All the Books Mentioned in The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (w/ Page Numbers)

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If you are looking for a complete list of all the books mentioned in The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, you have come to the right place.

One of my favorite parts of The Correspondent is all the books mentioned throughout the many letters to and from Sybil. I loved how every time Sybil and Rosalie would write to each other, they would sign off by saying what they were currently reading. I also loved Sybil’s letters to and from the various authors she wrote to.

I like to keep track of characters when I’m reading, and when I noticed there was a theme of Sybil mentioning the books she was reading, I started to keep track of those, too.

I was torn over whether to provide the list of books in the order they appear or alphabetical order. I like seeing them in the order they appear, but an alphabetical list can be easier to navigate. After thinking it over, I decided to provide both!

I also included the page numbers where the books are mentioned, if you want to go back and look at what was said about each book. You will also find links to each book.

Here are all the books mentioned in The Correspondent.

The Books Mentioned in the Order They Appear

• The Chateau by William Maxwell (3)
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (3)
• Run by Ann Patchett (3)
• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (6; 17)
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (17)
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (39)
• Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (41)
• Blue Nights by Joan Didion (50; 73)
• Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers (55)
• Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (59)
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (61: 86)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (64)
• Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (86)
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (91)
• 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (95 – Fiona says it reminds her of Sybil)
• Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck (101)
• The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis (102)
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (103)
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (103)
• The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (114)
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (128; 278)
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (135)
• The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov (140)
• Inferno by Dan Brown (155)
• The Round House by Louise Erdrich (167)
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (174)
• Stoner by John Williams (174; Sybil said she read it 3Xs)
• The World Below by Sue Miller (185)
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (191)
• New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland; specifically references the poem “Quarantine” (226)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (246)
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (253; 254; 256)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (204; 257)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (265)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (263)
• Amongst Women by John McGahern (234)
• That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern (234)
• The Stories of William Trevor by William Trevor (234)

Additional Authors mentioned without specific books:

• William Butler Yeats
• Samuel Beckett
• Philip Roth
• H.G. Wells

The Books Mentioned in Alphabetical Order

• 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (95 – Fiona says it reminds her of Sybil)
• Amongst Women by John McGahern (234)
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (3)
• Blue Nights by Joan Didion (50; 73)
• Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (41)
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (17)
• Inferno by Dan Brown (155)
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (253; 254; 256)
• Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers (55)
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (39)
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (61: 86)
• New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland; specifically references the poem “Quarantine” (226)
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (174)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (246)
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (128; 278)
• Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (86)
• Run by Ann Patchett (3)
• Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (59)
• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (6; 17)
• Stoner by John Williams (174; Sybil said she read it 3Xs)
• That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern (234) (234)
• The Chateau by William Maxwell (3)
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (103)
• The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (114)
• The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov (140)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (265)
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (103)
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (91)
• The Round House by Louise Erdrich (167)
• The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis (102)
• The Stories of William Trevor by William Trevor (234)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (263)
• The World Below by Sue Miller (185)
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (135)
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (191)
• Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck (101)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (64)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (204; 257)