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Underrated Books From Famous Authors

The most under appreciated books from famous writers you might know. How many have you read?
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
The Aleph (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph
2
Jorge Luis Borges
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
3
Kazuo Ishiguro
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
4
Sophocles
Apology (Plato)
Apology
5
Plato
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
6
Sylvia Plath
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
7
Herman Melville
The Birth of Tragedy (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Birth of Tragedy
8
Friedrich Nietzsche
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCartney)
Blood Meridian
9
Cormac McCartney
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
10
Milan Kundera
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (David Foster Wallace)
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
11
David Foster Wallace
Burmese Days (George Orwell)
Burmese Days
12
George Orwell
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
13
John Steinbeck
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (Karl Marx)
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy
14
Karl Marx
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
15
H.P. Lovecraft
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
16
Franz Kafka
Crooked House (Agatha Christie)
Crooked House
17
Agatha Christie
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
18
Oscar Wilde
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
19
Leo Tolstoy
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
20
Arthur Miller
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
21
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Factotum (Charles Bukowski)
Factotum
22
Charles Bukowski
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
23
Albert Camus
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
24
James Joyce
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
25
J.D. Salinger
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
26
Hermann Hesse
Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
27
William S Burroughs
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
28
Mark Twain
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
29
Stephen King
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
30
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
31
Jane Austen
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (William Blake)
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
32
William Blake
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
33
Ray Bradbury
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
34
Thomas Hardy
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
35
William Shakespeare
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
36
Ernest Hemingway
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
37
Vladimir Nabokov
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
38
Charles Dickens
Runaway Horses (Yukio Mishima)
Runaway Horses
39
Yukio Mishima
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
40
Arthur Conan Doyle
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