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American Literature List

This is the list of 50 greatest books in American literature which is recommended by the universities to the students of Foreign Languages Faculties. How many have you read?
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The Poems of Philip Freneau (Philip Freneau)
The Poems of Philip Freneau
1
Philip Freneau
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2
Washington Irving
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
3
The Deerslayer, James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer, James Fenimore Cooper
4
The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pioneers
5
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allan Poe's the Raven and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe's the Raven and Other Tales
6
Edgar Allan Poe
Walden; Or, Life in the Wood (Thoreau, Henry David)
Walden; Or, Life in the Wood
7
Thoreau, Henry David
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
8
Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener a Story of Wall-Street (Melville, Herman)
Bartleby, the Scrivener a Story of Wall-Street
9
Melville, Herman
The Song of Hiawatha (Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)
The Song of Hiawatha
10
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
11
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
12
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
13
Emily Dickinson Selected Poems (Emily Dickinson)
Emily Dickinson Selected Poems
14
Emily Dickinson
The Luck of Roaring Camp (Bret Harte)
The Luck of Roaring Camp
15
Bret Harte
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Illustrated by Mark Twain and E. W. Kemble (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Illustrated by Mark Twain and E. W. Kemble
16
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
17
Mark Twain
The Diaries of Adam and Eve (Mark Twain)
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
18
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
19
Mark Twain
O. Henry: 101 Stories (O. Henry)
O. Henry: 101 Stories
20
O. Henry
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
21
Jack London
Jack London: Novels and Stories (Jack London)
Jack London: Novels and Stories
22
Jack London
Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories (Sherwood Anderson)
Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories
23
Sherwood Anderson
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
24
Theodore Dreiser
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
25
Theodore Dreiser
Ernest Hemingway: Four Novels (Ernest Hemingway)
Ernest Hemingway: Four Novels
26
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920–1926 (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920–1926
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
28
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
29
John Steinbeck
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
30
John Steinbeck
Kingsblood Royal (Sinclair Lewis)
Kingsblood Royal
31
Sinclair Lewis
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
32
Thornton Wilder
The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
33
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
34
Edward Albee
Three Tall Women (1994) (Edward Albee)
Three Tall Women (1994)
35
Edward Albee
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
36
Tennessee Williams
Robert Frost Poems
Robert Frost Poems
37
Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg (Carl Sandburg)
Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg
38
Carl Sandburg
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
39
Robert Penn Warren
Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird: New Essays (Michael J. Meyer)
Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird: New Essays
40
Michael J. Meyer
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