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Off the Well-Worn Path (Authors A-G)

If you want to get a little off the beaten track with your reading, this list is for you (I had to make dozens of new icons). The challenge includes many lesser known works of famous authors. But there are still enough favourites to keep your clicking finger satisfied. Alphabetical by author's first name!
I have absolutely no recollection of where I got this list, so I can't provide a link. Two more parts to follow.
BTW, a note for the literati. Several of the entries are believed to be the source or 'inspiration' for Shakespeare plays: Romeus & Juliet, The Pecorone (The Merchant of Venice), Hecatommithi (Othello, Measure for Measure).
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Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
1
A.S. Byatt
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
2
Alan Paton
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
3
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
4
Albert Camus
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
5
Aldous Huxley
Eyeless in Gaza (Aldous Huxley)
Eyeless in Gaza
6
Aldous Huxley
Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley)
Point Counter Point
7
Aldous Huxley
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
8
Malcolm X
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
9
Alexandre Dumas
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
10
Alexander Pope
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
11
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In the First Circle (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle
12
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Love's Cross Currents (Algernon Charles Swinburne)
Love's Cross Currents
13
Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Temple of My Familiar (Alice Walker)
The Temple of My Familiar
14
Alice Walker
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
15
Alice Walker
Living by the Word (Alice Walker)
Living by the Word
16
Alice Walker
Meridian (Alice Walker)
Meridian
17
Alice Walker
The Third Life of Grange Copeland (Alice Walker)
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
18
Alice Walker
To Hell With Dying
To Hell With Dying
19
In Love and Trouble (Alice Walker)
In Love and Trouble
20
Alice Walker
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
21
Allen Ginsberg
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
22
Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
23
Amy Tan
The Diary of Anais Nin
The Diary of Anais Nin
24
Henry and June (Anaïs Nin)
Henry and June
25
Anaïs Nin
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
26
André Gide
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist
27
Andre Gide
The Magician's Assistant (Ann Patchett)
The Magician's Assistant
28
Ann Patchett
The Street
The Street
29
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
30
Ann Radcliffe
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
31
Anne Frank
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
32
Annie Dillard
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
33
Anthony Burgess
A Doctor's Visit: Short Stories (Anton Chekhov)
A Doctor's Visit: Short Stories
34
Anton Chekhov
Arabesques (Robert Dessaix)
Arabesques
35
Robert Dessaix
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City
36
Armistead Maupin
Romeus and Juliet: Being the Original of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Arthur Brooke)
Romeus and Juliet: Being the Original of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
37
Arthur Brooke
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
38
Arthur Koestler
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Arthur Ransome)
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
39
Arthur Ransome
A Lesson From Aloes
A Lesson From Aloes
40
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