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The 18 Greatest Final Novels

"-- Books of blinding brilliance that were penned and published while the author was still alive, but signalled their swan song from the literary world." Here's Shortlist's selection of 18 best final novels. How many of them have you read?
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avg. score: 3 of 18 (19%)
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The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
John Steinbeck
2
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
3
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
4
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
5
The Confidence Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence Man
Herman Melville
6
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
7
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
Nella Larsen
8
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
George Eliot
9
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
10
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
11
The Reivers
The Reivers
12
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Oscar Wilde
13
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
14
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
15
Island
Island
16
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
17
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse
18
The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker
The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker
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