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Will Pass

Goodreads Author

Website

https://www.willpassbooks.com

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Patrick deWitt, Coen Brothers

Member Since

December 2022

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/willpass

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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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Average rating: 3.91 · 206 ratings · 107 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived 3.90 avg rating — 192 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 4.14 avg rating — 14 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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Will Pass has read 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 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 high-speed ro ...more
Jul 06, 2026 12:16PM · 1 like · like · see review
Will Pass rated a book it was amazing Men Women Dogs Flowers Chocolate Travel Death Love Madness Tradition Sex Dragons 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
Jul 06, 2026 04:58AM · like
Will Pass is now following Joe Deany-Braun Author of Young Santa
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Will Pass entered a giveaway Dodge City by Patrick deWitt 50 copies available, ends on July 16, 2026 Enter to win »
Jun 29, 2026 11:56AM · like · see giveaway
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
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Will Pass rated a book it was amazing The Dinosaur Seed by Lindsey Yankey	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
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
May 12, 2025 01:28PM · like · see review
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