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50 Books You've Never Heard of by Famous Authors

Looking for something to read but don’t want to stray too far from the authors you know and love? Seeking undiscovered literary gems to talk about at dinner parties? Want to delve into the backlist of a certain Great American Author? Well, Flavorwire has got you covered. After all, sometimes, amazing books just get lost in the shuffle, whether it’s because they’re before their time, fall out of fashion, or their author has one blockbuster that blots out all the rest. Here are 50 great under-appreciated, under-read, and overshadowed novels by 50 of your favorite authors. Chances are most of these titles you've never even heard of before.
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Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
1
Vladimir Nabokov
Adverbs
Adverbs
2
Romola (George Eliot)
Romola
3
George Eliot
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth
4
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
5
Margaret Atwood
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden
6
The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus
7
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
8
Haruki Murakami
The Book and the Brotherhood
The Book and the Brotherhood
9
Island
Island
10
A Country Doctor's Notebook
A Country Doctor's Notebook
11
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
12
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Ruby in the Smoke
13
Jonah's Gourd Vine
Jonah's Gourd Vine
14
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
15
The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount
The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount
16
The Temple of My Familiar (Alice Walker)
The Temple of My Familiar
17
Alice Walker
Kangaroo
Kangaroo
18
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage
19
William Golding
Something Happened
Something Happened
20
The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled
21
My Uncle Oswald
My Uncle Oswald
22
The Red House of Mystery
The Red House of Mystery
23
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
24
Charlotte Brontë
Sartoris
Sartoris
25
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
26
Hangsaman
Hangsaman
27
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head
28
The Armageddon Rag
The Armageddon Rag
29
The Broom of the System
The Broom of the System
30
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
31
The Alteration
The Alteration
32
Ultramarine
Ultramarine
33
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
34
Flannery O'Connor
Angels
Angels
35
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
Coming Up for Air
36
George Orwell
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
37
Carson McCullers
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
38
Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities
Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities
39
The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out
40
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