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50 Works by American Writers You Should Read Before You Die

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America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (Gail Collins)
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
1
Gail Collins
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation (Ammon Shea)
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
2
Ammon Shea
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
3
Roxane Gay
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
4
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
5
Toni Morrison
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
7
Junot Díaz
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
9
Edgar Allan Poe
A Disability History of the United States (Kim E. Nielson)
A Disability History of the United States
10
Kim E. Nielson
Earthsea : The First Four Books (Ursula K Le Guin)
Earthsea : The First Four Books
11
Ursula K Le Guin
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
12
Tara Westover
E.E. Cummings Poetry
E.E. Cummings Poetry
13
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
14
Mark Dunn
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Jacqueline Kelly)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
15
Jacqueline Kelly
Flight (Sherman Alexie)
Flight
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Sherman Alexie
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
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J.D. Salinger
Freakanomics
Freakanomics
18
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
19
Alison Bechdel
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
20
Lois Lowry
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
21
Jeannette Walls
Herland (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
Herland
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Hidden Light of Northern Fires (Daran Wang)
The Hidden Light of Northern Fires
23
Daran Wang
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
24
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Invisible Bridge
The Invisible Bridge
25
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories Vol. 1 (Isaac Asimov)
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories Vol. 1
26
Isaac Asimov
The Island of Sea Women (Lisa See)
The Island of Sea Women
27
Lisa See
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
28
Louisa May Alcott
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
29
Shirley Jackson
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
30
Erin Morgenstern
Morning Girl (Michael Dorris)
Morning Girl
31
Michael Dorris
The Music of Dolphins
The Music of Dolphins
32
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
33
Augusten Burroughs
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory (Doughty, Caitlin)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory
34
Doughty, Caitlin
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
35
Mary Doria Russell
The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)
The Starless Sea
36
Erin Morgenstern
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
37
Tim O'Brien
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
38
Betty Smith
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
39
Avi
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead
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