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Good American Novels: # 101-200 on Goodreads' "Great American Novel" List.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
My Name Is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
My Name Is Asher Lev
2
Chaim Potok
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire
3
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
4
John Barth
The Tortilla Curtain (T.C. Boyle)
The Tortilla Curtain
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T.C. Boyle
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
6
William Styron
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
7
Raymond Chandler
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
8
James Ellroy
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
9
Walker Percy
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
10
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
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Upton Sinclair
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
12
James Fenimore Cooper
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
13
Henry James
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
14
Daniel Keyes
V by Thomas Pynchon
V by Thomas Pynchon
15
The Winds of War
The Winds of War
16
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
17
A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
A Man in Full
18
Tom Wolfe
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
19
Henry James
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
20
John Steinbeck
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
21
Dashiell Hammett
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
22
Frank Herbert
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
23
Stephen Chbosky
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
24
Marilynne Robinson
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
25
Wally Lamb
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
26
Edith Wharton
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
27
Mark Helprin
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
28
John Steinbeck
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
29
E.B. White
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
30
Chuck Palahniuk
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
31
Cormac McCarthy
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
32
Eudora Welty
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
33
Annie Proulx
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
34
Judith Guest
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
35
John Steinbeck
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
36
John Knowles
The Chosen
The Chosen
37
A Widow for One Year (John Irving)
A Widow for One Year
38
John Irving
The Natural
The Natural
39
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
40
Fred Gipson
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