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Lesser Known Gems From Well-Known Authors - Page 2

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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Judgment on Deltchev (Eric Ambler)
Judgment on Deltchev
41
Eric Ambler
Julian (Gore Vidal)
Julian
42
Gore Vidal
The Lair of the White Worm (Bram Stoker)
The Lair of the White Worm
43
Bram Stoker
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
44
Mary Shelley
Last Stop Camp 7 (Hans Hellmut Kirst)
Last Stop Camp 7
45
Hans Hellmut Kirst
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
46
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
47
Life Among the Savages (Shirley Jackson)
Life Among the Savages
48
Shirley Jackson
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
49
The Little Sister (Raymond Chandler)
The Little Sister
50
Raymond Chandler
Mad Monkton (Wilkie Collins)
Mad Monkton
51
Wilkie Collins
The Man Who Died (D.H. Lawrence)
The Man Who Died
52
D.H. Lawrence
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
53
Charles Dickens
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
54
Jack London
Master of Ballantrae (Stevenson)
Master of Ballantrae
55
Stevenson
The Master of the World (Jules Verne)
The Master of the World
56
Jules Verne
Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
57
William Shakespeare
Monsignor Quixote (Graham Greene)
Monsignor Quixote
58
Graham Greene
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
59
Kurt Vonnegut
The Night Crew
The Night Crew
60
Night in the Lonesome October (Richard Laymon)
Night in the Lonesome October
61
Richard Laymon
Oates, Joyce Carol: Zombie
Oates, Joyce Carol: Zombie
62
Old Times (Harold Pinter)
Old Times
63
Harold Pinter
The Open Boat (Stephen Crane)
The Open Boat
64
Stephen Crane
Parliament of Fowles (Chaucer)
Parliament of Fowles
65
Chaucer
The Pathfinder (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pathfinder
66
James Fenimore Cooper
Pellucidar
Pellucidar
67
A Perfect Spy (John Le Carre)
A Perfect Spy
68
John Le Carre
Phases of Gravity (Simmons)
Phases of Gravity
69
Simmons
The Poet
The Poet
70
The Price (Arthur Miller)
The Price
71
Arthur Miller
The Puppet Masters (Robert a Heinlein)
The Puppet Masters
72
Robert a Heinlein
The Real Inspector Hound (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Inspector Hound
73
Tom Stoppard
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
74
William Faulkner
Ride the Pink Horse (Hughes)
Ride the Pink Horse
75
Hughes
Rockaby and Other Short Pieces (Samuel Beckett)
Rockaby and Other Short Pieces
76
Samuel Beckett
Sacre Bleu (Christopher Moore)
Sacre Bleu
77
Christopher Moore
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
78
Starting From San Francisco (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Starting From San Francisco
79
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Stonehenge
Stonehenge
80
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