Jonathan Lethem's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library"
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The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book), 16 Books
These are Jonathan Lethem's book choices from the interview with him in the book "The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives" by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager
This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site 24 days ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 | Another Country | James Baldwin | 1962 | American | English | |
| 14011 | The Houseguest | Thomas Berger | 1988 | American | English | |
| 13796 | Turnaround | Don Carpenter | 1981 | American | English | |
| 2932 | Martian Time Slip | Philip K. Dick | 1964 | American | English | |
| 2609 | The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1866 | Russian | Russian | |
| 15641 | Stray City | Chelsey Johnson | 2018 | American | English | |
| 21 | The Trial | Franz Kafka | 1925 | Czech | German | |
| 13361 | The Nowhere City | Alison Lurie | 1965 | American | English | |
| 5498 | The Underground Man | Ross Macdonald | 1971 | American | English | |
| 380 | American Pastoral | Philip Roth | 1997 | American | English | |
| 14335 | I Married A Communist | Philip Roth | 1998 | American | English | |
| 420 | The Human Stain | Philip Roth | 2000 | American | English | |
| 13361 | The Unpossessed | Tess Slesinger | 1934 | American | English | |
| 13986 | I'm Dying Laughing | Christina Stead | 1986 | Australian | English | |
| 6284 | Earth Abides | George Rippey Stewart | 1949 | American | English | |
| 347 | The Day of the Locust | Nathanael West | 1939 | American | English |