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American Literature

Novels, short stories, and poetry collections by American writers that I've read and consider great, influential, or otherwise important. But there's lots I haven't read, of course!
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Speedboat
Speedboat
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New York Trilogy
New York Trilogy
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
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James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
4
James Baldwin
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
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Djuna Barnes
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
6
Paul Beatty
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
7
Saul Bellow
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
8
Gwendolyn Brooks: Selected Poems (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Gwendolyn Brooks: Selected Poems
9
Gwendolyn Brooks
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
10
Raymond Carver
O Pioneers (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers
11
Willa Cather
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
12
Michael Chabon
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
13
Kate Chopin
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane (Hart Crane)
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane
14
Hart Crane
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
15
Mark Z. Danielewski
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
16
Don Delillo
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
17
Don Delillo
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems
18
T.S. Eliot
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
19
Ralph Ellison
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
20
Jeffrey Eugenides
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
21
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
22
William Faulkner
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
23
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
24
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
25
William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
26
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
27
William Gaddis
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights
28
Elizabeth Hardwick
The Lime Twig (John Hawkes)
The Lime Twig
29
John Hawkes
The Cannibal
The Cannibal
30
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
31
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
32
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown
33
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
35
Ernest Hemingway
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
36
Frank Herbert
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
37
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
38
Henry James
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
39
Denis Johnson
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
40
Denis Johnson
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