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
Songbook (Nick Hornby book) by Hornby from other sources. After the release of "Songbook," McSweeney accepted online submissions from authors writing about their favourite songs in the same manner as Hornby. These submissions were posted to the McSweeney website. After Hornby mentioned he was a fan in "Songbook", Ben Folds contacted him and Hornby wrote the song "That's Me Trying" for William Shatner's album "Has Been". "There are 31 songs, but only 26 essays; in a few instances, several songs are discussed within a single piece." Songbook (Nick Hornby book) Songbook (published in the United Kingdom as 31 Songs) is a 2002 collection of