List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

The 25 'Great American Novels'

A list of the books that have managed to be christened with that elusive title of 'The Great American Novel', according to that fountain of knowledge, Wikipedia. To be honest, there are some that I was expecting to see here, but they clearly didn't make it. How many have you read?
358 users · 790 views
 
from en.wikipedia.org · made by ADP
avg. score: 8 of 25 (33%)
required scores: 1, 4, 6, 9, 12 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 1
1
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
2
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
3
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
4
Uncle Tom's Cabin (George L. Aiken)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (George L. Aiken)
5
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
6
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
7
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
8
McTeague
McTeague
9
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
10
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
11
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
12
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
13
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
14
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
15
As Aventuras De Augie March (Saul Bellow)
As Aventuras De Augie March (Saul Bellow)
16
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
17
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
18
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
19
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
20
Beloved (Ohio)
Beloved (Ohio)
21
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
22
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
23
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld (Don Delillo)
24
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
25
Telegraph Avenue (Michael Chabon)
Telegraph Avenue (Michael Chabon)
Page 1 of 1
 Your Results
Click the SHOW MY RESULTS button
above to calculate your results.
Up Next
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN