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Books That Shaped America According to the Library of Congress

These may not be the best books ever written by Americans, but the Librarian of Congress thinks they are the start of a list about the books that have shaped us the most as a nation.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book)
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book)
2
American Cookery
American Cookery
3
The American Woman's Home
The American Woman's Home
4
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
5
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X
7
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
9
Dee Brown
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
10
Jack London
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
11
Dr. Seuss
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
14
E.B. White
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
15
Thomas Paine
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
16
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
17
Carl Sagan
A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible
A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible
18
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
19
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
20
Experiments and Observations on Electricity
Experiments and Observations on Electricity
21
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
22
Ray Bradbury
Family Limitation
Family Limitation
23
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
24
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
25
Betty Friedan
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
26
James Baldwin
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
27
Ernest Hemingway
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
28
Margaret Mitchell
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
29
Margaret Wise Brown
A Grammatical Institute of the English Language
A Grammatical Institute of the English Language
30
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
33
The History of Standard Oil
The History of Standard Oil
34
History of the Expedition Under the Command of the Captains Lewis And
History of the Expedition Under the Command of the Captains Lewis And
35
How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives
36
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
37
Dale Carnegie
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
38
Allen Ginsberg
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
39
Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures
Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures
40
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