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Foursomes From 40 Literary Giants

Four novels or novellas each from forty different authors we all should read to be considered well read....
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City of the Beasts (Isabel Allende)
City of the Beasts
1
Isabel Allende
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
2
Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
3
Isabel Allende
Zorro (Isabel Allende)
Zorro
4
Isabel Allende
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
5
Heinrich Böll
Group Portrait With Lady (Heinrich Böll)
Group Portrait With Lady
6
Heinrich Böll
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
7
Heinrich Böll
The Train Was on Time (Heinrich Böll)
The Train Was on Time
8
Heinrich Böll
Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
Heart of a Dog
9
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
10
Mikhail Bulgakov
The White Guard (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The White Guard
11
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Young Doctor's Notebook (Mikhail Bulgakov)
A Young Doctor's Notebook
12
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
13
Albert Camus
A Happy Death (Albert Camus)
A Happy Death
14
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
15
Albert Camus
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
16
Albert Camus
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
17
Italo Calvino
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
18
Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
19
Italo Calvino
The Nonexistent Knight (Italo Calvino)
The Nonexistent Knight
20
Italo Calvino
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
21
Paulo Coelho
The Devil and Miss Prym (Paulo Coelho)
The Devil and Miss Prym
22
Paulo Coelho
The Pilgrimage (Paulo Coelho)
The Pilgrimage
23
Paulo Coelho
The Zahir (Paulo Coelho)
The Zahir
24
Paulo Coelho
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Double
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes From the Underground (1864) - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes From the Underground (1864) - Fyodor Dostoevsky
28
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
29
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
30
Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After (Alexandre Dumas)
Twenty Years After
31
Alexandre Dumas
The Vicomte De Bragelonne (Alexandre Dumas)
The Vicomte De Bragelonne
32
Alexandre Dumas
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
33
Marguerite Duras
Moderato Cantabile (Marguerite Duras)
Moderato Cantabile
34
Marguerite Duras
The Ravishing of Lol Stein (Marguerite Duras)
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
35
Marguerite Duras
The Sea Wall (Marguerite Duras)
The Sea Wall
36
Marguerite Duras
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
37
Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
38
Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
39
Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
40
Umberto Eco
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