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Great American Novel

The endless debate about the Great American Novel. Here is a list of 100 possible contenders, from classic XIX century authors to contemporary names.
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Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
2
Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
5
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
6
William Faulkner
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
7
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
8
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
10
Mark Twain
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
11
John Dos Passos
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
12
James Fenimore Cooper
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
13
Theodore Dreiser
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
14
Tom Wolfe
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
15
Vladimir Nabokov
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
16
Ralph Ellison
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
18
Saul Bellow
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
19
Cormac McCarthy
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
20
Don Delillo
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
21
John Updike
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
22
David Foster Wallace
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
23
Toni Morrison
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
24
Bret Easton Ellis
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
25
Jack Kerouac
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
26
John Steinbeck
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
27
Joseph Heller
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
28
Margaret Mitchell
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
30
Kurt Vonnegut
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
32
John Kennedy Toole
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
33
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
35
Truman Capote
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
36
Robert Penn Warren
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
37
Louisa May Alcott
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
38
Hunter S. Thompson
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
39
Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
40
William Faulkner
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