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Lesser Known Gems From Well-Known Authors

100 books by well known authors that are NOT the first titles one thinks of when one hears that author's name. All of them are quite good ( or at least interesting) in their own right, and are worth reading. I have tried to limit the list to one book per author, but in a couple of cases, I couldn't make up my mind and opted for both.
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AMERIKA
AMERIKA
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Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
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Another Part of the Forest (Hellman)
Another Part of the Forest (Hellman)
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The Beardless Warriors (Richard Matheson)
The Beardless Warriors (Richard Matheson)
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Big Sur (Kerouac)
Big Sur (Kerouac)
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Black Sunday (Novel)
Black Sunday (Novel)
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The Bone Garden
The Bone Garden
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The Car (Gary Paulsen)
The Car (Gary Paulsen)
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The Chimney Sweeper`S Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper`S Boy (Barbara Vine)
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Chocky
Chocky
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Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine (Ellroy)
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Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company (Samuel Beckett)
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A Confederate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
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The Confidence Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence Man (Herman Melville)
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Convention (Bailey and Knebel)
Convention (Bailey and Knebel)
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The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
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Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
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Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
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Death Is Now My Neighbor (Colin Dexter)
Death Is Now My Neighbor (Colin Dexter)
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The Devil&#39;s Alternative
The Devil's Alternative
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The Devil&#39;s Work (John Brunner)
The Devil's Work (John Brunner)
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The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Moliere)
The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Moliere)
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Doorways in the Sand (Roger Zelazny)
Doorways in the Sand (Roger Zelazny)
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Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
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Floating Dragon (Peter Straub)
Floating Dragon (Peter Straub)
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Flynn (McDonald)
Flynn (McDonald)
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Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
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Galactic Pot-Healer
Galactic Pot-Healer
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Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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The Given Day (Dennis Lehane)
The Given Day (Dennis Lehane)
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The Glass Key
The Glass Key
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Group Portrait With a Lady
Group Portrait With a Lady
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The Gun (C S Forrester)
The Gun (C S Forrester)
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HMS Ulysses (Alistair Maclean)
HMS Ulysses (Alistair Maclean)
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The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (W.P. Kinsella)
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (W.P. Kinsella)
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The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
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Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
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Italian Folktales
Italian Folktales
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