(David Foster Wallace has been called one of America's most important young authors and is often compared to Thomas Pynchon. He is most widely known for his epic (1000+ page) novel, Infinite Jest, published in 1996 and critically acclaimed by critics and readers alike. Topics covered in Wallace's work are wide ranging, but he seems to have a special interest in American culture, addictions, and excess.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Collections
Girl with Curious Hair (1988)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999)
Oblivion (2004)
Poolside (2007) (with Alice Adams, Amy Bloom, John Cheever, Ernest Hemingway, A M Homes, Andrea Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Julie Orringer, James Purdy, Graham Swift, John Updike and Fay Weldon)
The David Foster Wallace Reader (2014)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999)
Oblivion (2004)
Poolside (2007) (with Alice Adams, Amy Bloom, John Cheever, Ernest Hemingway, A M Homes, Andrea Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Julie Orringer, James Purdy, Graham Swift, John Updike and Fay Weldon)
The David Foster Wallace Reader (2014)
Non fiction
Signifying Rappers (1990) (with Mark Costello)
The Future of Fiction (1996)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997)
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp (1998) (with Jess Mowry and Glasgow Phillips)
Up, Simba! (2000)
Everything and More (2003)
Consider the Lobster (2005)
The Best American Essays 2007 (2007)
McCain's Promise (2008)
This Is Water (2009)
Fate, Time, and Language (2010)
Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All (2012)
Both Flesh and Not (2012)
The Last Interview (2012)
Quack This Way (2013) (with Bryan A Garner)
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words (2014)
David Foster Wallace on Tennis (2014)
The Future of Fiction (1996)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997)
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp (1998) (with Jess Mowry and Glasgow Phillips)
Up, Simba! (2000)
Everything and More (2003)
Consider the Lobster (2005)
The Best American Essays 2007 (2007)
McCain's Promise (2008)
This Is Water (2009)
Fate, Time, and Language (2010)
Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All (2012)
Both Flesh and Not (2012)
The Last Interview (2012)
Quack This Way (2013) (with Bryan A Garner)
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words (2014)
David Foster Wallace on Tennis (2014)
Awards
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Books about David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace recommends
Desperate Characters (1970)
Paula Fox
"A towering landmark of postwar Realism. . . . A sustained work of prose so lucid and fine it seems less written than carved."
The Commissariat of Enlightenment (2003)
Ken Kalfus
"Funny, hip...smart, technically innovative...wise, moving, and profound...Kalfus is all of these at once."
Paper Conspiracies (2011)
Susan Daitch
"One of the most intelligent and attentive writers at work in the US today."
That's Not a Feeling (2012)
Dan Josefson
"A writer of astounding promise... a bold, funny, mordant, and deeply intelligent debut."
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