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Greatest and Most Influential Works of American Literature - Page 2

This list should not be confused as what I think are the best American literature. I believe Faulkner, Hemingway, and McCarthy are all bad authors. However they are major and influential, which earns them a spot on this list.
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
41
Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
42
Stephen Crane
Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big
43
John Crowley
Two Years Before the Mast (Richard Henry Dana)
Two Years Before the Mast
44
Richard Henry Dana
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
45
Don Delillo
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
46
Junot Diaz
Favorite Poems of Emily Dickinson
Favorite Poems of Emily Dickinson
47
Joan Didion Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion Year of Magical Thinking
48
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
49
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
50
E.L. Doctorow
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
51
John Dos Passos
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass)
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
52
Frederick Douglass
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
53
Theodore Dreiser
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
54
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
55
T.S. Eliot
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
56
Ralph Ellison
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
57
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
58
Louise Erdrich
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
59
Jeffrey Eugenides
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
60
Richard Fariña
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
61
William Faulkner
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
62
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
The Best Presidential Writing (Craig Fehrman)
The Best Presidential Writing
63
Craig Fehrman
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
64
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
65
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
66
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
67
The Coquette (Hannah Webster Foster)
The Coquette
68
Hannah Webster Foster
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
69
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
70
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Harold Frederic)
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination
71
Harold Frederic
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Edward Connery Lathom)
The Poetry of Robert Frost
72
Edward Connery Lathom
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
73
William Gaddis
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
74
Ernest J. Gaines
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
75
William Gass
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings
76
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
77
Allen Ginsberg
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
78
Stephen Jay Gould
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant)
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
79
Ulysses S. Grant
Poems 1962-2012 (Louise Glück)
Poems 1962-2012
80
Louise Glück
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