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First Novels by Famous Authors - Page 2

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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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
41
Arundhati Roy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
42
Margaret Mitchell
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
43
Mary Ann Shaffer
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
44
J.K. Rowling
Hear the Wind Sing (Haruki Murakami)
Hear the Wind Sing
45
Haruki Murakami
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
46
Carson McCullers
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
47
Kathryn Stockett
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
48
Elizabeth Kostova
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
49
Douglas Adams
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
50
J.R.R. Tolkien
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
51
Mark Z. Danielewski
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
52
Isabel Allende
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
53
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods
54
Tana French
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
55
Anne Rice
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
56
Ralph Ellison
The IPCRESS File
The IPCRESS File
57
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
58
Charlotte Bronte
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
59
Susanna Clarke
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
60
Amy Tan
Julia (Peter Straub)
Julia
61
Peter Straub
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
62
Khaled Hosseini
Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel)
Last Night in Montreal
63
Emily St. John Mandel
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
64
Bret Easton Ellis
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
65
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
66
William Golding
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos
67
Joseph Kanon
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
68
Kinglsey Amis
Madame Bovary (1856)
Madame Bovary
69
1856
The Man Within (Graham Greene)
The Man Within
70
Graham Greene
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
71
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
72
Agatha Christie
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
73
Eco
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
74
Richard Wright
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
75
William Gibson
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
76
Erin Morgenstern
Night Soldiers
Night Soldiers
77
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
78
Nicholas Sparks
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
79
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
80
Ken Kesey
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