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Book Riot's 100 Greatest American Novels (1893-1993) - Page 2

BookRiot's Jeff O'Neal composed this list for his students. Unlike other top 100 novel lists, this one was to be about coverage rather than judgment or ranking.
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The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
41
Paul Bowles
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
42
Shirley Jackson
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
43
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
44
Ralph Ellison
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
45
James Baldwin
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
46
Saul Bellow
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
47
Ray Bradbury
Andersonville
Andersonville
48
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
49
Jack Kerouac
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool
50
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle
51
John Cheever
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
52
Vladimir Nabokov
The Magic Barrel (Bernard Malamud)
The Magic Barrel
53
Bernard Malamud
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
54
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
55
William S. Burroughs
The Little Disturbances of Man (Grace Paley)
The Little Disturbances of Man
56
Grace Paley
Brown Girl Brownstones
Brown Girl Brownstones
57
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
58
Harper Lee
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
59
John Updike
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
60
John Barth
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
61
Walker Percy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
62
Joseph Heller
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
63
Richard Yates
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
64
Ken Kesey
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
65
Sylvia Plath
A Sport and a Pastime (James Salter)
A Sport and a Pastime
66
James Salter
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
67
William Styron
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
68
Philip K Dick
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
69
Kurt Vonnegut
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
70
N. Scott Momaday
Them
Them
71
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford (Jean Stafford)
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
72
Jean Stafford
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
73
Joan Didion
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
74
Flannery O'Connor
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo
75
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
76
Wallace Stegner
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
77
Thomas Pynchon
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
78
E.L. Doctorow
Jr (William Gaddis)
Jr
79
William Gaddis
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
80
Alex Haley
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