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When Authors Only Had One Famous Book

These are the books by authors who only really have had one famous book. Well, arguably. There're a few of these authors who have written other books but have never reached the same level of success as their one major hit.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
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Dracula
Dracula
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
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The Help
The Help
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Peter Pan
Peter Pan
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Wonder
Wonder
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
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Life of Pi
Life of Pi
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Black Beauty
Black Beauty
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
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Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Speak
Speak
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The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
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The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
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A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
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Trainspotting
Trainspotting
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