Author Joan Dempsey's Favorite Novels

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By Joan Dempsey

Genres: General Fiction

These novels stirred my emotions; they're top-of-my list fiction recommendations.

1 This Is How It Begins

Joan Dempsey

2 The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne

3 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

4 The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

5 Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

6 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

7 Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout

8 The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

9 Zoli

Colum McCann

10 Dancer

Colum McCann

11 The Given Day: A Novel

Dennis Lehane

12 Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

13 American Wife

Curtis Sittenfeld

14 Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

15 The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

16 The Flight Portfolio

Julie Orringer

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