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Famous Books by Reclusive Authors

Recently, a number of writers and book fans came out in defence of Italian novelist Elena Ferrante when one reporter alleged to have uncovered her secret identity. As Caroline Stanley of Flavorwire puts it, "[I]n an age where widespread self-promotion (and in many cases, oversharing) is just 140 characters away, the idea of a reclusive author seems both counter-intuitive and strangely romantic."
So here's a list of famous books by authors who have tried to avoid fame at all costs.
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
1
J.D. Salinger
Nine Stories
Nine Stories
2
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
3
J.D. Salinger
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
4
J.D. Salinger
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
5
Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
6
Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
7
Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
8
Elena Ferrante
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
9
Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
10
Harper Lee
V.
V.
11
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
12
Thomas Pynchon
Mason and Dixon
Mason and Dixon
13
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
14
Thomas Pynchon
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
15
Emily Dickinson
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
16
Edgar Allan Poe
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
17
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
18
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
19
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
20
William Faulkner
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses
21
A Fable
A Fable
22
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
23
Samuel Beckett
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
24
Samuel Beckett
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
25
Samuel Beckett
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
26
Samuel Beckett
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
27
Samuel Beckett
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's Way
28
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2
29
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: The Guermantes Way (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: The Guermantes Way
30
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 4: Sodom & Gomorrah (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 4: Sodom & Gomorrah
31
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vols. 5 & 6 (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vols. 5 & 6
32
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 7 (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 7
33
Marcel Proust
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
34
Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
35
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
36
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
37
Cormac McCarthy
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
38
Cormac McCarthy
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