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Good Books by Authors You May Not Have Heard of but Really Ought to Know

Our maverick English Teacher and resident contrarian lists 100 works of fiction by writers whom he believes deserve a wider audience than they currently reach. Some are formerly well-known writers who have fallen into undeserved obscurity in recent times, some are niche writers, and some are unclassifiable. All are worth knowing and worth reading.
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Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
Best of R.A. Lafferty
1
R.A. Lafferty
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
2
Lafferty
Strange Doings (Lafferty)
Strange Doings
3
Lafferty
Fourth Mansions (R. A. Lafferty)
Fourth Mansions
4
R. A. Lafferty
The Devil Is Dead (R.A. Lafferty)
The Devil Is Dead
5
R.A. Lafferty
Past Master (R. A. Lafferty)
Past Master
6
R. A. Lafferty
Skipped Parts (Sandlin)
Skipped Parts
7
Sandlin
Sorrow Floats (Sandlin)
Sorrow Floats
8
Sandlin
Social Blunders (Tim Sandlin)
Social Blunders
9
Tim Sandlin
Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Dark Benediction
10
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
11
Miller
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (Miller)
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
12
Miller
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
13
Robert Silverberg
A Time of Changes (Robert Silverberg)
A Time of Changes
14
Robert Silverberg
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
15
The Vale of Laughter (Devries)
The Vale of Laughter
16
Devries
Love Andother Near Death Experiences (Millington)
Love Andother Near Death Experiences
17
Millington
Instructions for Living Someone Else's Life (Millington)
Instructions for Living Someone Else's Life
18
Millington
Waiting for the Galactic Bus (Parke Godwin)
Waiting for the Galactic Bus
19
Parke Godwin
Firelord (Parke Godwin)
Firelord
20
Parke Godwin
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
21
Charles Beaumont
Perchance to Dream (Charles Beaumont)
Perchance to Dream
22
Charles Beaumont
The Intruder (Charles Beaumont)
The Intruder
23
Charles Beaumont
The Keeper (Langan)
The Keeper
24
Langan
The Missing
The Missing
25
Audrey's Door
Audrey's Door
26
Plan B (Jonathan Tropper)
Plan B
27
Jonathan Tropper
The Book of Joe (Jonathan Tropper)
The Book of Joe
28
Jonathan Tropper
How to Talk to a Widower
How to Talk to a Widower
29
Everything Changes
Everything Changes
30
This Is Where I Leave You (Jonathan Tropper)
This Is Where I Leave You
31
Jonathan Tropper
One Last Thing Before I Go (Tropper)
One Last Thing Before I Go
32
Tropper
The Terminal Experiment (Robert J. Sawyer)
The Terminal Experiment
33
Robert J. Sawyer
Calculating God
Calculating God
34
Tomorrow (Philip Wylie)
Tomorrow
35
Philip Wylie
Triumph (Wylie)
Triumph
36
Wylie
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
A Soldier of the Great War
37
Mark Helprin
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
38
Mark Helprin
In Sunlight and in Shadow (Mark Helprin)
In Sunlight and in Shadow
39
Mark Helprin
The Roots of Heaven (Romain Gary)
The Roots of Heaven
40
Romain Gary
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