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1001 American Books to Read Before You Die - Page 5

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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Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
161
Cormac McCarthy
Citizen of the Galaxy
Citizen of the Galaxy
162
City (Clifford D. Simak)
City
163
Clifford D. Simak
City of God
City of God
164
City Primeval
City Primeval
165
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
166
Clockers
Clockers
167
Close Range: Wyoming Stories (Annie Proulx)
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
168
Annie Proulx
Cloudsplitter
Cloudsplitter
169
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
170
Charles Frazier
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
171
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (Eudora Welty)
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
172
Eudora Welty
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
173
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
174
William Faulkner
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
175
The Colossus of Maroussi (Henry Miller)
The Colossus of Maroussi
176
Henry Miller
Coming Into the Country (John McPhee)
Coming Into the Country
177
John McPhee
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus
178
Art Speigelman
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
179
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
180
Edgar Allen Poe
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
181
Dorothy Parker
The Complete Western Stories (Elmore Leonard)
The Complete Western Stories
182
Elmore Leonard
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
183
John Kennedy Toole
Confederates in the Attic (Tony Horwitz)
Confederates in the Attic
184
Tony Horwitz
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
185
William Styron
The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence-Man
186
Herman Melville
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
187
Mark Twain
A Conspiracy of Paper (David Liss)
A Conspiracy of Paper
188
David Liss
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
189
Carl Sagan
Continental Drift
Continental Drift
190
The Continental Op
The Continental Op
191
The Control of Nature (John McPhee)
The Control of Nature
192
John McPhee
A Cool Million
A Cool Million
193
Cop Hater
Cop Hater
194
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
195
Jonathan Franzen
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Chester Aimes)
Cotton Comes to Harlem
196
Chester Aimes
The Counterlife (Philip Roth)
The Counterlife
197
Philip Roth
Couples
Couples
198
Coyote Waits (Tony Hillerman)
Coyote Waits
199
Tony Hillerman
Crooked Little Heart (Anne Lamott)
Crooked Little Heart
200
Anne Lamott
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