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50 of the Best Books You Haven't Read by Authors You Already Love

"Looking for something to read but don't want to stray too far from the authors you know and love? Seeking undiscovered literary gems to talk about at dinner parties? Want to delve into the backlist of a certain Great American Author? Well, Flavorwire has got you covered. After all, sometimes, amazing books just get lost in the shuffle, whether it's because they're before their time, fall out of fashion, or their author has one blockbuster that blots out all the rest. So after the jump, check out 50 great under-appreciated, under-read, and overshadowed novels by 50 of your favorite authors"
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Adverbs (Daniel Handler)
Adverbs (Daniel Handler)
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The Alteration (Kingsley Amis)
The Alteration (Kingsley Amis)
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Angels (Denis Johnson)
Angels (Denis Johnson)
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Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
5
The Armageddon Rag (George R. R. Martin)
The Armageddon Rag (George R. R. Martin)
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The Ballad of the Sad Café (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Café (Carson McCullers)
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The Beet Queen (Louise Erdrich)
The Beet Queen (Louise Erdrich)
8
The Book and the Brotherhood (Iris Murdoch)
The Book and the Brotherhood (Iris Murdoch)
9
The Breast (Philip Roth)
The Breast (Philip Roth)
10
The Broom of the System (David Foster Wallace)
The Broom of the System (David Foster Wallace)
11
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
12
A Change of Climate (Hilary Mantel)
A Change of Climate (Hilary Mantel)
13
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
14
A Country Doctor's Notebook (Mikhail Bulgakov)
A Country Doctor's Notebook (Mikhail Bulgakov)
15
The Easter Parade (Richard Yates)
The Easter Parade (Richard Yates)
16
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
17
Espedair Street (Iain Banks)
Espedair Street (Iain Banks)
18
The General in His Labyrinth (Marquez)
The General in His Labyrinth (Marquez)
19
Gun, With Occasional Music (Jonathan Lethem)
Gun, With Occasional Music (Jonathan Lethem)
20
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
21
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie)
22
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (Angela Carter)
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (Angela Carter)
23
The Invisible Circus (Jennifer Egan)
The Invisible Circus (Jennifer Egan)
24
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
25
Island (Aldous Huxley)
Island (Aldous Huxley)
26
Jonah's Gourd Vine (Zora Neale Hurston)
Jonah's Gourd Vine (Zora Neale Hurston)
27
Just Above My Head (James Baldwin)
Just Above My Head (James Baldwin)
28
Kangaroo (D.H. Lawrence)
Kangaroo (D.H. Lawrence)
29
A Long Fatal Love Chase (Louisa May Alcott)
A Long Fatal Love Chase (Louisa May Alcott)
30
My Uncle Oswald (Roald Dahl)
My Uncle Oswald (Roald Dahl)
31
The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
32
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Mark Twain)
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Mark Twain)
33
Pierre (Herman Melville)
Pierre (Herman Melville)
34
The Red House Mystery (A. A. Milne)
The Red House Mystery (A. A. Milne)
35
The Reef (Edith Wharton)
The Reef (Edith Wharton)
36
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
37
Romola (George Eliot)
Romola (George Eliot)
38
Sally Lockhart Quartet (Philip Pullman)
Sally Lockhart Quartet (Philip Pullman)
39
Sartoris (William Faulkner)
Sartoris (William Faulkner)
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Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
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