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A Book From Each of Shortlist's 50 Greatest Authors

These are Shortlist's list of top 50 best authors of all time, I put the most famous (mostly) from each one.
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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
1
Chuck Palahniuk
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
2
Bret Easton Ellis
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
4
Richard Yates
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
6
Ernest Hemingway
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7
Hunter S. Thompson
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
8
Jack Kerouac
VALIS
VALIS
9
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
10
J.G. Ballard
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
11
Anthony Burgess
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
12
Erica Jong
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
13
Iain Banks
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
14
Irvine Welsh
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
15
Haruki Murakami
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
16
Tom Wolfe
Jail Bird (Kurt Vonnegut)
Jail Bird
17
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
18
Truman Capote
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
19
Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
20
J.D. Salinger
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
21
Mary Shelley
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
22
Toni Morrison
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
23
Aldous Huxley
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
24
Ken Kesey
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
25
Roald Dahl
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
26
Douglas Adams
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
27
Allen Ginsberg
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
28
William S. Burroughs
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
29
Cormac McCarthy
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
30
Stephen King
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
31
Joseph Heller
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X
32
Douglas Coupland
Martin Amis: Yellow Dog
Martin Amis: Yellow Dog
33
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
34
John Le Carré
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
35
Ian Fleming
Factotum
Factotum
36
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
37
George Orwell
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
38
Graham Greene
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
39
James Ellroy
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
40
John Steinbeck
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