Fever Pitch Each chapter is about a football match that he remembers watching, most but not all at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, and how it related to the events that were going on with his life. As well as recounting Arsenal's highs and lows, Hornby talks about other football clubs that played in London. "Fever Pitch" sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1992 and was reprinted with a new cover and made available as part of the 2005–06 Arsenal F.C. membership pack as part of the "Final Salute" to
Nick Hornby Way Down" was published in 2005, with a film version of this book released in 2014. It was on the shortlist for the Whitbread Novel Award. Hornby has also edited two sports-related anthologies: "My Favourite Year" and "The Picador Book of Sports Writing". Hornby's book "Slam" was published on 16 October 2007; it is his first novel for young adults and was recognized as a 2008 ALA Best Books for Young Adults. The protagonist of "Slam" is a 16-year-old skateboarder named Sam whose life changes drastically when his girlfriend gets pregnant. Hornby's following novel, titled "Juliet, Naked", was published in