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Facts on File Companion to the American Novel P-Z - Page 3

This a challenge which highlights both the depth and breadth of American literature. It covers works written over more than two centuries, from the mid 18th century to early this century. More importantly, can anyone get close to Tommood's scores on this or the other 2 instalments of this challenge?
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 P-Z.
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Summer (Edith Wharton)
Summer
81
Edith Wharton
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
82
Ernest Hemingway
Sundown (John Joseph Mathews)
Sundown
83
John Joseph Mathews
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
84
Cormac McCarthy
Tar Baby (Toni Morrison)
Tar Baby
85
Toni Morrison
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
86
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tell Me a Riddle (Tillie Olsen)
Tell Me a Riddle
87
Tillie Olsen
The Temple of My Familiar (Alice Walker)
The Temple of My Familiar
88
Alice Walker
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
89
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Terms of Endearment (Larry McMurtry)
Terms of Endearment
90
Larry McMurtry
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
91
Zora Neale Hurston
Them (Joyce Carol Oates)
Them
92
Joyce Carol Oates
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
93
Tim O'Brien
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
94
Dashiell Hammett
THIS BOY's LIFE by Tobias Wolff
THIS BOY's LIFE by Tobias Wolff
95
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
96
Jane Smiley
Thunder Horse (Peter Bowen)
Thunder Horse
97
Peter Bowen
A Time to Be Born
A Time to Be Born
98
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
99
Erskine Caldwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
100
Harper Lee
Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat
101
John Steinbeck
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
Tracks
102
Louise Erdrich
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
Pudd'nhead Wilson
103
Mark Twain
Tripmaster Monkey (Maxine Hong Kingston)
Tripmaster Monkey
104
Maxine Hong Kingston
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
105
Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
106
Henry Miller
Trout Fishing in America
Trout Fishing in America
107
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
108
Henry James
Typical American (Gish Jen)
Typical American
109
Gish Jen
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
110
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Unvanquished (William Faulkner)
The Unvanquished
111
William Faulkner
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
112
John Dos Passos
V (Thomas Pynchon)
V
113
Thomas Pynchon
VALIS (Philip K. Dick)
VALIS
114
Philip K. Dick
Venus Envy (Rita Mae Brown)
Venus Envy
115
Rita Mae Brown
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
116
Flannery O'Connor
Virginia (Ellen Glasgow)
Virginia
117
Ellen Glasgow
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
118
Owen Wister
The Voice at the Back Door (Elizabeth Spencer)
The Voice at the Back Door
119
Elizabeth Spencer
Waiting (Ha Jin)
Waiting
120
Ha Jin
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