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Goodreads Best 20th Century American Novels: Complete & Up-To-Date

This is a complete and up-to-date (as of 2019-9-27) version of this Goodreads list.
As usual, there are a few selections that, to varying extents, don't meet the criteria to be on the list (have some extra fun spotting them, no peeking at the comments).
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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
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
3
Joseph Heller
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
4
John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
6
John Steinbeck
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
7
Ray Bradbury
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
8
John Steinbeck
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
9
Ken Kesey
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
10
Ernest Hemingway
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
12
Kurt Vonnegut
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
13
Willa Cather
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
14
William Styron
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
15
William Faulkner
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
16
Alice Walker
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
17
Edith Wharton
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
18
William Faulkner
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
19
Zora Neale Hurston
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
20
Ralph Ellison
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
21
William Faulkner
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
22
Sylvia Plath
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
23
Margaret Mitchell
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
24
Ernest Hemingway
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
25
Toni Morrison
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
26
E.B. White
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
27
John Kennedy Toole
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
28
John Steinbeck
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
29
Stephen King
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
30
John Irving
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
31
Ernest Hemingway
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
32
Edith Wharton
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
33
Jack Kerouac
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
34
Ernest Hemingway
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
35
Pearl S. Buck
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
36
Edith Wharton
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
37
Theodore Dreiser
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
38
Kurt Vonnegut
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
39
Richard Wright
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
40
Dashiell Hammett
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