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A History of American Literature Part Five: Muckrakers and Early Moderns

These are books, most of which were published in the late 19th and early 20th century, that are discussed in Chapter 7 of "From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature". Chapter 7 is within the section "Native and Cosmopolitan Crosscurrents: From Local Color to Realism and Naturalism".
This is the 5th instalment of a maximum of eleven. The instalments are being published in more or less reverse chronological order.
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The Education of Henry Adams (Henry Adams)
The Education of Henry Adams
1
Henry Adams
Democracy (Henry Adams)
Democracy
2
Henry Adams
Progress and Poverty (Henry George)
Progress and Poverty
3
Henry George
The Theory of the Leisure Class (Thorstein Veblen)
The Theory of the Leisure Class
4
Thorstein Veblen
The Shame of the Cities (Lincoln Steffens)
The Shame of the Cities
5
Lincoln Steffens
The Cliff-Dwellers (Henry Blake Fuller)
The Cliff-Dwellers
6
Henry Blake Fuller
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
7
Theodore Dreiser
Jennie Gerhardt (Theodore Dreiser)
Jennie Gerhardt
8
Theodore Dreiser
Main-Travelled Roads (Hamlin Garland)
Main-Travelled Roads
9
Hamlin Garland
The Pit (Frank Norris)
The Pit
10
Frank Norris
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague
11
Frank Norris
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Harold Frederic)
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination
12
Harold Frederic
On Native Grounds: An Interpretation of Modern American Prose Literature (Alfred Kazin)
On Native Grounds: An Interpretation of Modern American Prose Literature
13
Alfred Kazin
Crumbling Ldols (Hamlin Garland)
Crumbling Ldols
14
Hamlin Garland
The Torrent and the Night Before (Edwin Arlington Robinson)
The Torrent and the Night Before
15
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Captain Craig (Edwin Arlington Robinson)
Captain Craig
16
Edwin Arlington Robinson
In the Midst of Life (Ambrose Bierce)
In the Midst of Life
17
Ambrose Bierce
The Black Rider and Other Lines (Stephen Crane)
The Black Rider and Other Lines
18
Stephen Crane
The Open Boat (Stephen Crane)
The Open Boat
19
Stephen Crane
The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane)
The Blue Hotel
20
Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
21
Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
22
Stephen Crane
George's Mother (Stephen Crane)
George's Mother
23
Stephen Crane
Rose of Dutcher's Coolly (Hamlin Garland)
Rose of Dutcher's Coolly
24
Hamlin Garland
Prairie Folks (Hamlin Garland)
Prairie Folks
25
Hamlin Garland
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
26
Sherwood Anderson
Vandover and the Brute (Frank Norris)
Vandover and the Brute
27
Frank Norris
The Octopus (Frank Norris)
The Octopus
28
Frank Norris
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
29
Upton Sinclair
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
30
Kate Chopin
Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto (Abraham Cahan)
Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto
31
Abraham Cahan
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
32
Frederick Douglass/USA
The Sport of the Gods (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
The Sport of the Gods
33
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Lyrics of Lowly Life (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
Lyrics of Lowly Life
34
Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Uncalled (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
The Uncalled
35
Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Conjure Woman (Charles W. Chesnutt)
The Conjure Woman
36
Charles W. Chesnutt
The Wife of His Youth (Charles W. Chesnutt)
The Wife of His Youth
37
Charles W. Chesnutt
The Marrow of Tradition (Charles Chesnutt)
The Marrow of Tradition
38
Charles Chesnutt
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
39
Booker T. Washington
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
40
W. E. B. Du Bois
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