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25 USA Classics Everyone Should Read

So many contenders, an embarrassment of riches! US literature has so many great titles to choose from. Here are 25 that definitely cross people's minds as American books that should be read.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
2
Toni Morrison
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
3
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
4
Jack London
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
7
Alice Walker
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
9
Edgar Allan Poe
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
The House on Haunted Hill (Shirley Jackson)
The House on Haunted Hill
12
Shirley Jackson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
14
Ralph Ellison
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
15
James Fenimore Cooper
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
16
Washington Irving
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
17
Willa Cather
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
18
John Bunyan
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
19
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
21
William Faulkner
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
22
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
23
Harper Lee
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
24
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
25
Henry James
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