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Best American Novels

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Reservation Blues (Sherman Alexie)
Reservation Blues
1
Sherman Alexie
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
2
Paul Auster
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
3
Djuna Barnes
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
4
John Barth
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
5
Saul Bellow
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
6
Paul Bowles
Generation Without Farewell (Kay Boyle)
Generation Without Farewell
7
Kay Boyle
The Gallery (John Horne Burns)
The Gallery
8
John Horne Burns
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
9
Erskine Caldwell
The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather)
The Song of the Lark
10
Willa Cather
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
11
Kate Chopin
The Public Burning (Robert Coover)
The Public Burning
12
Robert Coover
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
13
Mark Danielewski
Falling Man (Don Delillo)
Falling Man
14
Don Delillo
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
15
John Dos Passos
Apostles of Light (Ellen Douglas)
Apostles of Light
16
Ellen Douglas
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
17
Theodore Dreiser
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
18
Jennifer Egan
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
19
Ralph Ellison
The Studs Lonigan Trilogy (James T. Farrell)
The Studs Lonigan Trilogy
20
James T. Farrell
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
21
William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
23
William Gaddis
Death of the Fox (George Garrett)
Death of the Fox
24
George Garrett
The Tunnel (William H. Gass)
The Tunnel
25
William H. Gass
Life and Gabriella (Ellen Glasgow)
Life and Gabriella
26
Ellen Glasgow
The Women on the Porch (Caroline Gordon)
The Women on the Porch
27
Caroline Gordon
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
28
Joseph Heller
The Underground City (H.L. Humes)
The Underground City
29
H.L. Humes
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
30
Zora Neale Hurston
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
31
Ken Kesey
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
32
Jonathan Littell
The Velvet Horn (Andrew Lytle)
The Velvet Horn
33
Andrew Lytle
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Natural
34
Bernard Malamud
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
35
Cormac McCarthy
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
36
Mary McCarthy
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
37
Carson McCullers
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
38
Joseph McElroy
Loving Little Egypt (Thomas McMahon)
Loving Little Egypt
39
Thomas McMahon
Lost in the Forest (Sue Miller)
Lost in the Forest
40
Sue Miller
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