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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
1
Harper Lee
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
4
Joseph Heller
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Bronte
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
6
Oscar Wilde
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
7
Margaret Mitchell
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
8
Markus Zusak
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
9
Stephen Chbosky
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
10
Bram Stoker
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
12
Arthur Golden
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
13
Kathryn Stockett
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
14
Arundhati Roy
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
15
S.E. Hinton
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
16
Ralph Ellison
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
17
Sylvia Plath
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
18
Erich Maria Remarque
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
19
J.M. Barrie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
20
Ken Kesey
Wonder (Cameron Jace)
Wonder
21
Cameron Jace
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
22
Mary Ann Shaffer
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
23
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
24
Yann Martel
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
25
Anna Sewell
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
26
John Milton
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
27
Boris Pasternak
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
28
Katherine Paterson
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
29
Milan Kundera
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
30
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
31
Diane Setterfield
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
32
Pearl S. Buck
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
33
Upton Sinclair
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
34
Amy Tan
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
35
L. Frank Baum
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
36
Ernest Cline
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
37
John Kennedy Toole
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
38
Dante Alighieri
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
39
Betty Smith
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
40
Irvine Welsh
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