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Dave Eggers


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
March 12, 1970

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Dave Eggers is the author of ten books, including most recently Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?, The Circle and A Hologram for the King, which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine, The Believer. McSweeney’s also publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, a network of eight tutoring centers around the country and ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization designed to connec ...more

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The Circle (The Circle, #1)

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A Heartbreaking Work of Sta...

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What Is the What

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Zeitoun

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You Shall Know Our Velocity!

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A Hologram for the King

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The Monk of Mokha

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How We Are Hungry: Stories

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Heroes of the Frontier

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The Every (The Circle, #2)

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Quotes by Dave Eggers  (?)
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“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
Dave Eggers

“We are unusual and tragic and alive.”
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tags: life

“I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.”
Dave Eggers, What Is the What

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This month, we are reading from the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 list. The 100-book-list has been narrowed down to the list below for voting.

Since these books are not from the same genres, I have included genre as well as a link to the New York Times reviews.

Voting will be from 2/2/14 to 2/15/14, or until all 9 votes are cast. The winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
This book also received the 2013
Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction.
This book is also on the New York Times shortlist:
10 best books of 2013
See Life After Life: New York Times Review
 
  6 votes, 75.0%

 
  1 vote, 12.5%

Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2) by Stephen King
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
(Starring a now grown Danny from The Shinning)
This book also received the 2013
Goodreads Choice Award for Horror
See Doctor Sleep: New York Times Review
 
  1 vote, 12.5%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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