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Will Pass

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Patrick deWitt, Coen Brothers

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Will Pass is the author of The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived, a dark comedy about interspecies friendships and the wild contradictions of domesticated life. It was named among the 2025 Southwest Books of the Year.

His second novel, The Whirlpool of Lebanon, is forthcoming September 15, 2026, from Thiessen Press.

Will also hosts Who Reads Books Anymore?, a video series in which he asks strangers about their reading lives.

@willpassbooks

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	The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived 3.89 avg rating — 191 ratings — 3 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
	The Whirlpool of Lebanon 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 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

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A dark, laugh-out-loud satire of the modern American suburban man. He's self-aware enough to avoid repeating his father's mistakes with his own son…but what happens when there's no babysitter and you MUST WIN the local tennis club's adult league cham ...more
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Will Pass rated a book it was amazing Dodge City by Patrick deWitt	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
Wow, what a wonderful ride! Follow Lee Clarke, a charming benzedrine-fueled Vietnam draft dodger hightailing for the northern border in a borrowed Jaguar E-type. With deadpan dialogue and beautifully damaged characters, deWitt takes the reader on a h ...more
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Will Pass rated a book it was amazing Young Santa by Joe Deany-Braun (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
From form, wilderness. Young Santa reminds me of those fractal animations that start out simple enough: it's just a leaf, right? But as the camera zooms in, the waxy green surface gives rise to a more complex pattern, and zooming in on that pattern gi ...more
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Wow, what a wonderful ride! Follow Lee Clarke, a charming benzedrine-fueled Vietnam draft dodger hightailing for the northern border in a borrowed Jaguar E-type. With deadpan dialogue and beautifully damaged characters, deWitt takes the reader on a h ...more
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From form, wilderness. Young Santa reminds me of those fractal animations that start out simple enough: it's just a leaf, right? But as the camera zooms in, the waxy green surface gives rise to a more complex pattern, and zooming in on that pattern gi ...more
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My three-year-old and I read tons of books together, and this one was an instant favorite. “I loved it!” he said, then immediately asked to read it again...and again... The Dinosaur Seed is a wildly immersive adventure that rockets from the playground ...more
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