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1001 American Books to Read Before You Die - Page 8

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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Engine Summer (John Crowley)
Engine Summer
281
John Crowley
English Creek (Ivan Doig)
English Creek
282
Ivan Doig
The Enormous Room
The Enormous Room
283
Envy, or Yiddish in America
Envy, or Yiddish in America
284
Eon (Greg Bear)
Eon
285
Greg Bear
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
286
Percival Everett
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
287
Harlan Ellison
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
288
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
289
William T. Vollmann
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Tom Robbins)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
290
Tom Robbins
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
291
Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
292
Wells Tower
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
293
Flannery O'Connor
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
294
Norman Mailer
The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The Expendable Man
295
Dorothy B. Hughes
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (John Wesley Powell)
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
296
John Wesley Powell
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey Into the Heart of Darkness (Jeffrey Taylor)
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey Into the Heart of Darkness
297
Jeffrey Taylor
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
298
Ray Bradbury
A Fairy Tale of New York
A Fairy Tale of New York
299
Falconer
Falconer
300
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
301
Edgar Allan Poe
Falling Angel (William Hjortsberg)
Falling Angel
302
William Hjortsberg
The Family Moskat
The Family Moskat
303
The Fan Man (William Kotzwinkle)
The Fan Man
304
William Kotzwinkle
A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley)
A Fan's Notes
305
Frederick Exley
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
306
Ray Bradbury
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
307
Farewell to Manzanar (Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston)
Farewell to Manzanar
308
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Farewell, My Lovely
Farewell, My Lovely
309
Fat City (Leonard Gardner)
Fat City
310
Leonard Gardner
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
311
Hunter S. Thompson
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
312
Erica Jong
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
313
Joanna Russ
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
314
Betty Friedan
Fer-De-Lance
Fer-De-Lance
315
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
316
Rebecca Solnit
The Field of Vision (Wright Morris)
The Field of Vision
317
Wright Morris
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
318
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
319
Chuck Palahniuk
Fire in the Hole
Fire in the Hole
320
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