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Books That Deserve a Wider Audience - Page 2

These works are seldom seen on challenges but their high average ratings on Goodreads suggest they should appeal to a lot of people. Many are the basis of classic movies. Several are the shortest novels written by well-known authors (Delillo, Woolf, Cormac McCarthy, Nabokov, Bolaño) and so might be a good way to sample their work.
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Not Without Laughter (Langston Hughes)
Not Without Laughter
41
Langston Hughes
A Madman's Diary (Lu Xun)
A Madman's Diary
42
Lu Xun
The Children of Green Knowe (Lucy M. Boston)
The Children of Green Knowe
43
Lucy M. Boston
Fantômas (Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre)
Fantômas
44
Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre
Diaboliad (Mikhail Bulgakov)
Diaboliad
45
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Man Who Came to Dinner (Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
46
Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Death in a White Tie (Ngaio Marsh)
Death in a White Tie
47
Ngaio Marsh
The Cruel Sea (Nicholas Monsarrat)
The Cruel Sea
48
Nicholas Monsarrat
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
49
Nikolai Gogol
Trans-Europe Express (Owen Hatherley)
Trans-Europe Express
50
Owen Hatherley
Union Street (Pat Barker)
Union Street
51
Pat Barker
Illywhacker (Peter Carey)
Illywhacker
52
Peter Carey
The Devil in the Flesh (Raymond Radiguet)
The Devil in the Flesh
53
Raymond Radiguet
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
54
Rebecca West
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
55
Richard Condon
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
56
Richard Llewellyn
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
57
Robert Bloch
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
58
Robert Graves
Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K. Massie)
Nicholas and Alexandra
59
Robert K. Massie
Antwerp (Roberto Bolaño)
Antwerp
60
Roberto Bolaño
Swords and Crowns and Rings (Ruth Park)
Swords and Crowns and Rings
61
Ruth Park
Embers (Sándor Márai)
Embers
62
Sándor Márai
The Choke (Sofie Laguna)
The Choke
63
Sofie Laguna
The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
The World of Yesterday
64
Stefan Zweig
The Colossus and Other Poems (Sylvia Plath)
The Colossus and Other Poems
65
Sylvia Plath
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
66
Tadeusz Borowski
The Cay (Theodore Taylor)
The Cay
67
Theodore Taylor
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
68
Tom Wolfe
The White Girl (Tony Birch)
The White Girl
69
Tony Birch
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth
70
Vera Brittain
Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
Between the Acts
71
Virginia Woolf
Flush (Virginia Woolf)
Flush
72
Virginia Woolf
The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf)
The Voyage Out
73
Virginia Woolf
The Eye (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Eye
74
Vladimir Nabokov
A Night to Remember (Walter Lord)
A Night to Remember
75
Walter Lord
The Twenty-One Balloons (William Pène Du Bois)
The Twenty-One Balloons
76
William Pène Du Bois
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