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Dave Eggers

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

March 12, 1970

Website

https://daveeggers.net/

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

Influences

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

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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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Dave Eggers’s books

Average rating: 3.71 · 853,779 ratings · 86,018 reviews · 342 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Circle (The Circle, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 232,223 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 3.69 avg rating — 183,961 ratings — published 2000 — 5 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
	What Is the What 4.15 avg rating — 87,524 ratings — published 2006	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
	Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 80,265 ratings — published 2009 — 96 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
	You Shall Know Our Velocity! 3.63 avg rating — 29,587 ratings — published 2002 — 9 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
	A Hologram for the King 3.29 avg rating — 29,605 ratings — published 2012 — 99 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 Monk of Mokha 4.09 avg rating — 22,298 ratings — published 2018 — 50 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 Every (The Circle, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 17,294 ratings — published 2021 — 37 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 Eyes & the Impossible 4.23 avg rating — 14,939 ratings — published 2023 — 18 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
	How We Are Hungry 3.75 avg rating — 13,927 ratings — published 2004 — 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

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Series by Dave Eggers

The Circle (2 books)
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3.45 avg rating — 249,505 ratings

McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern (80 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 17,158 ratings

The Forgetters (9 books)
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