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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?
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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
1
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
3
Herman Melville
Uncle Tom's Cabin (George L. Aiken)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
4
George L. Aiken
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
5
Louisa May Alcott
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
7
Stephen Crane
McTeague
McTeague
8
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
10
Anita Loos
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
11
William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
12
John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
14
Ralph Ellison
As Aventuras De Augie March (Saul Bellow)
As Aventuras De Augie March
15
Saul Bellow
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
17
Harper Lee
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
18
Thomas Pynchon
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
19
Cormac McCarthy
Beloved (Ohio)
Beloved
20
Ohio
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
21
Bret Easton Ellis
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
22
David Foster Wallace
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
23
Don Delillo
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
24
Jonathan Franzen
Telegraph Avenue (Michael Chabon)
Telegraph Avenue
25
Michael Chabon
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