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Beginner's Luck: Classic Debut Novels - Page 3

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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The Chosen
The Chosen
81
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
82
Katherine Dunn
The Commitments (Roddy Doyle)
The Commitments
83
Roddy Doyle
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
84
Erskine Caldwell
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
85
Robert Louis Stevenson
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms
86
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
87
Joe Hill
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
88
Margaret Atwood
Red Harvest
Red Harvest
89
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)
The Lightning Thief
90
Rick Riordan
The Snow Child
The Snow Child
91
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
92
Christopher Paolini
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
93
Marilynne Robinson
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
94
John Green
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
95
Paul Bowles
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Ann Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
96
Olive Ann Burns
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
97
Wilson Rawls
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
98
Richard Yates
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
99
Iris Murdoch
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
100
Edward P. Jones
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