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First Novels by Famous Authors

As the title says, these are the first published novels of some well known writers. Some of these books are world famous and made their authors' reputations; others are less well known (or downright obscure) works that give little indication of what was to come.
Note: the debate still rages over Hemingway's first novel. I've gone with "The Sun Also Rises" because most experts consider "Torrents of Spring" (which was published shortly before TSAR IN 1926) to be a novella, not a novel.
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Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
1
George Eliot
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2
Lewis Carroll
Almayer's Folly (Joseph Conrad)
Almayer's Folly
3
Joseph Conrad
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
4
Baltimore Blues (Laura Lippman)
Baltimore Blues
5
Laura Lippman
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
6
Dorothy Allison
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
7
Richard Fariña
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
9
Raymond Chandler
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
10
Anna Sewell
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
11
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
12
Toni Morrison
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
13
Tom Wolfe
Call After Midnight (Tess Gerritson)
Call After Midnight
14
Tess Gerritson
Call for the Dead (Lecarre)
Call for the Dead
15
Lecarre
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
16
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
17
Stephen King
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
18
Ian Fleming
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
19
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
20
J.D. Salinger
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
21
Ian McEwan
The Ceremonies
The Ceremonies
22
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
23
John Kennedy Toole
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
24
Alan Paton
Cup of Gold (John Steinbeck)
Cup of Gold
25
John Steinbeck
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
26
Mark Haddon
The Dark Frontier (Eric Ambler)
The Dark Frontier
27
Eric Ambler
Digital Fortress (Dan Brown)
Digital Fortress
28
Dan Brown
Dr. Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Dr. Zhivago
29
Boris Pasternak
Dream of Fair to Middling Women (Samuel Beckett)
Dream of Fair to Middling Women
30
Samuel Beckett
The Dream Room (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Dream Room
31
Erich Maria Remarque
A Drink Before the War (Dennis Lehane)
A Drink Before the War
32
Dennis Lehane
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
33
Margaret Atwood
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
34
Jasper Fforde
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
35
Chuck Palahniuk
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
37
Katherine Dunn
Ghost Written (David Mitchell)
Ghost Written
38
David Mitchell
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
39
Stieg Larsson
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
40
James Baldwin
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