Madeline Miller'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), 17 Books

These are Madeline Miller'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 about 2 months ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
224 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
4847 The World's Wife Carol Ann Duffy 1999 British English
2660 The Women's Room Marilyn French 1977 American English
74 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 American English
366 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo 1831 French French
827 Fear of Flying Erica Jong 1973 American English
13319 The Lions Of Al Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay 1995 Canadian English
278 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
12318 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
6152 The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet David Mitchell 2010 British English
3381 Like Life Lorrie Moore 1990 American English
3110 Anagrams Lorrie Moore 1986 American English
560 Sula Toni Morrison 1973 American English
131 King Lear William Shakespeare 1608 British English
14377 Gertrude And Claudius John Updike 2000 American English
286 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
3459 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 1944 American English