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Lesser Known Gems From Well-Known Authors - Page 3

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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Stories and Prose Poems (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Stories and Prose Poems
81
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
82
Three Comrades (Erich Maria Remarque)
Three Comrades
83
Erich Maria Remarque
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (Philip K. Dick)
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
84
Philip K. Dick
To the Power of Three (Laura Lippman)
To the Power of Three
85
Laura Lippman
The Toilers of the Sea (Victor Hugo)
The Toilers of the Sea
86
Victor Hugo
Triple (Ken Follett)
Triple
87
Ken Follett
Unforgiven (Alan Lemay)
Unforgiven
88
Alan Lemay
Unknown Man No. 89 (Elmore Leonard)
Unknown Man No. 89
89
Elmore Leonard
The Unvanquished (Howard Fast)
The Unvanquished
90
Howard Fast
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
91
Joseph Conrad
Wait Till Next Year (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Wait Till Next Year
92
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The War in the Air (H.G. Wells)
The War in the Air
93
H.G. Wells
The White Company (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The White Company
94
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
95
Henrik Ibsen
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards (Tom Robbins)
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards
96
Tom Robbins
Winter (Len Deighton)
Winter
97
Len Deighton
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
98
William Shakespeare
The Word for World Is Forest (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Word for World Is Forest
99
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
100
Michael Chabon
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