Do you have a favorite "obscure" 20th Century novel/novelist?
My favorite obscure 20th century novelist has to be Richard Farina, who died riding on the back of a motorcycle right before his novel "'Been Down So long It looks Like Up To Me" was released.
My favorite obscure 20th century novel is "Color Out Of Time" by Michael Shea.
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The man was a much underappreciated genius.
There are books that I haven't yet discovered and books that I can't find. Since I'm somewhat younger than most here, I'm not sure what novels/novelist would be considered "obscure", since the popularity of novels/novelists change over time with each new generation.
Some children's novels that I enjoy would be The Anne of Green Gables book series by L.M. Montgomery, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. There's a short story from Winston Estes called Another Part of the House. Not necessarily a children's story, but told from a child's point of view.
A few years ago, I was at my public library and checked out the book The Other Mrs. Kennedy by Jerry Oppenheimer. I was so enthralled that couldn't put it down and I injured my index finger from holding on to the massive book for long periods of time.
Besides Stephen King and Dean Koontz, I like Anne Rice. Not only do I like and own her Vampire Chronicles series but I also like The Feast of All Saints. Another horror/mystery novelist that I discovered in Jr. High was Shirley Jackson. I wish that she hadn't passed away so young, it would have been nice to read more of her novels.
As you can see, I have many favorites and it was difficult for me to keep a short and possibly obscure list.
I have never read any of the Edgar Eager's children's novels. I wrote down all the books and authors that you mentioned so that I can try to get my hands on them. I had forgotten to mention that Lisa Jane Smith wrote books when I was in high school that didn't become popular until those books were turned into a television series. Those books and the t.v series were The Vampire Diaries and I still read them to this day.
Dean Koontz writes a little bit of everything and has several different pen names. I hope that you get a chance to check out some of his work.
Author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". I first read it in 7th grade and have probably read it at least 12 times since then. It was probably my one of my favorite childhood books (there are others, but they would not be considered "obscure"
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It's probably not that well known, but it was popular enough to be made into a film back in the late 40's. She wrote the book in the 40's but it was set back in the early part of the 20th century and was about a young, impoverished girl's coming of age in Brooklyn, NY with her beloved alcoholic father, her hardworking, but stern mother and her resilient, yet less sensitive and intelligent, younger brother.
