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American & Canadian Literature: A Sampling

This list contains 50 novels from authors from America and 50 novels from authors from Canada. Do you know which 50 apply to each? Aside from that, it's just a great representation of excellent literature from both countries.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
Along Came a Spider
2
James Patterson
The Amazing Spider-Man (Stan Lee & Steve Ditko)
The Amazing Spider-Man
3
Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt
4
Jeanine Cummins
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
6
L.M. Montgomery
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
7
Mordecai Richler
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
8
Ayn Rand
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
9
Marian Engel
Beautiful Losers (Leonard Cohen)
Beautiful Losers
10
Leonard Cohen
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
11
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
12
Toni Morrison
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
13
Raymond Chandler
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
14
Tom Wolfe
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes
15
Lawrence Hill
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
16
André Aciman
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
The Cellist of Sarajevo (Steven Galloway)
The Cellist of Sarajevo
19
Steven Galloway
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Wayne Johnston)
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
20
Wayne Johnston
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
A Complicated Kindness
22
Miriam Toews
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
23
Jonathan Franzen
The Double Hook (Sheila Watson)
The Double Hook
24
Sheila Watson
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
25
Frank Herbert
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
26
John Steinbeck
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
27
Ray Bradbury
Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Fall on Your Knees
28
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry)
Family Matters
29
Rohinton Mistry
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
30
Ernest Hemingway
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
31
Robertson Davies
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
32
John Grisham
Friend of My Youth (Alice Munro)
Friend of My Youth
33
Alice Munro
Fugitive Pieces (Anne Michaels)
Fugitive Pieces
34
Anne Michaels
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
35
Elmore Leonard
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
36
Mario Puzo
The Golden Dog (William Kirby)
The Golden Dog
37
William Kirby
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
38
Margaret Mitchell
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
39
Thomas Pynchon
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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