List #7: Lesser-Known Books from Some Big(gish) Names (part 2 of 2)

[See Part 1 here.]


11. Author: Susan Orlean

Best known for: The Orchid Thief (basis for the film Adaptation), The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup (Rec. #126)

Also check out: Saturday Night (Rec. #15)

12. Author: J.D. Salinger

Best known for: The Catcher in the Rye

Also check out: Franny and Zooey (Rec. #131)

13. Author: George Bernard Shaw

Best known for: Pygmalion, Caesar and Cleopatra, Man and Superman

Also check out: Misalliance (Rec. #30)

14. Author: Carol Shields

Best known for: The Stone Diaries, Unless

Also check out: The Box Garden (Rec. #146)

15. Author: Muriel Spark

Best known for: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Also check out: Loitering with Intent (Rec. #13), Open to the Public (Rec. #107)

16. Author: Elizabeth von Arnim

Best known for: The Enchanted April (Rec. #113)

Also check out: Christopher and Columbus (Rec. #61)

17. Author: Oscar Wilde

Best known for: The Importance of Being Earnest

Also check out: Lady Windermere's Fan (Rec. #148)

18. Author: P.G. Wodehouse

Best known for: Jeeves and Wooster books

Also check out: Jill the Reckless (Rec. #136) and Earl of Ickenham books, such as Cocktail Time (Rec. #24)

19. Author: Virginia Woolf

Best known for: Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse

Also check out: Freshwater --- A Comedy (Rec. #98)

20. Author: Paul Zindel

Best known for: The Pigman

Also check out: The Undertaker's Gone Bananas (Rec. #16)