David Foster Wallace

84 books

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

1088 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction literary challenging funny sad slow-paced
McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope by David Foster Wallace, Jacob Weisberg

McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope

David Foster Wallace, Jacob Weisberg

144 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics funny reflective sad slow-paced
The New Kings of Nonfiction by James McManus, Lawrence Weschler, Chuck Klosterman, Jack Hitt, Mark Bowden, Coco Henson Scales, Dan Savage, David Foster Wallace, Susan Orlean, Bill Buford, Michael Pollan, Lee Sandlin, Ira Glass

The New Kings of Nonfiction

James McManus, Lawrence Weschler, Chuck Klosterman, Jack Hitt, Mark Bowden, Coco Henson Scales, Dan Savage, David Foster Wallace, Susan Orlean, Bill Buford, Michael Pollan, Lee Sandlin, Ira Glass

455 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction essays short stories reflective fast-paced
Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace

Oblivion: Stories

David Foster Wallace

330 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus by David Auburn, Jean Strouse, Simon Winchester, Michael Dirda, Erin McKean, Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, David Foster Wallace, Christine A. Lindberg, David Lehman, Stephin Merritt

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

David Auburn, Jean Strouse, Simon Winchester, Michael Dirda, Erin McKean, Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, David Foster Wallace, Christine A. Lindberg, David Lehman, Stephin Merritt

1088 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction reference funny informative slow-paced
Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing by L.W. Montgomery, David Foster Wallace, Bryan A. Garner

Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing

L.W. Montgomery, David Foster Wallace, Bryan A. Garner

146 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative reflective slow-paced
Something to Do with Paying Attention by David Foster Wallace

Something to Do with Paying Attention

David Foster Wallace

136 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective sad medium-paced
The Story about the Story II: Great Writers Explore Great Literature by David Foster Wallace

The Story about the Story II: Great Writers Explore Great Literature

David Foster Wallace

325 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics essays history literary reflective slow-paced
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: An Essay by David Foster Wallace

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: An Essay

David Foster Wallace

181 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction essays travel funny medium-paced
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

368 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction essays travel funny reflective slow-paced