Category Archives: Author

I first discovered John Irving when I was living with a family during my semester abroad.  Desperate for something to read, I was delighted to one day open a cupboard and find a good selection of his novels – in English!  The woman I was staying with was a great fan of his works, and had collected several of them.  He is perhaps best known for The World According to Garp or A Prayer for Owen Meany (one of my all-time favorites), but has written many others.

• Setting Free the Bears (1968)
• The Water-Method Man (1972)
• The 158-Pound Marriage (1974)
• The World According to Garp (1978)
• The Hotel New Hampshire (1981)
• The Cider House Rules (1985)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)
• A Son of the Circus (1994)
• The Imaginary Girlfriend (non-fiction, 1995)
• Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (collection, 1996)
• A Widow for One Year (1998)
• My Movie Business (non-fiction, 1999)
• The Fourth Hand (2001)
• A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound (2004) (Children’s book)
• Until I Find You (2005)
• Last Night in Twisted River (2009)
• In One Person (2012)

Alexander McCall Smith

• No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
• The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom Series (Professor Dr Von Ingelfeld Entertainment Novels)
• The Sunday Philosophy Club Series
• 44 Scotland Street Series
• Corduroy Mansions

Michael Chabon

Novels

• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988)
• Wonder Boys (1995)
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000)
• Summerland (2002)
• The Final Solution (2004)
• The Yiddish Policeman’s Union (2007)
• Gentlemen of the Road (2007)
• Telegraph Avenue (2012)

Other Works

• Maps and Legends (2008)
• Manhood for Amateurs (2009)
• Short Stories

Peter Mayle

Books about Provence

• A Year in Provence (1989)
• Toujours Provence (1992)
• Encore Provence (2000)
• Provence A-Z (2006)

Fiction set in Provence

• Hotel Pastis (1994)
• Anything Considered (1997)
• Chasing Cezanne (1998)
• A Good Year (2004)