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An American Canon

I have no academic qualifications, I've polled no one (except my wife and son), I'm just an American who likes to read and start arguments. So here you go.
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The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
7
Robert Penn Warren
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
8
Michael Chabon
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
9
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
10
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
11
Theodore Dreiser
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
12
Ayn Rand
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
13
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
14
Sinclair Lewis
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
15
Sylvia Plath
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
16
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
17
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
18
Toni Morrison
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Tom Wolfe
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
20
Henry Roth
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
21
Junot Díaz
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
22
Jack London
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
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
25
Suzanne Collins
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
26
Kurt Vonnegut
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
27
E.B. White
The Chosen
The Chosen
28
City of Night
City of Night
29
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
30
Alice Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
31
John Kennedy Toole
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
32
William Styron
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
33
Jonathan Franzen
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
34
Dan Brown
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
35
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
36
James Agee
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
37
Veronica Roth
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
38
Frank Herbert
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
39
John Steinbeck
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
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