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John Irving’s Book Picks

  1. 1

    The Scarlett Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800

  2. 2

    Moby-Dick

    Herman Melville · 1947

  3. 3

    The mayor of Casterbridge

    Thomas Hardy · 1800

  4. 4

    Madame Bovary

    Gustave Flaubert · 1856

  5. 5

    David Copperfield

    Charles Dickens · 1850

  6. 6

    Death in Venice

    Thomas Mann · 1925

  7. 7

    Giovanni's Room

    James Baldwin · 1956

  8. 8

    The tin drum

    Günter Grass · 1959

  9. 9

    One Hundred Years of Solitude

    Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1971

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The Scarlett Letter, Moby Dick, The Mayor of Casterbridge and 7 more books selected by John Irving.

Ten books selected by John Irving for One Grand.

Source: https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/writers/john-irving

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. The Scarlett Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne
  2. Moby-Dick — Herman Melville
  3. The mayor of Casterbridge — Thomas Hardy
  4. Madame Bovary — Gustave Flaubert
  5. David Copperfield — Charles Dickens
  6. Death in Venice — Thomas Mann
  7. Giovanni's Room — James Baldwin
  8. The tin drum — Günter Grass
  9. One Hundred Years of Solitude — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  10. Fifth business — Robertson Davies