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Novels of the American Midwest

If you only knew America through literary fiction, you could be forgiven for think that the Hudson River is the western border of the United States. But there have been plenty of great novels about the heartland, and not all of them depict its denizens as a gaggle of straw-chomping hayseeds. Sinclair Lewis' novels do, but he can be forgiven since he was from Minnesota and was satirizing his friends and neighbors. Many of his books, like "Babbitt" and "Elmer Gantry," take place in a fictional state called Winnemac, but when he describes its geography it seems to border every Great Lakes state, so they qualify as Midwestern literature.
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The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March
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Against the Day
Against the Day
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
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Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
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Babbitt
Babbitt
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The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
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The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
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Caddie Woodlawn
Caddie Woodlawn
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
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Crossing to Safety
Crossing to Safety
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Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
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Freedom
Freedom
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Giants of the Earth
Giants of the Earth
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl
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Herzog
Herzog
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The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
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The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
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The Last Catholic in America
The Last Catholic in America
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Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
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Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods
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Love Medicine
Love Medicine
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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
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Main Street
Main Street
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Middlesex
Middlesex
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Moo
Moo
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My Antonia
My Antonia
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Native Son
Native Son
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The Natural
The Natural
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Never Come Morning
Never Come Morning
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O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
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Penrod
Penrod
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The Professor'S House
The Professor'S House
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The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville
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Shoeless Joe (W P Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe (W P Kinsella)
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A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan
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