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The Guardian: Famous for the Wrong Book

To quote The Guardian: "There's a big difference between an author's best-known work, and their best".
For each pair of works in the challenge, the 1st title is the author's best-known work (or one of their best-known works). The 2nd title is their best work, according to the article's author (John Self) and other contributors. In defiance of Self, the final pairing is a suggestion from some of my friends (I have read neither book).
Do you agree with the conclusions? Or, if you've only read one book from a pair, will you read its partner to decide for yourself?
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from theguardian.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 5 of 30 (18%)
required scores: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 

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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
2
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
3
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
4
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
5
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
6
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
7
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
8
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
9
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
10
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
11
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
12
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
13
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
14
The Perennial Philosophy (Aldous Huxley)
The Perennial Philosophy (Aldous Huxley)
15
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
16
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie)
17
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
18
The Spire (William Golding)
The Spire (William Golding)
19
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
20
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
21
How Late It Was, How Late (James Kelman)
How Late It Was, How Late (James Kelman)
22
A Disaffection (James Kelman)
A Disaffection (James Kelman)
23
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
24
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (Louis De Bernières)
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (Louis De Bernières)
25
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
26
The Journals of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Journals of John Cheever (John Cheever)
27
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
28
Aphorisms (Franz Kafka)
Aphorisms (Franz Kafka)
29
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
30
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
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