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...

In One Person: A Novel

by John Irving

A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual...

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...

The Fourth Hand

by John Irving

The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: “How can anyone identify a dream of the future?” The answer: “Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love.”

While reporting a story from...

Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel

by John Irving

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

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local...

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...

Until I Find You: A Novel

by John Irving

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

Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents....

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...