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One-Hit Wonder Novels

A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity and success for a very short period of time, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.
These are the books that, for whatever reason, are their author's only major successes.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
1
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
2
Erich Maria Remarque
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
3
Koushun Takami
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
4
Sylvia Plath
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
5
Anna Sewell
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
6
Keri Hulme
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
7
Tom Wolfe
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
8
Katherine Paterson
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
9
Robert James Waller
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
10
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
12
John Kennedy Toole
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
13
Nathanael West
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
14
Dante Alighieri
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
15
Boris Pasternak
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
16
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
17
Bram Stoker
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
18
Ivan Turgenev
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
20
Katherine Dunn
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
21
Arundhati Roy
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
22
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
23
Margaret Mitchell
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
24
Pearl S. Buck
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
25
Jaroslav Hašek
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
26
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
27
Kathryn Stockett
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
28
Ralph Ellison
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
29
Amy Tan
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
30
Upton Sinclair
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
31
Alasdair Gray
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
32
Yann Martel
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
33
Jim Dixon
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
34
Robert Musil
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
35
Arthur Golden
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
36
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
37
Matthew Lewis
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
38
Djuna Barnes
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
39
Rainer Maria Rilke
Oblomov
Oblomov
40
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