Russell Banks'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), 9 Books
These are Russell Banks'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 8 days ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411 | Underworld | Don DeLillo | 1997 | American | English | |
| 5647 | The Bear | William Faulkner | 1942 | American | English | |
| 181 | Light in August | William Faulkner | 1932 | American | English | |
| 9 | The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | 1929 | American | English | |
| 41 | On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 1957 | American | English | |
| 49 | Beloved | Toni Morrison | 1987 | American | English | |
| 13336 | Home | Toni Morrison | 2012 | American | English | |
| 13359 | Toby Tyler | James Otis | 1881 | American | English | |
| 349 | The Death of Ivan Ilyich | Leo Tolstoy | 1886 | Russian | Russian |