John Irving

The Cider House Rules

by John Irving

First published in 1985 by William Morrow, The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch—saint and...

A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel

by John Irving

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is...

A Son of the Circus

by John Irving

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Irving's In One Person.

A Hindi film star . . . an American missionary . . . twins separated at birth . . . a dwarf chauffeur . . . a serial killer . . . all...

A Widow for One Year: A Novel

by John Irving

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Irving's In One Person.

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman.  By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she...

My Movie Business: A Memoir

by John Irving

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Irving's In One Person.

John Irving's memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist's grandfather Dr. Frederick...