7 Famous Authors Who Only Wrote One Novel (7 books)

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The term one-hit wonder doesn’t apply to this list of talented authors who, for a number of reasons, completed only one novel in their lifetime. These one-novel authors are Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners, authors of timeless classic novels and creators of some of the most memorable characters in literature. Here is our list of seven famous authors who only wrote one novel in the lifetime.

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,983,219 ratings score: 1,593, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 2,214,053 ratings score: 1,485, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,263,068 ratings score: 1,179, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,943,066 ratings score: 1,070, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 4.01 avg rating — 104,108 ratings score: 965, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 300,908 ratings score: 872, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.04 avg rating — 1,259,622 ratings score: 773, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

7 books · 22 voters · list created February 18th, 2012 by Blio (votes) .

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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Nov 22, 2013 12:55AM) (new)

Nov 22, 2013 12:54AM

Except for Black Beauty, which I watched on television as a child, I've read five of the books on this list and a sixth one, The Bell Jar, is waiting to be read. Not bad... :-)

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message 2: by Lu (new)

Jul 01, 2015 03:32PM

J.D. Salinger, Harper Lee, Sylvia Plath and Margaret Mitchell wrote more than one book.

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message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 27, 2015 08:08AM

Why not Arundhati Roy?

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message 4: by Rachel Adiyah (new)

Mar 18, 2019 01:08PM

Christina Maria wrote: "The list title says one novel, not one book.

J.D. Salinger write collections of short stories as well as some novellas,and Sylvia Plath had poetry collections, but neither of them wrote more than ..."

J.D. Salinger wrote Frannie and Zooey, That's a novel.

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