Novels and Authors Studied in Program

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Algonkian Novel Writing and MS Revision Courses
    Pre-MFA, Post-MFA, or No MFA - Get Your Novel on a Realistic Path to Publication

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Works Studied or Referenced in the Novel Writing Program

• NOTE: writers are not responsible for reading all the following works.
  These works are referenced and portions of them studied in the context of the program.
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THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett 3RD DEGREE BY Patterson and Gross THE CONCRETE BLONDE by Michael Connelly WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by Lucy Maud THE ALCHEMYST by Michael Scott MISERY by Stephen King COLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett ISSAC'S STORM by Erik Larson ANTIGONE by Sophocles ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST    by Ken Kesey WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G. Wells THE INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison UNDER THE JAGUAR SUN by Italo Calvino THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER    AND KLAY by Michael Chabon THE PAINTED BIRD by Jerzy Kosinski EVENSONG by Gail Godwin THE SHIPPING NEWS by Annie Proulx

HISS OF DEATH by Rita Mae Brown SUMMER'S SISTERS by Judy Blume THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY by Jonathan Stroud GET SHORTY by Elmore Leonard THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Philip Pullman THE QUEEN'S GAMBLE by Barbara Kyle THE NOTEBOOK by Nicholas Sparks MATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Susan Elizabeth Phillips HARRY POTTER (series) by J.K. Rowling CLAUDIUS THE GOD by Robert Graves POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver FIRST FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN    by Mitch Albom SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum THE HAND OF FATIMA by Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy THE SUN ALSO RISES by Earnest Hemmingway YEAR OF THE RHINOCEROS by Michael Neff CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME    by Mark Haddon HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain

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Truly impressive list!