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100 Best American Novels of the 20th Century

CliffsNotes don't count. Not even for Hemingway. Especially not for Hemingway.
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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 Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
3
John Steinbeck
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
4
Joseph Heller
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
5
Ernest Hemingway
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
6
Ken Kesey
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
7
John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
8
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
9
Ralph Ellison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
10
Vladimir Nabokov
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
11
Kurt Vonnegut
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
12
William Styron
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
13
Ray Bradbury
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
14
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
15
William Faulkner
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
16
Edith Wharton
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
17
John Steinbeck
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
18
Theodore Dreiser
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
19
E.B. White
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
20
Alice Walker
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
22
Carson McCullers
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
23
Ernest Hemingway
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
24
William Faulkner
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
25
Sinclair Lewis
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
26
Jack Kerouac
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
27
John Steinbeck
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
28
Sylvia Plath
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
29
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
30
Edith Wharton
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
31
Saul Bellow
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
32
J.D. Salinger
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
33
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
34
Zora Neale Hurston
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
35
John Updike
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
36
Kurt Vonnegut
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
37
Anne Tyler
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
38
John Irving
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
39
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
40
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