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Books Every American Should Read - Page 3

Unranked or ordered, and entirely biased by my own opinions and experiences. The world would be a better place if every American (and every other person, for that matter), had read each of these books.
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Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
81
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
82
Ernest Hemingway
Beric the Briton (G. A. Henty)
Beric the Briton
83
G. A. Henty
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
84
Thomas Hobbes
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
85
Aldous Huxley
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
86
Henrik Ibsen
Modern Times
Modern Times
87
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
88
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
89
James Joyce
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
90
Ken Kesey
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
91
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
92
Harper Lee
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Till We Have Faces
93
C.S. Lewis
Call of the Wild and White Fang (Jack London)
Call of the Wild and White Fang
94
Jack London
The Prince (Nicolo Machiavelli)
The Prince
95
Nicolo Machiavelli
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
96
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
97
Cormac McCarthy
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
98
Ian McEwan
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
99
John Stuart Mill
Utopia (Sir Thomas More)
Utopia
100
Sir Thomas More
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
101
Vladimir Nabokov
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
102
J.D. Salinger
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
103
Anna Sewell
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
104
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
105
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
106
John Steinbeck
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
107
Robert Louis Stevenson
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
108
Alexis De Tocqueville
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
109
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
110
Leo Tolstoy
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
111
Ivan Turgenev
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
112
Mark Twain
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
113
Voltaire
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
114
Robert Penn Warren
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds
115
H.G. Wells
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
116
Elie Wiesel
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
117
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
118
Oscar Wilde
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
119
Margaret Mitchell
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
120
Herman Melville
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