Ted Lasso · Season 4, Episode 2, "Curiouser and Curiouser!"
Beard's Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife
Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) · Office
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What it tells you
The Film Gordon captioned a shot of Beard reading The Time Traveler's Wife in the Richmond offices, and a Bookshop.org list puts it in the same episode.
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger · 2003 · novel
Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 debut follows a man with a genetic disorder that throws him around in time, and the wife who waits for him. It is a long romance about a partner who keeps disappearing. Beard has a past the show hands out one strange piece at a time, so he may find it relatable.
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Sleuthed by @shelfsleuth · 2026-10-17
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Sam's gift from Ted: Ender's GameS1 E3
Jamie's gift from Ted: The Beautiful and DamnedS1 E3
Roy's assigned reading: A Wrinkle in TimeS1 E3
Beard's desk manual: The Arco Book of Soccer Techniques and TacticsS1 E6
Beard's sports psychology read: The GreatestS2 E1
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