Jennifer Egan'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), 13 Books
These are Jennifer Egan'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 14 days ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 224 | Watership Down | Richard Adams | 1972 | British | English | |
| 14011 | Emperor Of The Air | Ethan Canin | 1988 | American | English | |
| 139 | The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins | 1860 | British | English | |
| 364 | White Noise | Don DeLillo | 1985 | American | English | |
| 411 | Underworld | Don DeLillo | 1997 | American | English | |
| 59 | Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier | 1938 | British | English | |
| 1798 | Washington Square | Henry James | 1880 | American | English | |
| 376 | The Golden Bowl | Henry James | 1904 | American | English | |
| 10178 | B Utterfield 8 | John O'Hara | 1935 | American | English | |
| 14457 | So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star | Jacob Slichter | 2004 | American | English | |
| 8653 | Domestic Manners of the Americans | Fanny Trollope | 1832 | British | English | |
| 217 | The House of Mirth | Edith Wharton | 1905 | American | English | |
| 13359 | Night Shift | Maritta Wolff | 1942 | American | English |