Order of John Irving Books
John Winslow Irving is an American novelist of general fiction, historical fiction and political thriller novels. He is also a screenwriter, having won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999 for the screenplay The Cider House Rules. Irving tends to use common or recurring subjects in his work that include sex workers, bears, wrestling, fatal accidents, Vienna and his home region of New England.
John Irving made his debut as a published author in 1968 with Setting Free the Bears. His novels are all standalones rather than part of a series. Below is a list of John Irving’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Setting Free the Bears | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Water-Method Man | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The 158-Pound Marriage | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World According to Garp | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cider House Rules | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prayer for Owen Meany | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Son of the Circus | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Widow for One Year | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fourth Hand | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Until I Find You | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Last Night in Twisted River | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In One Person | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Avenue of Mysteries | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Chairlift | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Trying to Save Piggy Sneed | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Imaginary Girlfriend | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| My Movie Business | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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