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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!
1
William Faulkner
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
2
Anne Tyler
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
3
Edith Wharton
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
4
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
5
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
6
Theodore Dreiser
Annabel Lee (Edgar Allan Poe)
Annabel Lee
7
Edgar Allan Poe
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
8
John O'Hara
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
9
Sinclair Lewis
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
10
William Faulkner
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
11
Sinclair Lewis
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
12
Herman Melville
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath - 1963)
The Bell Jar
14
Sylvia Plath - 1963
The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Bells
15
Edgar Allan Poe
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
17
E.L. Doctorow
Birches (Robert Frost)
Birches
18
Robert Frost
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
19
Cormac McCarthy
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (Tom Wolfe)
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
20
Tom Wolfe
Bound for Glory (Woody Guthrie)
Bound for Glory
21
Woody Guthrie
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
22
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
23
Thornton Wilder
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
24
Jay McInerney
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
25
Dee Brown
Butterfield 8 (John O'Hara)
Butterfield 8
26
John O'Hara
The Call of the Wild & White Fang (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild & White Fang
27
Jack London
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
28
John Steinbeck
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
The Cantos
29
Ezra Pound
Casey at the Bat (Ernest L. Thayer)
Casey at the Bat
30
Ernest L. Thayer
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
31
Edgar Allan Poe
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
32
Tennessee Williams
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
34
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
35
Kurt Vonnegut
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
36
Mark Twain
A Clean Well-Lighted Place (Ernest Hemingway)
A Clean Well-Lighted Place
37
Ernest Hemingway
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
38
Ambrose Bierce
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
39
Alice Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
40
John Kennedy Toole
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