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The "Other" Books by Well-Known Authors

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian looks at some less well known works of some well known authors. These are all works that have some claim to literary merit, but for some reason have not achieved the following that one would expect, given who the authors are. Our compiler limited himself to one work by each author and to 75 works total, primarily to prevent him from indulging his penchant for showing off by listing all kinds of obscure works by favorites. He also makes no claim to have read all of these, although he is surprised by how many he actually has.
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The Spy (Cooper)
The Spy
1
Cooper
Across the River and Into the Trees (Ernest Hemingway)
Across the River and Into the Trees
2
Ernest Hemingway
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
3
Umberto Eco
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
4
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas)
The Black Tulip
5
Alexandre Dumas
Bratsk Station (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)
Bratsk Station
6
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Castle Dangerous (Scott)
Castle Dangerous
7
Scott
Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
8
Ellroy
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party
9
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
10
Richard Brautigan
The Cossacks (Leo Tolstoy)
The Cossacks
11
Leo Tolstoy
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
12
Simmons
Dangling Man
Dangling Man
13
Danse Macabre (Stephen King)
Danse Macabre
14
Stephen King
The Deserted Village
The Deserted Village
15
Devils (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Devils
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Exiles (James Joyce)
Exiles
17
James Joyce
The First Men in the Moon (H.G. Wells)
The First Men in the Moon
18
H.G. Wells
The Flounder (Günter Grass)
The Flounder
19
Günter Grass
Galactic Pot-Healer
Galactic Pot-Healer
20
The Gamblers (Gogol)
The Gamblers
21
Gogol
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
22
Harper Lee
The Greek Passion
The Greek Passion
23
Group Portrait With Lady (Heinrich Böll)
Group Portrait With Lady
24
Heinrich Böll
Hag-Seed (Margaret Atwood)
Hag-Seed
25
Margaret Atwood
The High Window (Raymond Chandler)
The High Window
26
Raymond Chandler
The Hollow (Agatha Christie)
The Hollow
27
Agatha Christie
I Will Fear No Evil (Robert A. Heinlein)
I Will Fear No Evil
28
Robert A. Heinlein
In the Lake of the Woods (Tim O'Brien)
In the Lake of the Woods
29
Tim O'Brien
Ivanov (Anton Chekhov)
Ivanov
30
Anton Chekhov
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
31
Thomas Hardy
Julia (Peter Straub)
Julia
32
Peter Straub
The Lair of the White Worm (Bram Stoker)
The Lair of the White Worm
33
Bram Stoker
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lenz (Georg Buchner)
Lenz
35
Georg Buchner
The Light of Day (Eric Ambler)
The Light of Day
36
Eric Ambler
The Maracot Deep (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Maracot Deep
37
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
38
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
39
Charles Dickens
The Massacre at Paris (Christopher Marlowe)
The Massacre at Paris
40
Christopher Marlowe
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