Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman'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), 22 Books

These are Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman'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 2 days ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
224 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
298 Herzog Saul Bellow 1964 American English
666 Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow 1975 American English
14093 The Road To Wellville T. Coraghessan Boyle 1993 American English
13759 Drop City T. Coraghessan Boyle 2003 American English
13359 The Rocket Man Ray Bradbury 1951 American English
10373 The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1965 American English
13359 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
14434 Train Pete Dexter 2003 American English
2123 The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 British English
407 The World According to Garp John Irving 1978 American English
257 Finnegans Wake James Joyce 1939 Irish English
14730 Dissident Gardens Jonathan Lethem 2013 American English
3059 The Fortress of Solitude Jonathan Lethem 2003 American English
248 Atonement Ian McEwan 2001 British English
427 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 2004 British English
644 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje 1992 Canadian English
10997 The Ghost Writer Philip Roth 1979 American English
6591 The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis 1983 American English
17 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
3157 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English