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Classic Books/Literature of America

A list of 100 novels written by American or American-born authors; mostly classics, some modern or possibly more obscure.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
5
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
6
John Steinbeck
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
7
Ray Bradbury
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
8
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
9
Margaret Mitchell
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
10
John Steinbeck
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
11
Alice Walker
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
12
Ernest Hemingway
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
13
Louisa May Alcott
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
14
Herman Melville
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
15
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
16
Joseph Heller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
17
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
18
Arthur Miller
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
19
L. Frank Baum
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
20
S.E. Hinton
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
21
Ken Kesey
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
22
E.B. White
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
23
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
24
Jack Kerouac
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
25
Tennessee Williams
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
26
Toni Morrison
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
27
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
28
Mark Twain
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
30
Maya Angelou
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
31
John Kennedy Toole
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
32
Edith Wharton
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
33
Jack London
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
34
Cormac McCarthy
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
35
John Irving
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
36
Kathryn Stockett
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
37
Ernest Hemingway
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
38
Ayn Rand
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
39
William Faulkner
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
40
Suzanne Collins
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