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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is an American writer known for both literary fiction and non-fiction, as well as for his roles as an editor and publisher. He is the child of an attorney and a teacher, both of whom passed away at a young age, leading him to care for his eight-year-old brother and pause his journalism studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. These experiences are detailed in his debut book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. He later established his own publishing company, McSweeney’s. Eggers is married to fellow author Vendela Vida and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. He first published A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius in 1999, followed by his initial novel, You Shall Know Our Velocity, in 2002. Below is a list of Dave Eggers’ books in the order of their original release:

Dave Eggers became a published novelist in 2000 with the novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Below is a list of Dave Eggers's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Circle Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Circle (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Every (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Save The Story Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Story of Captain Nemo (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Forgetters Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Keeper of the Ornaments (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Comebacker (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Where the Candles Are Kept (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
You Shall Know Our Velocity! (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hello Children (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What Is the What (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wild Things (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Hologram for the King (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Heroes of the Frontier (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lifters (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Parade (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eyes and the Impossible (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Museum of Rain (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
How We Are Hungry (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Short Short Stories (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box (With: Deb Olin Unferth) (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Tomorrow Most Likely (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lights and Types of Ships at Night (With: Annie Dills) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
We Became Jaguars (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Faraway Things (With: Kelly Murphy) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Plays Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Away We Go (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Teachers Have It Easy (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Surviving Justice (With: Scott Turow) (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Zeitoun (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
America: Now and Here (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It Is Right to Draw Their Fur (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
David Shrigley (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers (With: Jane Smiley) (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Visitants (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Better than Fiction 2 (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Her Right Foot (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ungrateful Mammals (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Monk of Mokha (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What Can a Citizen Do? (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Most of the Better Natural Things in the World (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Speaking With the Angel (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Burned Children of America (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of McSweeney's (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of McSweeney's, Volume 2 (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
ESPN Quick Pitches: A Star-Studded Lineup of Original Sports Fiction (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Legacy of David Foster Wallace (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McSweeney's #42 (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Ideal Bookshelf (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Who Done It? (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McSweeney's #44 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Granta 124: Travel (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stories Upon Stories (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Kindness of Strangers (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Freeman's: Arrival (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McSweeney's #49 (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fight of the Century (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Writer's Library (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McSweeney's Issue 70 (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Short Stories 2024 (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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