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Lesser-Known Books by Better-Known Authors

Like the list's title says.... These are more well-known authors who have one or a few books that have immediate name-association with them. Here is one book per author that many may not know about. Happy reading!
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A Gun for Sale (Graham Greene)
A Gun for Sale
1
Graham Greene
A Long Fatal Love Chase (Louisa May Alcott)
A Long Fatal Love Chase
2
Louisa May Alcott
Among the Shadows (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Among the Shadows
3
Lucy Maud Montgomery
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
4
Khaled Hosseini
At Fault (Kate Chopin)
At Fault
5
Kate Chopin
Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
Barnaby Rudge
6
Charles Dickens
Beatrice and Virgil (Yann Martel)
Beatrice and Virgil
7
Yann Martel
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
8
David Mitchell
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ian Fleming)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
9
Ian Fleming
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
10
William Shakespeare
Cry of the Kalahari (Mark and Delia Owens)
Cry of the Kalahari
11
Mark and Delia Owens
Daddy Cool (Donald Goines)
Daddy Cool
12
Donald Goines
Destination Unknown (Agatha Christie)
Destination Unknown
13
Agatha Christie
Distant Shores (Kristin Hannah)
Distant Shores
14
Kristin Hannah
Elevation (Stephen King)
Elevation
15
Stephen King
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
16
Ken Follett
Eyeless in Gaza (Aldous Huxley)
Eyeless in Gaza
17
Aldous Huxley
Forever, Interrupted (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Forever, Interrupted
18
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fox 8: A Story (George Saunders)
Fox 8: A Story
19
George Saunders
Galatea (Madeline Miller)
Galatea
20
Madeline Miller
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
Hangsaman
21
Shirley Jackson
Helena (Evelyn Waugh)
Helena
22
Evelyn Waugh
Hippie (Paulo Coelho)
Hippie
23
Paulo Coelho
Human, All Too Human (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Human, All Too Human
24
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ilsa (Madeleine L'engle)
Ilsa
25
Madeleine L'engle
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
26
Ernest Hemingway
Jacob's Room (Virginia Woolf)
Jacob's Room
27
Virginia Woolf
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (George Orwell)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
28
George Orwell
Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami)
Killing Commendatore
29
Haruki Murakami
Lady Oracle (Margaret Atwood)
Lady Oracle
30
Margaret Atwood
Lair of the White Worm (Stoker, Bram)
Lair of the White Worm
31
Stoker, Bram
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
32
E.M. Forster
Meridian (Alice Walker)
Meridian
33
Alice Walker
Midnight (Dean Koontz)
Midnight
34
Dean Koontz
Moses, Man of the Mountain (Zora Neale Hurston)
Moses, Man of the Mountain
35
Zora Neale Hurston
Night Flight (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
Night Flight
36
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Nightflyers (George R. R. Martin)
Nightflyers
37
George R. R. Martin
No Name (Wilkie Collins)
No Name
38
Wilkie Collins
Nothing Personal (James Baldwin)
Nothing Personal
39
James Baldwin
Novelle (Goethe)
Novelle
40
Goethe
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