Viet Thanh Nguyen'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 Viet Thanh Nguyen'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 3 days ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | The Land At The End Of The World | António Lobo Antunes | 1979 | Portuguese | Portuguese | |
| 837 | The Sellout | Paul Beatty | 2015 | American | English | |
| 48 | Journey to the End of The Night | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | 1932 | French | French | |
| 968 | Jesus' Son | Denis Johnson | 1992 | American | English | |
| 2100 | Tree of Smoke | Denis Johnson | 2007 | American | English | |
| 11182 | Lost In The City | Edward P. Jones | 1992 | American | English | |
| 330 | Dubliners | James Joyce | 1914 | Irish | English | |
| 3602 | Human Acts | Han Kang | 2014 | Korean | Korean | |
| 413 | The Naked and the Dead | Norman Mailer | 1948 | American | English | |
| 10416 | Matterhorn | Karl Marlantes | 2010 | American | English | |
| 5718 | Warlight | Michael Ondaatje | 2018 | Canadian | English | |
| 1529 | Orientalism | Edward W. Said | 1978 | Palestinian | English | |
| 13566 | The Woman Who Lost Her Soul | Bob Shacochis | 2013 | American | English | |
| 4665 | Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1992 | American | English | |
| 157 | The Color Purple | Alice Walker | 1982 | American | English | |
| 13885 | Underground Airlines | Ben H. Winters | 2016 | American | English |