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Dave Eggers


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
March 12, 1970

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Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

Influences
Joan Didion, Kurt Vonnegut, John Barth, Jack Kerouac, Gore Vidal, Davi ...more


Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is best known for his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several notable literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in numerous prestigious publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 856,684 ratings · 86,434 reviews · 343 distinct works • Similar authors
The Circle (The Circle, #1)
3.43 avg rating — 232,886 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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A Heartbreaking Work of Sta...
3.69 avg rating — 184,171 ratings — published 2000 — 114 editions
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What Is the What
4.15 avg rating — 87,656 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions
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Zeitoun
4.05 avg rating — 80,377 ratings — published 2009 — 96 editions
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You Shall Know Our Velocity!
3.63 avg rating — 29,608 ratings — published 2002 — 66 editions
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A Hologram for the King
3.29 avg rating — 29,642 ratings — published 2012 — 99 editions
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The Monk of Mokha
4.09 avg rating — 22,415 ratings — published 2018 — 50 editions
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The Eyes & the Impossible
4.23 avg rating — 15,242 ratings — published 2023 — 18 editions
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The Every (The Circle, #2)
3.69 avg rating — 17,439 ratings — published 2021 — 37 editions
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How We Are Hungry
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Quotes by Dave Eggers  (?)
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“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers
tags: books, time
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“We are unusual and tragic and alive.”
― dave eggers
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“I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.”
― Dave Eggers, What Is the What
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This month, we are reading from the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 list. The 100-book-list has been narrowed down to the list below for voting.

Since these books are not from the same genres, I have included genre as well as a link to the New York Times reviews.

Voting will be from 2/2/14 to 2/15/14, or until all 9 votes are cast. The winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
This book also received the 2013
Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction.
This book is also on the New York Times shortlist:
10 best books of 2013
See Life After Life: New York Times Review
 
  6 votes, 75.0%

 
  1 vote, 12.5%

Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2) by Stephen King
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
(Starring a now grown Danny from The Shinning)
This book also received the 2013
Goodreads Choice Award for Horror
See Doctor Sleep: New York Times Review
 
  1 vote, 12.5%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

8 total votes
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