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50 Greatest American Novels of the 20th Century Per Goodreads

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
3
William Faulkner
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
4
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
5
Willa Cather
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
6
John Steinbeck
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
7
Ernest Hemingway
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
8
John Kennedy Toole
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
9
Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
10
Kurt Vonnegut
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
11
William Faulkner
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
12
David Foster Wallace
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
13
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
14
Orson Scott Card
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
15
Nathanael West
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
16
John Steinbeck
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
17
Michael Cunningham
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
18
William Faulkner
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
19
Alice Walker
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
20
Edith Wharton
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
21
Thomas Pynchon
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
22
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
23
John Steinbeck
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
24
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
25
Zora Neale Hurston
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
26
Carson McCullers
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
27
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
28
Margaret Mitchell
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
29
Cormac McCarthy
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
30
Ursula K. Le Guin
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
31
Philip Roth
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
32
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
33
Edith Wharton
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
34
Ralph Ellison
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
35
Richard Wright
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
36
Betty Smith
Company K
Company K
37
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
38
Theodore Dreiser
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
39
John Updike
The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel
40
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