The Stacks Book Club - December 2025
Deep Dives
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Permian High School
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The article centers on the Permian Panthers, and understanding the actual history of this Odessa, Texas high school and its legendary football program provides essential context for the book's cultural significance
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Buzz Bissinger
9 min read
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's background, journalistic approach, and the controversy surrounding his immersive reporting method would deepen understanding of how and why Friday Night Lights became such an influential work
Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. For this month’s book club, we’re diving into a classic sports read: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Pulitzer Prize winner, H.G. Bissinger. This nonfiction gem follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, one of the best high-school football teams in Texas history. But this story is about much more than just the team—it also explores the town’s football-obsessed culture and the ways that the Panthers impact the community around them. Friday Night Lights was named Sports Illustrated’s best football book of all time, was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and, of course, inspired the acclaimed 2004 film and a wildly popular 2006 TV series of the same name. Are you ready for some football?
If you want to read with us this month, here are some key dates to The Stacks Book Club read of Friday Night Lights.
December 3rd — The Stacks episode announcing our guest for Friday Night Lights.
December 31st — The Stacks Book Club episode of Friday Night Lights.
January 6th — The Stacks Virtual Book Club meetup to discuss the book. To participate you will need to join The Stacks Pack on Patreon. There, you’ll have get even more perks related to the podcast, access to the Discord community, and more.
L.A.-based, Black woman-owned indie bookstore Reparations Club, is offering you 10% off your copy of Friday Night Lights when you use the code STACKS10 at checkout!
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