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Authors Who Only Finished Writing One Novel - But It's a Really Good Novel

These are all the examples of authors who only wrote one novel in their lifetime or have only written one novel so far but it's a fantastic novel in its own right.
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The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
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Kathryn Stockett
Lives of Girls and Women (Alice Munro)
Lives of Girls and Women
2
Alice Munro
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
3
Anna Sewell
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
4
Arthur Golden
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
5
Boris Pasternak
Remembrance Rock (Carl Sandburg)
Remembrance Rock
6
Carl Sandburg
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
7
Edgar Allan Poe
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Bronte
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Jonny Appleseed (Joshua Whitehead)
Jonny Appleseed
10
Joshua Whitehead
Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)
Amatka
11
Karin Tidbeck
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
12
Keri Hulme
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
13
Koushun Takami
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies (Leanne Betasamosake Simpson)
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
14
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
15
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Macintosh, My Darling (Marguerite Young)
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
16
Marguerite Young
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
17
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
18
Matthew Lewis
Insel (Mina Loy)
Insel
19
Mina Loy
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn
20
Nora Ephron
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
21
Norton Juster
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
22
Oscar Wilde
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
23
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
24
Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
25
Ralph Ellison
Raintree County (Ross Lockridge)
Raintree County
26
Ross Lockridge
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
27
Sylvia Plath
Ghana Must Go (Taiye Selasi)
Ghana Must Go
28
Taiye Selasi
Split Tooth (Tanya Tagaq)
Split Tooth
29
Tanya Tagaq
Dictee (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictee
30
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
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