John Irving has written at least 86 books. Their most popular book is A Prayer for Owen Meany with 237 saves with an average rating of 4.13⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Classics, Fiction, and War.
emotional, dark, and mysterious are their most common moods.
John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven.
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person.
An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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[1]: http://john-irving.com/john-irving-bio/
237 Readers • 4.1
1999 • 138 Readers • 570 pages • 4
138 Readers • 4.1
1981 • 43 Readers • 401 pages • 3.9
1998 • 38 Readers • 576 pages • 3.7
2012 • 22 Readers • 450 pages • 3.8
2009 • 20 Readers • 554 pages • 3.7
1994 • 20 Readers • 633 pages • 3.3
1978 • 20 Readers • 437 pages • 4.1
2001 • 19 Readers • 352 pages • 3.2
2022 • 17 Readers • 912 pages • 5
2015 • 16 Readers • 460 pages • 3.7
2005 • 12 Readers • 820 pages • 3.8
1974 • 11 Readers • 176 pages • 3.5
1968 • 11 Readers • 340 pages • 3.5
1972 • 10 Readers • 386 pages • 3.9
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1993 • 5 Readers • 460 pages • 4.5
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2012 • 3 Readers • 386 pages • 3
1978 • 3 Readers • 516 pages • 3.5
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1985 • 2 Readers
2012 • 2 Readers • 192 pages
1984 • 2 Readers • 596 pages • 3
1993 • 1 Reader • 4
1978 • 1 Reader • 473 pages • 5
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1998 • 1 Reader • 582 pages • 3
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1985 • 1 Reader • 720 pages
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2012 • 618 pages
2013 • 407 pages
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2004 • 573 pages
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