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Five Essential Books From Authors Who Wrote a Ton of Books

Overwhelmed by Charles Dickens? Don't know where to start with Kurt Vonnegut Jr.? Agatha Christie just has too many dang books? Never fear; now you can become an expert on the author of your choice with this list of the 5 essential novels from all the authors who have too much to give!
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
1
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
2
Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
3
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
4
Kurt Vonnegut
Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
Sirens of Titan
5
Kurt Vonnegut
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
6
Toni Morrison
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
7
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
8
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
9
Toni Morrison
A Mercy (Toni Morrison)
A Mercy
10
Toni Morrison
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
11
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
12
Charles Dickens
Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
Pickwick Papers
13
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
14
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
15
Charles Dickens
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
16
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
17
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
18
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
19
William Faulkner
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
20
William Faulkner
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
21
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
22
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
23
Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
24
Agatha Christie
The Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
The Murder at the Vicarage
25
Agatha Christie
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
29
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
30
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
31
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
32
C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)
The Great Divorce
33
C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
34
C.S. Lewis
The Four Loves
The Four Loves
35
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
36
Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
37
Stephen King
'Salem's Lot
'Salem's Lot
38
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
39
Stephen King
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
40
Stephen King
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