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Lesser Known Gems From Well-Known Authors

100 books by well known authors that are NOT the first titles one thinks of when one hears that author's name. All of them are quite good ( or at least interesting) in their own right, and are worth reading. I have tried to limit the list to one book per author, but in a couple of cases, I couldn't make up my mind and opted for both.
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AMERIKA (Franz Kafka)
AMERIKA
1
Franz Kafka
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
2
Ramsey Campbell
Another Part of the Forest (Hellman)
Another Part of the Forest
3
Hellman
The Beardless Warriors (Richard Matheson)
The Beardless Warriors
4
Richard Matheson
Big Sur (Kerouac)
Big Sur
5
Kerouac
Black Sunday (Novel)
Black Sunday (Novel)
6
The Bone Garden
The Bone Garden
7
The Car (Gary Paulsen)
The Car
8
Gary Paulsen
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
9
Barbara Vine
Chocky (John Wyndham)
Chocky
10
John Wyndham
Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
11
Ellroy
Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company
12
Samuel Beckett
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
13
Richard Brautigan
The Confidence Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence Man
14
Herman Melville
Convention (Bailey and Knebel)
Convention
15
Bailey and Knebel
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
16
Gary
Danse Macabre (Stephen King)
Danse Macabre
17
Stephen King
Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Dark Benediction
18
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Death Is Now My Neighbor (Colin Dexter)
Death Is Now My Neighbor
19
Colin Dexter
The Devil's Alternative
The Devil's Alternative
20
The Devil's Work (John Brunner)
The Devil's Work
21
John Brunner
The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Moliere)
The Doctor in Spite of Himself
22
Moliere
Doorways in the Sand (Roger Zelazny)
Doorways in the Sand
23
Roger Zelazny
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
24
Floating Dragon (Peter Straub)
Floating Dragon
25
Peter Straub
Flynn (Mcdonald)
Flynn
26
Mcdonald
Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
Forever Peace
27
Joe Haldeman
Galactic Pot-Healer
Galactic Pot-Healer
28
Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
Gathering Blue
29
Lois Lowry
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Stephen King)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
30
Stephen King
The Given Day (Dennis Lehane)
The Given Day
31
Dennis Lehane
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
32
Group Portrait With a Lady
Group Portrait With a Lady
33
The Gun (C S Forrester)
The Gun
34
C S Forrester
HMS Ulysses (Alistair MacLean)
HMS Ulysses
35
Alistair MacLean
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
36
Anne Rivers Siddon
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (W.P. Kinsella)
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
37
W.P. Kinsella
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
38
Umberto Eco
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
39
Italian Folktales
Italian Folktales
40
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