Captain Nemo (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
The Forgetters Series
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| 1 | The Keeper of the Ornaments | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Comebacker | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Where the Candles Are Kept | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Other Novels
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| 1 | You Shall Know Our Velocity! | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Hello Children | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | What Is the What | 2006 | 🏆 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) 2007National Book Critics Circle Award 2006Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Wild Things | 2009 | LovelyBooks Leserpreis 2009Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | A Hologram for the King | 2012 | 🏆 National Book Award 2012Andrew Carnegie Medal 2013Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? | 2014 | Dublin Literary Award 2016Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | Heroes of the Frontier | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | The Lifters | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Parade | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | The Eyes and the Impossible | 2023 | 🏆 Newbery Medal 2024Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | The Museum of Rain (Short Story) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Short Story Collections
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| 1 | How We Are Hungry | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Short Short Stories (Short Story) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box with Deb Olin Unferth | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Picture Books
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| 1 | Tomorrow Most Likely (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Lights and Types of Ships at Night (Short Story) with Annie Dills | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | We Became Jaguars (Short Story) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Faraway Things (Short Story) with Kelly Murphy | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion (Short Story) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Other Plays
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| 1 | Away We Go | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Non-Fiction Books
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| 1 | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | 2000 | 🏆 Puddly Award 2001🏆 Borders Original Voices Award 2000Pulitzer Prize 2001Guardian First Book Award 2000Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Teachers Have It Easy | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Surviving Justice with Scott Turow | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Zeitoun | 2009 | 🏆 American Book Award 2010🏆 Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2010🏆 Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2009Goodreads Choice Award 2009Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | America: Now and Here | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | It Is Right to Draw Their Fur | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | David Shrigley | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers with Jane Smiley | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Visitants | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | Better than Fiction 2 | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | Her Right Foot (Short Story) | 2017 | 🏆 California Young Readers Medal 2020Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 13 | Ungrateful Mammals (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | The Monk of Mokha | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | What Can a Citizen Do? (Short Story) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | Most of the Better Natural Things in the World (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dave Eggers Anthologies
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| 1 | Speaking With the Angel | 2000 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Burned Children of America | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Best of McSweeney's | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Best of McSweeney's, Volume 2 | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 19 | ESPN Quick Pitches: A Star-Studded Lineup of Original Sports Fiction | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 20 | The Legacy of David Foster Wallace | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 21 | Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 22 | McSweeney's # 42 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 23 | The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 24 | Who Done It? | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 25 | McSweeney's # 44 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 26 | Granta 124: Travel | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 27 | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 28 | Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 29 | Stories Upon Stories | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 30 | Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 31 | The Kindness of Strangers | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 32 | Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 33 | Freeman's: Arrival | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 34 | Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 35 | What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America | 2017 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 36 | McSweeney's # 49 | 2017 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 37 | Fight of the Century | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 38 | The Writer's Library | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 39 | McSweeney's Issue 70 | 2023 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 40 | Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 41 | The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, *A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,* became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal *Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,* the literacy project *826 Valencia,* and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness.