John Irving’s Book Picks

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