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American Novels: A User's Manual - Page 2

This is the second in a series of lists I am publishing to provide a concise and engaging overview of the literature of different cultures. I want to make clear that the purpose of this list is NOT to list the 50 best American novels. Rather, it is to provide what I consider a good overview, summary or cross-section of a culture's literature. For these lists, I have a framework that I am working within which is as follows:
1) the novels should reflect the different periods of the course of literature over time, from the earliest literature to the most recent;
2) only ONE novel per author is allowed (a difficult task for authors such as Dickens, Hemingway, Coetzee, Austen, Mann, Dostoevsky, Murakami & Atwood, for instance);
3) the novels must cover all major genres;
4) the novels should reflect all aspects of a culture/country as much as possible; and
5) where possible, a few 'popular' novels, such as crime novels, should be included.
(NB Dracula should be and is on my Irish list)
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
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The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
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