Michael Kun Books in Order

Divorced salesman Benjamin Sacks begins a tentative romance with a young waitress who is self-conscious about a heart-surgery scar. Their relationship in Baltimore makes him confront old losses, family ties, and his fear of moving forward.

Computer salesman Sid Straw requests an autograph from former college classmate Heather Locklear. His increasingly troublesome correspondence upends his job, finances, and relationships, revealing a comic struggle with celebrity obsession and his own social misjudgments.

Atlanta tailor Hamilton Ashe wants a quiet life, but his girlfriend’s country-music ambitions disrupt it. Memories of his first marriage and a tragic childhood incident complicate his resentment as work and family troubles pile up.

Hamilton Ashe forms an unlikely friendship with neighbor Sam Shoogey, whose dramatic stories seem too extraordinary to believe. As contradictions emerge, the relationship explores how deception can conceal suffering and how compassion survives uncomfortable truths.

Michael Kun and Howard Bloom challenge familiar baseball beliefs with facts, arguments, and humor. Their irreverent guide questions cherished legends and conventional wisdom about players, teams, strategy, and the traditions fans often take for granted.

Misguided autobiographers and other unusual characters confront the distance between the lives they lead and those they imagine. These stories explore self-deception, uncertain perceptions, and the thin boundary between fantasy and reality through encounters both comic and painful.

Michael Kun and Adam Hoff offer an argumentative, humorous tour through football’s players, lore, and common assumptions. Alphabetical entries and footnotes combine facts with competing opinions, inviting fans to reconsider familiar myths about the game.

Sid Straw leaves Baltimore for Los Angeles, hoping a new job will bring a fresh start. Told through his letters, the story follows an overeager man whose attempts to connect repeatedly create misunderstandings and trouble.

Michael Kun and his coauthors investigate movie facts that audiences often get wrong. Humor, opinions, and footnotes accompany their challenges to popular assumptions, offering an irreverent look at cinema and the stories surrounding it.

Injured veteran Jimmy Nail believes a celebrated novelist stole the book he wrote in college. With his memory and credibility questioned, he searches for a girl from his past who might prove his authorship, though her very existence is uncertain.