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50 Great Books Not on Enough Lists

List of 50 great books that don't appear often enough on other lists of greats. Some are well known, others less so.
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Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
1
Philip Roth
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
2
Kinglsey Amis
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
3
Cormac McCarthy
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
4
J.P. Donleavy
The Hunters
The Hunters
5
West With the Night
West With the Night
6
Orphan Master's Son (Johnson, Adam)
Orphan Master's Son
7
Johnson, Adam
August: Osage County (Tracy Letts)
August: Osage County
8
Tracy Letts
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
Flashman
10
George MacDonald Fraser
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
11
Paul Beatty
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
12
Yaa Gyasi
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit
13
Charles Portis
Mash (Richard Hooker)
Mash
14
Richard Hooker
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
15
Robert Penn Warren
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
16
Saul Bellow
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
17
Dalton Trumbo
The Professional (W.C. Heinz)
The Professional
18
W.C. Heinz
The Invisible Bridge (Julie Orringer)
The Invisible Bridge
19
Julie Orringer
THIS BOY's LIFE by Tobias Wolff
THIS BOY's LIFE by Tobias Wolff
20
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
21
Ben Fountain
Redeployment (Phil Klay)
Redeployment
22
Phil Klay
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat
23
Daniel James Brown
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
24
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers
25
Patrick Dewitt
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
26
Colum McCann
Legs (William Kennedy)
Legs
27
William Kennedy
My Life and Hard Times (James Thurber)
My Life and Hard Times
28
James Thurber
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
29
Sebastian Faulks
The Birthday Boys (Beryl Bainbridge)
The Birthday Boys
30
Beryl Bainbridge
Then We Came to the End
Then We Came to the End
31
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
32
Edward P. Jones
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Cameron Crowe)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
33
Cameron Crowe
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
34
Roberto Bolaño
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
35
John O'Hara
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
36
Ford Madox Ford
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
37
Jonathan Lethem
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch)
The Black Prince
38
Iris Murdoch
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
39
Evelyn Waugh
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
40
Martin Amis
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