Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
First published: January 1, 1988
Description
Chronicles a football season in Odessa, Texas, a depressed all-American town that lives and dies with the fortunes of its high school football team.
Curator Review
February 22, 2026
One of the Best books about America and Sports
I saw the trailer for the movie the summer before college, over 20 years ago, and picked this book up. I read it quickly. Years later I read it again, something truly rare for me. I drove through Odessa TX and stopped there for lunch. If I wasn't so tired I might have made the detour to the Ratliff ...