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American Literature - The Essentials - Page 2

From Steinbeck to Saunders: 100 of the greatest pieces of American literature ever written and published.
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Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
41
Harper Lee
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
42
James Baldwin
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
43
Mario Puzo
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
44
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
45
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
46
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
47
Mark Twain
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
48
Philip Roth
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
49
Truman Capote
In Dubious Battle (John Steinbeck)
In Dubious Battle
50
John Steinbeck
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
51
Ralph Ellison
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
52
Peter Benchley
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
53
James Fenimore Cooper
Lincoln
Lincoln
54
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
55
George Saunders
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
56
Louisa May Alcott
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
57
Vladimir Nabokov
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
58
Raymond Chandler
The Long Valley (John Steinbeck)
The Long Valley
59
John Steinbeck
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
60
Ernest Hemingway
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
61
Herman Melville
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
62
Jodi Picoult
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
63
Cormac McCarthy
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
64
Nicholas Sparks
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
65
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
66
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
67
Jack Kerouac
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
68
Vladimir Nabokov
Pastoralia
Pastoralia
69
The Pastures of Heaven
The Pastures of Heaven
70
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
71
John Steinbeck
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
72
Philip Roth
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
73
John Updike
The Raven
The Raven
74
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
75
John Steinbeck
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
76
Richard Yates
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
77
Cormac McCarthy
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
78
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
79
Stephen King
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
80
Kurt Vonnegut
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