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Great American Literature

A list of great novels, poetry, and plays by American authors (also included those who immigrated to the US, and emigrated from the US).
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Edward Albee
Three Tall Women (Edward Albee)
Three Tall Women
2
Edward Albee
The Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
The Zoo Story
3
Edward Albee
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
4
Louisa May Alcott
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
5
Sherwood Anderson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6
Maya Angelou
Proof (David Auburn)
Proof
7
David Auburn
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
8
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
9
James Baldwin
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
10
Djuna Barnes
The Philadelphia Story (Philip Barry)
The Philadelphia Story
11
Philip Barry
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
12
Saul Bellow
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
13
Saul Bellow
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
14
Saul Bellow
Talk Radio (Eric Bogosian)
Talk Radio
15
Eric Bogosian
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
16
Ray Bradbury
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
17
Richard Brautigan
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
18
Geraldine Brooks
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
19
Pearl S. Buck
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye
20
Charles Bukowski
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
21
Octavia Butler
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
22
Truman Capote
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
23
Willa Cather
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
24
Willa Cather
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
25
Michael Chabon
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
26
John Cheever
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
27
Kate Chopin
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
28
Sandra Cisneros
The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
The Netanyahus
29
Joshua Cohen
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
30
James Fenimore Cooper
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
31
Michael Cunningham
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
32
Don Delillo
Trust (Hernan Diaz)
Trust
33
Hernan Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who
34
Junot Diaz
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
35
Philip K. Dick
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
36
Emily Dickinson
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
37
Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
38
Joan Didion
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
39
Anthony Doerr
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
40
John Dos Passos
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