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American Lit Longish List

Important works from American Literature. I've tried to make a diverse list with a good sampling of works over the centuries.
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"Sonny's Blues" (James Baldwin)
"Sonny's Blues"
1
James Baldwin
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
2
John Dos Passos
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
3
John Dos Passos
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
4
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
5
Saul Bellow
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
6
Edith Wharton
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
7
Cormac McCarthy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
8
Michael Chabon
American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends (Zitkala-Ša)
American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends
9
Zitkala-Ša
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
10
Bret Easton Ellis
America Is in the Heart (Carlos Bulosan)
America Is in the Heart
11
Carlos Bulosan
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
12
Theodore Dreiser
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
13
Ambrose Bierce
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
14
Wallace Stegner
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet
15
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
16
Sylvia Plath
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
17
Sinclair Lewis
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
18
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
19
Ayn Rand
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
20
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
21
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
22
James Weldon Johnson
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
23
Kate Chopin
Babbit
Babbit
24
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
25
Carson McCullers
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
26
Herman Melville
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
27
Dorothy Allison
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
28
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
29
Toni Morrison
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
30
Herman Melville
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
31
Herman Melville
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
32
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
33
Richard Wright
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
34
Cormac McCarthy
Blood on the Forge (William Attaway)
Blood on the Forge
35
William Attaway
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
36
Toni Morrison
Borderlands (Gloria E. Anzaldúa)
Borderlands
37
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers
38
Anzia Yezierska
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
39
Truman Capote
The Bridge
The Bridge
40
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