587 ratings | 102 reviews | avg rating:4.16

more photos (19)

Conrad Wesselhoeft’s Followers (53)

Conrad’s Bookshelves

to-read (315)
currently-reading (0)
read (581)
reviewed (0)

Conrad’s Friends (44)

Michele

30,016 books | 5,119 friends

Rob Edmunds

110 books | 3,236 friends

Matt Faulkner

8 books | 267 friends

Kendall

580 books | 13 friends

Bill Powers

1,166 books | 1,695 friends

Jenny Hohmeier

1,238 books | 40 friends

Kerrie-ann

2,561 books | 1,786 friends

K. Kumar Kumar

145 books | 888 friends

More friends…

Conrad Wesselhoeft

Goodreads Author

Born

in Seattle, The United States

Website

http://conradwesselhoeft.com/

Twitter

ConradWesselhoe

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary

Influences

Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Scott O'Dell ...more

Member Since

December 2010

edit data

Conrad Wesselhoeft worked as a tugboat hand in Singapore and Peace Corps Volunteer in Polynesia before embarking on a career in journalism. He has served on the editorial staffs of five newspapers, including The New York Times. He is the author of ADIOS, NIRVANA (2010) and DIRT BIKES, DRONES, AND OTHER WAYS TO FLY (2014), two contemporary young-adult novels from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He lives in West Seattle. You can learn more about him at conradwesselhoeft.com.

32 posts
Conrad Wesselhoeft's Blog

On writing young-adult ficition

http://watchingwestseattle.com/videos...

View more on Conrad Wesselhoeft's website »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on January 18, 2017 22:15 • Tags: conrad-wesselhoeft

View all 32 posts »

Combine Editions
Conrad Wesselhoeft’s books

Average rating: 4.0 · 797 ratings · 200 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Adios, Nirvana 3.97 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly 4.03 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

rss
Conrad’s Recent Updates

Conrad Wesselhoeft and 17 other people liked Ian "Marvin" Graye's review of Shadow Ticket: "CRITIQUE: "Action, Well, I Try to Avoid That Too, When I Can" (Thomas Pynchon - p138) As entertaining as Pynchon's most recent (and potentially last) novel is, it intentionally lacks significant narrative action. Instead, it relies on atmosphere, charact" Read more of this review »
Nov 26, 2025 08:41AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Conrad Wesselhoeft and 1 other person liked Curtis Manley's review of When Science Stood Still: How S. Chandrasekhar Predicted the Existence of Black Holes: "As a child, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar loved math—and dreamed of using math to discover the secrets of stars. While on a ship on his way from India to continue his education in England. Chandra explored the math of dying stars and realized that not a" Read more of this review »
Nov 26, 2025 08:34AM · see review
Conrad Wesselhoeft rated a book really liked it The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters by Rachel Trethewey	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 01, 2025 01:36AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Churchill Sisters by Rachel Trethewey. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Churchill Sisters by Rachel Trethewey <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Conrad Wesselhoeft wants to read Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward by Oliver Soden	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 24, 2025 08:32AM · like
Conrad Wesselhoeft and 37 other people liked Geevee's review of Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward: " "I'm feeling quite insane and young again, And all because I'm mad about the boy" and so Dinah Washington completes her rendition of Mad about the Boy. The words and music were Noël Coward's, written in 1932. He went on to write numerous songs and p" Read more of this review »
Sep 24, 2025 08:32AM · see review
Conrad Wesselhoeft wants to read West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 20, 2025 07:19PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Conrad Wesselhoeft wants to read Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 20, 2025 07:17PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Autumn Light by Pico Iyer. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Autumn Light by Pico Iyer <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Conrad Wesselhoeft wants to read Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912–1945 by Michael Haag	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 20, 2025 06:36PM · like
Conrad Wesselhoeft wants to read Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck by William Souder	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 20, 2025 06:35PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Mad at the World by William Souder. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Mad at the World by William Souder <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Conrad Wesselhoeft rated a book really liked it Saint Jack by Paul Theroux	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 20, 2025 06:23PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Saint Jack by Paul Theroux. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Saint Jack by Paul Theroux <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Conrad's books…

Quotes by Conrad Wesselhoeft (?)

“Everybody's wondering, how can I arrange the daisies and dandelions of my life into a better bouquet? The answer is, you can't. Life is random. Life is absurd. Life is deadly. The bouquet arranges itself. And it doesn't always bloom or smell good.”
― Conrad Wesselhoeft, Adios, Nirvana

8 likes

“To live is to swim toward the shimmer, to die is to never try.”
― Conrad Wesselhoeft

7 likes

“That's the secret--to close your hand on jagged glass, then open it and find a butterfly.”
― Conrad Wesselhoeft

3 likes

See all Conrad Wesselhoeft's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Delirity: IPod Shuffle (Ends 11/30/2011)	59	67	Sep 12, 2011 10:29PM
The Next Best Boo...: Author Alphabet	3700	3101	Mar 14, 2013 03:16PM
Fun & Games: Author Alphabet	4950	578	Dec 29, 2023 08:49AM

More…

Conrad’s Quotes

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

tags: books, infinite-jest

4212 likes

“That's the secret--to close your hand on jagged glass, then open it and find a butterfly.”
― Conrad Wesselhoeft

3 likes

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

92107 likes

“To live is to swim toward the shimmer, to die is to never try.”
― Conrad Wesselhoeft

7 likes

“When a reader falls in love with a book, it leaves its essence inside him, like radioactive fallout in an arable field, and after that there are certain crops that will no longer grow in him, while other, stranger, more fantastic growths may occasionally be produced."

[Books vs. Goons, L.A. Times, April 24, 2005]”
― Salman Rushdie

tags: books, ideas, impact, readers, reading

343 likes

More of Conrad’s quotes…

Conrad’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-1) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 1: by Eric

Sep 02, 2012 08:32PM

Thank you for becoming my Goodreads friend.
Eric

reply | flag