
In Hornby's book, Rob's preoccupation with top-five music lists leads him to reconsider his five most important breakups. Rob reconnects with his exes and gets back together with one, finding meaning in pursuit of a DJ career and by confronting his fear of commitment. High Fidelity has solid more than one million copies since its 1995 publication. Hornby is also the author of Fever Pitch (1992), an autobiographical essay about his obsession with Arsenal Football Club, and the coming-of-age novel About a Boy (1998). He wrote the adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Hornby's most recent book is Funny Girl (2014). High Fidelity is available in paperback from Riverhead ($16, 9781573225519). --Tobias Mutter