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Author Joan Dempsey's Favorite Novels

By Joan Dempsey
Genres: General Fiction
These novels stirred my emotions; they're top-of-my list fiction recommendations.
This Is How It Begins
1 This Is How It Begins
Joan Dempsey
The Heart's Invisible Furies
2 The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
3 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
The Goldfinch
4 The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
Bel Canto
5 Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
6 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
Olive Kitteridge
7 Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
The Poisonwood Bible
8 The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Zoli
9 Zoli
Colum McCann
Dancer
10 Dancer
Colum McCann
The Given Day: A Novel
11 The Given Day: A Novel
Dennis Lehane
Giovanni's Room
12 Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
American Wife
13 American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld
Shantaram
14 Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
The Bonfire of the Vanities
15 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
The Flight Portfolio
16 The Flight Portfolio
Julie Orringer

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