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FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
Kirkus Star A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING
by Dave Eggers
"Even so, Eggers' fiction has evolved in the past decade. This book is firm proof that social concerns can make for resonant storytelling."
A middle-aged man scrapes for his identity in a Saudi Arabian city of the future. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 7, 2011
WHEN MARLANA PULLED A THREAD
by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Dave Eggers
"Inscrutable existential twaddle. (Picture book. Adult)"
A heartbreaking work of staggering self-indulgence. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
Kirkus Star THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2010
edited by Dave Eggers
"Like a really lively magazine in book form, and a bargain considering the rich diversity of its contents."
Though not required for the classroom, this annual anthology offers a selection that is usually engaging and provocative, even essential. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 14, 2004
THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2004
edited by Dave Eggers
"A mixed bunch, a little below last year's standard. (Not seen: pieces by Jon Gertner, Paula Peterson, and David Sedaris.)"
The third in this catchall series is weighted toward fiction and has an international flavor. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 10, 2003
THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2003
edited by Dave Eggers
"Amusing and meaningful, light and yet profound, like the best magazine in the world--which unfortunately comes out only once a year."
In his foreword, editor Eggers makes note that the second entry in this particular Best American series is not as limited as other Best series are, "making them whimper and cower in a way that is shameful." Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2002
THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2002
edited by Dave Eggers
"An alternative to the Banana Republic gift certificate for that difficult nephew with a birthday."
Fiction and nonfiction pulled from the main- and side-stream by McSweeney's editor Eggers, founder of a San Francisco writing lab for city youth, is the latest in Houghton Mifflin's Great American Series. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 17, 2000
A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS
by Dave Eggers
"It is evidently hard to have been Eggers, though few readers will be satisfied with this nugget of hard-won wisdom in return for their investment of time and good will. (Author tour)"
It isn't—but it's better than most novel-like objects created by our younger writers, and like them, this one is directly autobiographical, ironic, and self-referential, concluding with a tiny gesture of hope the author no doubt considers brave given the vicissitudes he's retailed in prose. Read full book review >