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Goodreads Best 20th Century American Novels: Complete & Up-To-Date - Page 3

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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Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
81
William S. Burroughs
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
82
John Updike
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
83
Jane Smiley
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
84
Saul Bellow
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
85
Edith Wharton
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
86
David Foster Wallace
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
87
Amy Tan
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
88
Dashiell Hammett
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
89
Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
90
Stephen King
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
91
Richard Yates
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
92
John Updike
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
93
Thomas Pynchon
Sartoris
Sartoris
94
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head
95
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
96
Dashiell Hammett
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
97
Norman MacLean
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
98
Henry James
Couples (John Updike)
Couples
99
John Updike
The Star Rover (Jack London)
The Star Rover
100
Jack London
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
101
John Steinbeck
The Human Comedy (William Saroyan)
The Human Comedy
102
William Saroyan
The Spectator Bird (Wallace Stegner)
The Spectator Bird
103
Wallace Stegner
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
104
Louise Erdrich
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
105
Bernard Malamud
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
106
John Steinbeck
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
107
Toni Morrison
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
108
Octavia E. Butler
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
109
S.E. Hinton
The Talisman (Stephen King & Peter Straub)
The Talisman
110
Stephen King & Peter Straub
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
111
Joyce Carol Oates
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
112
Flannery O'Connor
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
113
Toni Morrison
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
114
Flannery O'Connor
The Waste Lands (Stephen King)
The Waste Lands
115
Stephen King
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
116
Raymond Chandler
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
117
Stephen King
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
118
Ursula K Le Guin
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
119
Octavia E. Butler
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
120
Vladimir Nabokov
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