Dave Eggers




Dave Eggers

author profile


born
March 12, 1970

gender
male

place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

website

genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction


about this author

Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including his most recent, Zeitoun, a nonfiction account a Syrian-American immigrant and his extraordinary experience during Hurricane Katrina and What Is the What, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award. That book, about Valentino Achak Deng, a survivor of the civil war in southern Sudan, gave birth to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, run by Mr. Deng and dedicated to building secondary schools in southern Sudan. Eggers is the founder and editor of McSweeney's, an independent publishing house based in San Francisco that produces a quarterly journal, a monthly magazine (The Believer), and Wholphin, a quarterly DVD of short films and documentaries. In 2002, with Nínive ...more




Sign up for Goodreads to pick your favorite quotes and books by Dave Eggers.
avg rating: 3.74 | 86,001 ratings | 11,066 reviews | 72 distinct works | 215 fans
A Heartbreaking Work of Stagge... A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 3.58 — 42,023 ratings — published 2000
23 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
What Is the What What Is the What
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 4.21 — 14,395 ratings — published 2006
19 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
You Shall Know Our Velocity! You Shall Know Our Velocity!
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 3.56 — 7,920 ratings — published 2002
18 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
How We Are Hungry How We Are Hungry
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 3.73 — 3,232 ratings — published 2004
11 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
Zeitoun Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 4.29 — 1,008 ratings — published 2009
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
The Best American Nonrequired... The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007
by Dave Eggers, Sufjan Stevens, Carson Ellis
avg rating 3.84 — 1,108 ratings — published 2007
2 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
The Best American Nonrequired... The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (The Best American Series)
by Dave Eggers (Editor), Matt Groening (Introduction)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,048 ratings — published 2006
2 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
McSweeney's Issue 13 McSweeney's Issue 13
by Dave Eggers, Chris Ware
avg rating 4.19 — 682 ratings — published 2004
3 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
The Best American Nonrequired... The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 3.86 — 687 ratings — published 2004
4 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
The Best American Nonrequired... The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series (TM))
by Dave Eggers
avg rating 3.91 — 593 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
More books by Dave Eggers…

upcoming events

No scheduled events.

No videos have been added to this profile yet. Add one now.

"Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring."
Dave Eggers
Add_quote


"We are unusual and tragic and alive."
Dave Eggers
Add_quote


"But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them."
Dave Eggers (What Is the What)
Add_quote




topics mentioning this author

topics posts views last activity  
The Next Best Boo...: The Last Letter Game 1263 1140 Aug 20, 2009 12:29PM  
The Book Addicts!: New member from Pakistan 11 39 Aug 20, 2009 12:43PM  
High School Students: Goals for the 2009/10 School Year 6 19 Aug 23, 2009 08:25PM  
The Seasonal Read...: By Blood or Marriage (25.2) 41 181 Aug 24, 2009 02:23PM  
The Next Best Boo...: Author Alphabet 2938 1882 Aug 28, 2009 06:59AM  
The Seasonal Read...: Random Word Generator 93 226 28 days ago, 06:34PM  
The Book Addicts!: Meghan's 2010 TBR Challenge 14 32 3 days ago, 11:42PM