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Seminal novels that the author could have retired on (part 3)

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The logic of this post is to list some novels that the author could have published and that'd have been enough to set them up as major in writing , even if they do have lots of other great works. Like Cervantes with Don Quixote . I'm going with books published after 1950. Some of these will probably be the only good book the author really did (like  Catch 22).

In no particular order:

31. White Teeth - 2000- United Kingdom - English by Zadie Smith


30. The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier& Clay - 2000- United States of America - English by Michael Chabon


29.  A Suitable Boy - 1993 - India - English by Vikram Seth


28. True History of the Kelly Gang - 2001 - Australia - English by Peter Carey


27. To Kill a MockingBird - 1960- United States of America- English by Harper Lee


26. The Corrections --2001- United States of America - English  by Jonathan Franzen


25.  Possession: A Romance - 1990 - United Kingdom- English  by A.S. Byatt


24. The God of Small Things - 1997- India - English by Arundhati Roy


23. Life of Pi - 2001- Canada- English by Yann Martel


22. A Book of Memories (Emlékiratok könyve) - 1986 - Hungary - Hungarian by Péter Nádas 


21. Memed, My Hawk ( İnce Memed  - 1955- Turkey- Turkish by Yaşar Kemal 


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