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Books by Authors Who Only Wrote One or Two Novels

Some authors are prolific, writing hit after hit, classic after classic. But we shouldn't let those writers take the attention away from the authors who left a gargantuan impact with only a couple books to their name (...and some short stories, essays, and poetry, too).
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
2
Harper Lee
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
3
Anna Sewell
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
4
Margaret Mitchell
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
5
Sylvia Plath
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
6
Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
7
Anne Brontë
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
8
Edgar Allan Poe
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
9
Oscar Wilde
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
10
Flannery O'Connor
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
11
Flannery O'Connor
Raintree County
Raintree County
12
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
13
Arundhati Roy
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
14
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
15
Kathryn Stockett
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
16
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
17
Stephen Chbosky
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
18
Juan Rulfo
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
19
Koushun Takami
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
20
Keri Hulme
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
21
Norton Juster
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
22
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
23
Matthew Lewis
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
24
Boris Pasternak
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
25
Ralph Ellison
Juneteenth (Ralph Ellison)
Juneteenth
26
Ralph Ellison
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
27
John Kennedy Toole
The Neon Bible (John Kennedy Toole)
The Neon Bible
28
John Kennedy Toole
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
30
Emily Brontë
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