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Facts on File Companion to the American Novel A-F

This a a challenge to test both the depth and breadth of your reading of American literature. It covers works written over more than two centuries, from the mid 18th century to early this century.
These are books discussed at length in "The Facts On File Companion to the American Novel" (Abby H. P. Werlock, 2006). This instalment covers titles from A-F.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
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Anne Tyler
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
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Saul Bellow
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
The Algerine Captive (Royall Tyler)
The Algerine Captive
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Royall Tyler
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
8
All I Asking for Is My Body (Milton Murayama)
All I Asking for Is My Body
9
Milton Murayama
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
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Robert Penn Warren
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
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Cormac McCarthy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
12
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
13
Henry James
America Is in the Heart (Carlos Bulosan)
America Is in the Heart
14
Carlos Bulosan
The American (Henry James)
The American
15
Henry James
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
American Appetites
16
Joyce Carol Oates
An American Brat (Bapsi Sidwha)
An American Brat
17
Bapsi Sidwha
An American Dream (Norman Mailer)
An American Dream
18
Norman Mailer
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
19
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
20
Bret Easton Ellis
American Son (Brian Ascalon Roley)
American Son
21
Brian Ascalon Roley
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
22
Theodore Dreiser
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
23
Wallace Stegner
Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
Annie John
24
Jamaica Kincaid
Annie Kilburn (William Dean Howells)
Annie Kilburn
25
William Dean Howells
The Antelope Wife (Louise Erdrich)
The Antelope Wife
26
Louise Erdrich
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
27
John O'Hara
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
28
Sinclair Lewis
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
29
William Faulkner
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
30
Henry James
As We Are Now (May Sarton)
As We Are Now
31
May Sarton
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
32
Ayn Rand
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
33
Peter Matthiessen
At Weddings and Wakes
At Weddings and Wakes
34
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
35
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
36
James Weldon Johnson
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
37
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
38
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
39
Sinclair Lewis
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
40
Carson McCullers
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