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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