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1001 American Books to Read Before You Die - Page 2

This list only includes books published up to and including 2010. No poetry or drama. Mostly literature with a few non-fiction included. It also includes writers who have emigrated to the the U.S. and have continued their writing careers here. Thanks for coming!
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The Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
The Armies of the Night
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Norman Mailer
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
42
Sinclair Lewis
As They Were
As They Were
43
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust
44
John Fante
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
45
Assemblying California (John McPhee)
Assemblying California
46
John McPhee
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
47
Bernard Malamud
Assumption (Percival Everett)
Assumption
48
Percival Everett
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
49
H.P. Lovecraft
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
50
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
51
Ayn Rand
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
52
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
53
James Weldon Johnson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
54
Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Ernest J. Gaines)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
55
Ernest J. Gaines
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
56
Kate Chopin
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
57
Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
Babel-17
58
Samuel R Delany
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
59
Bad Land (Jonathan Raban)
Bad Land
60
Jonathan Raban
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
61
Carson McCullers
The Bamboo Bed
The Bamboo Bed
62
Bank Shot
Bank Shot
63
Barrayar
Barrayar
64
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
65
Herman Melville
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
66
Dorothy Allison
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
67
Barbara Kingsolver
Beast in View
Beast in View
68
The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scot Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and the Damned
69
F. Scot Fitzgerald
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
70
Richard Fariña
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
71
Ann Patchett
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
72
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
73
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
74
Toni Morrison
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
75
Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
Berlin Stories
76
Christopher Isherwood
Beyond the Bedroom Wall (Larry Woiwode)
Beyond the Bedroom Wall
77
Larry Woiwode
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (Wallace Stegner)
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
78
Wallace Stegner
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
79
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
80
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