everywhere I go I see dozens of books from the following authors.

>>9257190
Zadie Smith is out of place, sort of.

White Teeth, her first novel, was pretty good. I think she's kind of slid in into mediocrity since though.

>>9257200
yeah, White Teeth, American Gods, and A Prayer for Owen Meany are the only specific novels I could name from them. The rest just seem to have dozens of books they regurgitate every year

>>9257190
John Irving too.

He has a bunch of poor/pop novels but The World According to Garp is phenomenal. Read it. It's all about SJW run amok.

All the others on there are uniformly poor. Interview with the Vampire isn't the worst thing ever written but I'd skip it unless you are a grill. Koontz is probably the worst pop author currently writing.

i had a phase where i've read a lot of irving. started with "until i find you" and liked it.
i think "the 158-pound marriage" might be the only book i've ever re-read.

so far i've read:
>until i find you
>the world according to garp
>the water method man
>the hotel new hampshire
>the cider house rules
>a prayer for owen meany
>a widow for one year
>the fourth hand

i'd definitely give him a try. he's not a literary god but i always got sucked in by his books, which i consider a good thing if you read for entertainment

>>9257214
garp was great, i agree

i disliked owen meany and the cider house rules, though

>>9257220
Irving was like my first "real" author. Before that I just read whatever was assigned in school and some hard science fiction like Clark. From maybe 17-19 I was all about him. Then Tom Wolfe until I got woke for real by Joyce.

>>9257268

For me, Irving is the ultimate in comfy reading. I spent a whole summer once reading Garp and Owen Meany on a hammock in the park. I would meet up with my crush there and we would read together (the books belonged to her).

Basically, when I think of John Irving I think of that summer and I get the feel-good fuzzies.

>>9257305
He's comfy for sure. Reminds me of lazy summers as well.

>>9257190
Safe to say, none of those will be classics once the contemporary audience passes away.

>>9257214
>He has a bunch of poor/pop novels but The World According to Garp is phenomenal. Read it. It's all about SJW run amok.
If that's your standard for phenomenal, you're a plebeian.

>>9257220
>>9257268
>>9257214
do u guys recommend Garp over Owen Meany? I usually use an author's most rated goodreads book as guidance and it's Owen Meany for him

>>9257495
definitely garp

Don't forget to add Norah Roberts to the list