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Beginner's Luck: Classic Debut Novels - Page 2

Everyone has one book in them. If it's good enough, it will guarantee you immortality and you won't have to bother writing another one ever again. Some writers represented on this list went on to brilliant careers (Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon), some struggled to live up to their early promise (Joseph Heller), some never bothered to publish a second novel during their lifetimes (Harper Lee, Ralph Ellison). So maybe everyone has one novel in them, but not everyone has an answer to the metaphysical question: "what now?"
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Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place
41
Grace Metalious
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
42
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
43
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
44
Donna Tartt
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
45
John Kennedy Toole
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
46
Arthur Conan Doyle
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
47
Zadie Smith
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
48
Jonathan Safran Foer
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
49
Isabel Allende
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
50
Raymond Chandler
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
51
Veronica Roth
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
52
Dorothy Allison
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
53
L. Frank Baum
Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
Where Angels Fear to Tread
54
E.M. Forster
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
55
Kurt Vonnegut
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
56
Mark Helprin
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
57
Kingsley Amis
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
58
Laura Ingalls Wilder
V by Thomas Pynchon
V by Thomas Pynchon
59
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
60
Patricia Highsmith
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
61
Charles Dickens
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
62
David Wroblewski
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
63
James Baldwin
Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Whose Body?
64
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
65
Alan Bradley
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
66
Theodore Dreiser
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
67
George Eliot
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
68
P.L. Travers
Cover Her Face
Cover Her Face
69
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
70
Laura Esquivel
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
71
Dodie Smith
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
72
William Gibson
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
73
Iain Banks
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
74
Evelyn Waugh
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
75
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
76
Bret Easton Ellis
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
77
Flannery O'Connor
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
78
Toni Morrison
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
79
Junot Díaz
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
80
Jeanette Winterson
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