Books written by Nick Hornby

High Fidelity

When Marie comes back I'm browsing through her John Irving paperback with as much cool as I can manage. And then I go to the bathroom, and clean my teeth; and then I come back; and then we make love; and then we talk for a bit; ...
Speaking with the Angel

This sparkling collection has been put together by bestselling novelist Nick Hornby, who also contributes an Introduction about TreeHouse, an organisation that offers a unique and pioneering approach to the education of children with autism ...
非关男孩

A comedy about a bachelor in London who specializes in affairs with single mothers. To improve his chances, he joins a single parents' association and gets a boy to pretend he is his son.
Click

She touched the bowl, then looked up at Mom. “What kind of wood is this?” “Birch,” Mom said. “From Gee. But I can't remember where he got it.” So my box is made of birch. I wonder if it's from the same place as the bowl.
Just Like You: A Novel

Just Like You is a brilliantly observed, tender, but also brutally funny new novel that gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person—someone you didn’t see coming.
High Fidelity

Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?
Fever Pitch

It captures the truth and absurdities of an obsessed fan's mind, and whether you are interested in soccer or not, this is a sophisticated study of obsession, masculinity, class, identity and loyalty.
Un gran chico

De lo contrario, cabía pensar que no les interesaba en absoluto la faceta sexual de la vida, en cuyo caso, pues allá cada cual. Por ejemplo, Einstein. Will no sabía absolutamente nada sobre la vida privada de Einstein, pero a juzgar por ...
More Baths Less Talking: Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and...

There is no equivalent of high-school or college football in Europe, for several reasons: there are no comparable sports scholarships, for a start, and, in a country the size of England, it's quite hard to live more than fifty miles ...
A Long Way Down (Movie Tie-In)

This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances. Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.
A Long Way Down

This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.
High Fidelity: A Novel

"I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks.
Slam

At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend Alicia gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically, so Sam turns to Hawk's autobiography for answers.
How to be Good

Katie, a liberal, urban mother and doctor from North London, finds her life turned upside down when her husband, David, undergoes an outrageous spiritual transformation, in a hilarious novel about marriage, parenthood, religion, and ...
Fever Pitch

*WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR* Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic 'A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book. . . inventive, honest, funny, heroic, charming' Independent ...
High Fidelity (TV Tie-in)

"I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time."—Zoë Kravitz Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store.
Not a Star and Otherwise Pandemonium: Stories A Penguin eSpecial from Riverhead Books

In these two stories from bestselling author Nick Hornby revelations are at hand.
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More

A new collection of essays and articles about music and its culture covers diverse modern styles--rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, country, and more--and features works by Rick Moody, Camden Joy, Courtney Love, Richard Meltzer, Whitney Balliett ...
Slam

He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them? Slam, from the acclaimed author of About a Boy and High Fidelity is a teenage novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry.
Just Like You: A Novel

Just Like You is a brilliantly observed, tender, but also brutally funny new novel that gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person—someone you didn’t see coming.