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50 Most Obscure Novels You Wont Find in Public Libraries (Guardian and Boxall Inspired)

This is a list of books I have flagged over the last few years as potentially interesting, but for some reason I am having trouble procuring them with my public library print or electronic resources. Also, none of these seem to ever be on Kindle Deals either. Fair share of these have never even BEEN released on Kindle at all. Please feel free to rate as well - I haven't read any of them yet!
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52 Pickup (Elmore Leonard)
52 Pickup
1
Elmore Leonard
Albert Angelo (B. S. Johnson)
Albert Angelo
2
B. S. Johnson
Amongst Women (John McGahern)
Amongst Women
3
John McGahern
Arcadia (Jim Crace)
Arcadia
4
Jim Crace
The Atrocity Exhibition (J. G. Ballard)
The Atrocity Exhibition
5
J. G. Ballard
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
6
Richard Fariña
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
7
The Case Worker (George Konrad)
The Case Worker
8
George Konrad
Cheese (Willem Elsschot)
Cheese
9
Willem Elsschot
Cigarettes (Harry Matthews)
Cigarettes
10
Harry Matthews
City Sister Silver (Jáchym Topol)
City Sister Silver
11
Jáchym Topol
Cocaine Nights (J.G. Ballard)
Cocaine Nights
12
J.G. Ballard
Complicity (Iain Banks)
Complicity
13
Iain Banks
The Crow Road (Ian Banks)
The Crow Road
14
Ian Banks
The Debt to Pleasure (John Lanchester)
The Debt to Pleasure
15
John Lanchester
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
16
Harry Mulisch
Downriver (Iain Sinclair)
Downriver
17
Iain Sinclair
The End of the Story (Lydia Davis)
The End of the Story
18
Lydia Davis
The Engineer of Human Souls (Josef Škvorecký)
The Engineer of Human Souls
19
Josef Škvorecký
Enigma (Robert Harris)
Enigma
20
Robert Harris
A Ghost at Noon (Alberto Moravia)
A Ghost at Noon
21
Alberto Moravia
A Glastonbury Romance
A Glastonbury Romance
22
Hangover Square (Patrick Hamilton)
Hangover Square
23
Patrick Hamilton
Hello Summer, Goodbye
Hello Summer, Goodbye
24
The Hollow Man (John Dickson Carr)
The Hollow Man
25
John Dickson Carr
House Mother Normal (B.S. Johnson)
House Mother Normal
26
B.S. Johnson
In the Country of Last Things (Paul Auster)
In the Country of Last Things
27
Paul Auster
In Parenthesis (David Jones)
In Parenthesis
28
David Jones
Islands
Islands
29
The Labyrinth of Solitude (Octavio Paz)
The Labyrinth of Solitude
30
Octavio Paz
The Lambs of London (Peter Ackroyd)
The Lambs of London
31
Peter Ackroyd
Money to Burn (Ricardo Piglia)
Money to Burn
32
Ricardo Piglia
Morvern Callar (Alan Warner)
Morvern Callar
33
Alan Warner
Mother London (Michael Moorcock)
Mother London
34
Michael Moorcock
No Laughing Matter (Angus Wilson)
No Laughing Matter
35
Angus Wilson
Novel With Cocaine (M. Ageyev)
Novel With Cocaine
36
M. Ageyev
Nova Swing (M. J. Harrison)
Nova Swing
37
M. J. Harrison
The Old Men at the Zoo (Angus Wilson)
The Old Men at the Zoo
38
Angus Wilson
The Passion of New Eve (Angela Carter)
The Passion of New Eve
39
Angela Carter
Platform (Michel Houellebecq)
Platform
40
Michel Houellebecq
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