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100 Best American Novels of the 20th Century - Page 2

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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
41
Edith Wharton
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
42
Ernest Hemingway
Crossing to Safety
Crossing to Safety
43
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
44
John Kennedy Toole
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
45
Michael Shaara
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
46
Richard Wright
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
47
F. Scott Fitzgerald
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
48
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
49
Willa Cather
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
50
John Updike
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
51
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
52
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
53
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
54
Henry James
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
55
Dashiell Hammett
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
56
Annie Proulx
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
57
Richard Yates
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
58
Robert Penn Warren
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
59
John Updike
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
60
Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat
61
John Steinbeck
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
62
Tim O'Brien
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
63
Marilynne Robinson
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
64
Stephen King
Moo
Moo
65
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
66
Jane Smiley
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
67
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Star Rover
The Star Rover
68
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy
69
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon
70
Sartoris
Sartoris
71
The Spectator Bird
The Spectator Bird
72
All the Little Live Things
All the Little Live Things
73
The Ponder Heart
The Ponder Heart
74
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
75
Edith Wharton
The Assistant
The Assistant
76
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
77
The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers
78
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
79
Nella Larsen
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
80
Henry James
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