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Born in the USA: An American Canon - Page 3

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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Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
81
Walt Whitman
Lenore (Edgar Allan Poe)
Lenore
82
Edgar Allan Poe
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
83
William Faulkner
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
84
Louisa May Alcott
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurty)
Lonesome Dove
85
Larry McMurty
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
86
Eugene O'Neill
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
87
Thomas Wolfe
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
88
Shirley Jackson
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T. S. Eliot)
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
89
T. S. Eliot
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
90
Stephen Crane
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
91
Booth Tarkington
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
92
Sinclair Lewis
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer
93
John Dos Passos
Martin Eden (Jack Lonon)
Martin Eden
94
Jack Lonon
The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Masque of the Red Death
95
Edgar Allen Poe
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
96
Ernest Hemingway
Mending Wall (Robert Frost)
Mending Wall
97
Robert Frost
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
98
Herman Melville
A Moon for the Misbegotten (Eugene O'Neill)
A Moon for the Misbegotten
99
Eugene O'Neill
Mourning Becomes Electra (Eugene O'Neill)
Mourning Becomes Electra
100
Eugene O'Neill
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
101
Ernest Hemingway
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
102
Edgar Allan Poe
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
103
Willa Cather
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
104
Norman Mailer
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
105
Richard Wright
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Natural
106
Bernard Malamud
The Nick Adams Stories (Ernest Hemingway)
The Nick Adams Stories
107
Ernest Hemingway
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
108
Willa Cather
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
109
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
110
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
111
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
112
Ken Kesey
One of Ours (Willa Cather)
One of Ours
113
Willa Cather
The Open Boat (Stephen Crane)
The Open Boat
114
Stephen Crane
Owen Wilson - the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Owen Wilson - the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
115
Mark Twain
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
116
Edgar Allan Poe
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
117
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
118
E. L. Doctorow
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
119
Edgar Allan Poe
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
120
Stephen Crane
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