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American Literature - The Essentials

From Steinbeck to Saunders: 100 of the greatest pieces of American literature ever written and published.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
3
Cormac McCarthy
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
4
Henry James
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
5
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
6
Bret Easton Ellis
America and Americans (John Steinbeck)
America and Americans
7
John Steinbeck
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
8
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
9
Ayn Rand
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
10
Kate Chopin
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
11
Herman Melville
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
13
Sylvia Plath
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
14
Raymond Chandler
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
15
Cormac McCarthy
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
16
Truman Capote
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
17
Kurt Vonnegut
Burning Bright
Burning Bright
18
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
19
Dee Brown
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
20
Jack London
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
21
John Steinbeck
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
22
Tennesee Williams
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
23
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
24
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
25
Kurt Vonnegut
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
26
Cormac McCarthy
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
27
Alice Walker
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
28
Jonathan Franzen
The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy)
The Crossing
29
Cormac McCarthy
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
30
Arthur Miller
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
31
Henry James
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
32
Arthur Miller
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
33
John Steinbeck
The Europeans
The Europeans
34
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
35
Ernest Hemingway
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
36
Raymond Chandler
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
37
Hunter S. Thompson
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
38
Ernest Hemingway
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
39
Ayn Rand
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
40
Jonathan Franzen
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