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Classic American Novels

120 novels by outstanding American authors. None of these are too recent, to give a bit of perspective.
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The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
1
Anne Tyler
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
4
Wharton, Edith
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
5
Robert Penn Warren
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
6
Cormac McCarthy
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
7
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
8
Theodore Dreiser
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
9
John O'Hara
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
10
William Faulkner
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
11
Bernard Malamud
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
12
Ayn Rand
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
13
Kate Chopin
Babbit
Babbit
14
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
15
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
17
Raymond Chandler
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
18
Cormac McCarthy
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
19
Toni Morrison
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
20
Truman Capote
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
21
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town
The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town
22
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
23
Dee Brown
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
24
Henry Roth
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
25
Jack London
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
26
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carol (Patricia Highsmith)
Carol
27
Patricia Highsmith
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
28
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
30
Charles Frazier
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
31
Alice Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
32
John Kennedy Toole
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
33
William Styron
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
34
Thomas Pynchon
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
35
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
36
Willa Cather
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
37
Rebecca Wells
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
38
Philip K. Dick
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
39
James M. Cain
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
40
Frank Herbert
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