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Born in the USA: An American Canon - Page 2

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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The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts
41
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
42
Willa Cather
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
43
James Agee
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
44
Arthur Miller
Dodsworth (Sinclair Lewis)
Dodsworth
45
Sinclair Lewis
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
46
John Steinbeck
The Easter Parade (Richard Yates)
The Easter Parade
47
Richard Yates
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
48
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
49
Sinclair Lewis
Emily Dickinson Selected Poems (Emily Dickinson)
Emily Dickinson Selected Poems
50
Emily Dickinson
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
51
Edith Wharton
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
52
Edgar Allan Poe
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
53
First Fig and Other Poems (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
First Fig and Other Poems
54
Edna St. Vincent Millay
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
55
Ernest Hemingway
Forty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Forty Stories
56
Donald Barthelme
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
57
O. Henry
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
58
James Baldwin
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
59
Tennessee Williams
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
60
James Baldwin
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
61
Mario Puzo
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
62
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
63
John Steinbeck
The Great American Novel (Philip Roth)
The Great American Novel
64
Philip Roth
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
65
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Haircut (Ring Lardner)
Haircut
66
Ring Lardner
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
67
Carson McCullers
The Hollow Men (T.S. Eliot)
The Hollow Men
68
T.S. Eliot
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
69
Edith Wharton
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
70
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
71
Allen Ginsberg
The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill)
The Iceman Cometh
72
Eugene O'Neill
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live (Grover Lewis)
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live
73
Grover Lewis
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
74
Truman Capote
In the Desert (Poem) (Stephen Crane)
In the Desert (Poem)
75
Stephen Crane
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
76
Ernest Hemingway
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
77
Ralph Ellison
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
78
Sinclair Lewis
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
79
Dalton Trumbo
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
80
Upton Sinclair
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