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• Carrie

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  Stephen King was in a band with fellow authors Amy Tan, Dave Barry, and Barbara Kingsolver called the Rock Bottom Remainders. Rock on, Stephen King.

• Jude the Obscure

  Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

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  At his birth, Thomas Hardy was presumed stillborn until the midwife noticed he was alive.

• Robot Dreams

  Asimov, Isaac

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  Isaac Asimov was part of a literary dining club called the Trap Door Spiders where, after dinner, they debated their own existence.

• Les Misérables

  Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885,

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  Victor Hugo wrote an 823-word sentence for "Les Miserables." Will you read the entire novel to find it?

• The House of the Seven Gables

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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  Nathaniel Hawthorne's great-grandfather never repented his involvement in the Salem witch trials. Hawthrone added a "W" to "Hathorne" to further distance himself from his family's disgraceful past as he himself was a resident of Salem.

• Calico Joe

  Grisham, John

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  John Grisham dreamed of being a baseball player as a child.

• The Jungle

  Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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  Upton Sinclair was part of a secret society called the Dill Pickle Club. Its purpose? Not sampling pickles unfortunately. It was a kind of literary salon.