Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is the son of a school teacher and a lawyer. He was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois, Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois where he studied Journalism.

The best place to start is the Lonely Planet Travel Literature series, the earliest of Dave Eggers's multi-book series: it opens with By the Seat of My Pants (2005) and runs to 7 books across 2005–2016, ending with Lonely Planet Tales from Nowhere (2016). Dave Eggers's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Dave Eggers has 110 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2027. 28 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being The Forgetters series with 9 books — and 82 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dave Eggers's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lonely Planet Travel Literature (2005–2016, 7 books), The Circle (2013–2021, 2 books) and Save The Story (2013, 1 book), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Dave Eggers's 110 books into 5 named series and 82 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Forgetters (9 books, 2021–2027); Lonely Planet Travel Literature (7 books, 2005–2016); The Circle (2 books, 2013–2021); Save The Story (1 book, 2013); The Best American: Nonrequired Reading (9 books, 2011–2019).