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50 American Novels

This list comes from A Reader's Guide to Fifty American Novels, by Ian Ousby, and was published in 1979.
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Wieland (Charles Brocken Brown)
Wieland
1
Charles Brocken Brown
The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pioneers
2
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
3
James Fenimore Cooper
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
4
Edgar Allan Poe
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
5
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
6
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
7
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
8
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Typee (Herman Melville)
Typee
9
Herman Melville
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
10
Herman Melville
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
11
Herman Melville
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
12
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
13
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
14
Mark Twain
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
Pudd'nhead Wilson
15
Mark Twain
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
16
Henry James
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
17
Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
18
Henry James
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
19
Henry James
A Modern Instance (William Dean Howells)
A Modern Instance
20
William Dean Howells
The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells)
The Rise of Silas Lapham
21
William Dean Howells
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
22
Edith Wharton
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
23
Stephen Crane
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague
24
Frank Norris
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
25
Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
26
Theodore Dreiser
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
27
Jack London
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
28
Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
29
Sinclair Lewis
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
30
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
31
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
33
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
34
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
35
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
36
Ernest Hemingway
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
37
Thomas Wolfe
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
38
John Dos Passos
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
39
John Dos Passos
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money
40
John Dos Passos
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