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Books That Shaped America According to the Library of Congress - Page 2

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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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
41
Truman Capote
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
42
Ralph Ellison
The Joy of Cooking
The Joy of Cooking
43
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
44
Upton Sinclair
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
45
Walt Whitman
Legend of Sleepy Hollow--Headless Horseman (Washington Irving)
Legend of Sleepy Hollow--Headless Horseman
46
Washington Irving
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
47
Louisa May Alcott
Mark, the Match Boy
Mark, the Match Boy
48
McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer
McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer
49
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
50
Herman Melville
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
51
Frederick Douglas
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
52
Richard Wright
New England Primer
New England Primer
53
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
54
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
55
Jack Kerouac
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Our Bodies, Ourselves
56
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
57
Thornton Wilder
Peter Parley's Universal History
Peter Parley's Universal History
58
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson
59
Poor Richard Improved and the Way to Wealth
Poor Richard Improved and the Way to Wealth
60
Pragmatism
Pragmatism
61
The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.
The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.
62
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
63
Stephen Crane
Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
Riders of the Purple Sage
64
Zane Grey
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
65
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
66
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
67
Rachel Carson
The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
The Snowy Day
68
Ezra Jack Keats
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
69
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
70
William Faulkner
Spring and All
Spring and All
71
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
72
Robert A. Heinlein
A Street in Bronzeville
A Street in Bronzeville
73
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
74
Tennessee Williams
A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America
A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America
75
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
76
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
77
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
78
Harper Lee
A Treasury of American Folklore
A Treasury of American Folklore
79
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
80
Betty Smith
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