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Books recommended by Edmund White
American novelist and LGBT essayist (1940–2025)
American novelist and LGBT essayist (1940–2025). Their picks here come from a Five Books interview, on Fiction.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Edmund White has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books Edmund White recommends
5 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where Edmund recommended it.
The Best Fiction Books
Five Books interview in which Edmund White chooses and discusses five books.
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Our Lady of the Flowers
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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A Single Man
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Folding Star
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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Maurice
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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Dancer from the Dance
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
Written by Edmund White
Books Edmund White wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
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