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100 Classic American Novels

A list of one hundred American novels often considered to be literary classics, many of which you have probably read.
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
1
Alex Haley
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
2
Alice Walker
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
3
Booth Tarkington
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
5
Chuck Palahniuk
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
6
Dashiell Hammett
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
7
E.B. White
Giant (Edna Ferber)
Giant
8
Edna Ferber
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
9
Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
10
Ernest Hemingway
Across the River and Into the Trees (Ernest Hemingway)
Across the River and Into the Trees
11
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
12
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
13
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
14
Ernest Hemingway
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
15
Esther Forbes
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
16
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
17
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
19
Frank Herbert
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
20
Harper Lee
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
21
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
22
Henry James
The American (Henry James)
The American
23
Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
24
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
25
Henry James
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
26
Henry James
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
27
Herman Melville
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
28
Herman Melville
I Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I Robot
29
Isaac Asimov
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
30
J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
31
J.D. Salinger
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
32
Jack Kerouac
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
33
Jack London
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
34
Jack London
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
35
Jack Schaefer
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
36
James Baldwin
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
37
James Baldwin
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
38
James Dickey
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
39
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
40
James Fenimore Cooper
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