(Listed Chronologically).
From the original description: I decided to draw up a list–a list of major works that would serve as a starting point and overview of 20th Century American fiction. Unlike other top 100 novel lists, this one was to be about coverage rather than judgment or ranking. You'll notice that as you approach 1993, there are more texts per decade; this is because we haven't had time to winnow the field, so there are more, albeit less certain, candidates. I did my best to put my own reading taste to the side: there are many works here that I actively dislike, but the goal isn't pleasure here but knowledge of the major voices, concerns, movements, innovations, and ideas of the era. You'll also notice that I use "novel" to mean book-length work of fiction rather than a genre. This is inaccurate, but "book-length work of fiction" is unwieldy.
