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Great American Literature - Page 2

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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An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
41
Theodore Dreiser
Wit (Margaret Edson)
Wit
42
Margaret Edson
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
43
Jennifer Egan
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
44
Ralph Ellison
The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler)
The Vagina Monologues
45
Eve Ensler
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
46
Louise Erdrich
The Night Watchmen (Louise Erdrich)
The Night Watchmen
47
Louise Erdrich
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
48
Jeffrey Eugenides
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
49
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
50
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
51
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
52
William Faulkner
So Big (Edna Ferber)
So Big
53
Edna Ferber
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
54
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
55
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
56
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
57
Jonathan Franzen
J R (William Gaddis)
J R
58
William Gaddis
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
59
William Gaddis
The Wild Iris (Louise Glück)
The Wild Iris
60
Louise Glück
Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare)
Six Degrees of Separation
61
John Guare
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
62
Dashiell Hammett
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
63
Lorraine Hansberry
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
64
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
65
Joseph Heller
The Children's Hour (Lillian Hellman)
The Children's Hour
66
Lillian Hellman
The Little Foxes (Lillian Hellman)
The Little Foxes
67
Lillian Hellman
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
68
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
69
Ernest Hemingway
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
70
Ernest Hemingway
To Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway)
To Have and Have Not
71
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
72
Ernest Hemingway
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Oscar Hijuelos)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
73
Oscar Hijuelos
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching
74
Zora Neale Hurston
M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
M. Butterfly
75
David Henry Hwang
Picnic (William Inge)
Picnic
76
William Inge
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
77
John Irving
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
78
John Irving
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
79
Henry James
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
80
Adam Johnson
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