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Born in the USA: An American Canon - Page 4

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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Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
121
Richard Yates
The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
The Road Not Taken
122
Robert Frost
Roughing It (Mark Twain)
Roughing It
123
Mark Twain
Satori in Paris (Jack Kerouac)
Satori in Paris
124
Jack Kerouac
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
125
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sea Change (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sea Change
126
Ernest Hemingway
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
127
Stephen King
The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber
128
Ernest Hemingway
The Short Stories: The First Forty-Nine Stories With a Brief Preface by the Author (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Stories: The First Forty-Nine Stories With a Brief Preface by the Author
129
Ernest Hemingway
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
130
Theodore Dreiser
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
131
Kurt Vonnegut
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
132
Ernest Hemingway
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
133
Ken Kesey
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Song of Hiawatha
134
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark
135
Song of Myself (Walt Whitman)
Song of Myself
136
Walt Whitman
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
137
Toni Morrison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
138
William Faulkner
Spoon River Anthology (Edgar Lee Masters)
Spoon River Anthology
139
Edgar Lee Masters
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
140
Robert Frost
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
141
Ernest Hemingway
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (Edgar Allan Poe)
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
142
Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tales of the Jazz Age
143
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart
144
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
145
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
146
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
147
Harper Lee
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
148
Mark Twain
The Torrents of Spring (Ernest Hemingway)
The Torrents of Spring
149
Ernest Hemingway
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
150
John Steinbeck
Tristessa (Jack Kerouac)
Tristessa
151
Jack Kerouac
Trout Fishing in America
Trout Fishing in America
152
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
153
John Dos Passos
Ulalume (Edgar Allan Poe)
Ulalume
154
Edgar Allan Poe
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
155
Henry David Thoreau
The Weary Blues (Langston Hughes)
The Weary Blues
156
Langston Hughes
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
157
Raymond Carver
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
158
Sherwood Anderson
You Can't Go Home Again (Thomas Wolfe)
You Can't Go Home Again
159
Thomas Wolfe
You Know Me Al (Ring Lardner)
You Know Me Al
160
Ring Lardner
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