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Goodreads Best 20th Century American Novels: Complete & Up-To-Date - Page 4

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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The Buccaneers (Edith Wharton)
The Buccaneers
121
Edith Wharton
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
122
Cormac McCarthy
Moo (Jane Smiley)
Moo
123
Jane Smiley
The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving)
The Hotel New Hampshire
124
John Irving
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
125
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
126
Vladimir Nabokov
Firestarter (Stephen King)
Firestarter
127
Stephen King
East Wind: West Wind (Pearl S. Buck)
East Wind: West Wind
128
Pearl S. Buck
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
129
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather)
The Song of the Lark
130
Willa Cather
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
131
Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)
The Drawing of the Three
132
Stephen King
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
133
Hunter S. Thompson
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
134
Raymond Chandler
Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo
135
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
136
Jim Thompson
Prodigal Summer (Barbara Kingsolver)
Prodigal Summer
137
Barbara Kingsolver
Now Wait for Last Year
Now Wait for Last Year
138
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
139
Thomas Pynchon
Sweet Thursday (John Steinbeck)
Sweet Thursday
140
John Steinbeck
Middle Passage (Charles Johnson)
Middle Passage
141
Charles Johnson
All the Little Live Things (Wallace Stegner)
All the Little Live Things
142
Wallace Stegner
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
143
Donna Tartt
The Ponder Heart (Eudora Welty)
The Ponder Heart
144
Eudora Welty
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
145
Bernard Malamud
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
146
Anne Tyler
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
147
Nella Larsen
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
148
Upton Sinclair
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
149
John Dos Passos
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
150
William Styron
Pavilion of Women (Pearl S. Buck)
Pavilion of Women
151
Pearl S. Buck
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
152
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
153
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
154
The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
155
Cornell Woolrich
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
156
Katherine Anne Porter
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War
157
Wild Seed (Octavia E. Butler)
Wild Seed
158
Octavia E. Butler
....And Ladies of the Club (Helen Hooven Santmeyer)
....And Ladies of the Club
159
Helen Hooven Santmeyer
Them (Joyce Carol Oates)
Them
160
Joyce Carol Oates
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