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Born in the USA: An American Canon

Here is a partly researched and partly subjective list of 160 classics of American letters. I've given poetry and drama equal weight with fiction, and also have included a small dose of non-fiction. I have tried to avoid anything with the words "The Complete Works Of" in the title, choosing instead to list individual stories and poems in most cases.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
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The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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All the King's Men
All the King's Men
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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
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An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
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Annabel Lee (Edgar Allan Poe)
Annabel Lee (Edgar Allan Poe)
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Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
9
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
10
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
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Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
13
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath - 1963)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath - 1963)
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The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
17
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
18
Birches (Robert Frost)
Birches (Robert Frost)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
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Bound for Glory (Woody Guthrie)
Bound for Glory (Woody Guthrie)
22
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
23
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
24
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
25
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
26
Butterfield 8 (John O'Hara)
Butterfield 8 (John O'Hara)
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The Call of the Wild & White Fang (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild & White Fang (Jack London)
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Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
29
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
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Casey at the Bat (Ernest L. Thayer)
Casey at the Bat (Ernest L. Thayer)
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The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
35
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain)
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A Clean Well-Lighted Place (Ernest Hemingway)
A Clean Well-Lighted Place (Ernest Hemingway)
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Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
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