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Greatest and Most Influential Works of American Literature - Page 3

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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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
81
Alex Haley
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
82
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
83
Lorraine Hansberry
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick (Elizabeth Hardwick)
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
84
Elizabeth Hardwick
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
85
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
86
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
87
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Hawthorne
88
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
89
Robert a Heinlein
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
90
Joseph Heller
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
91
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
92
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
93
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
94
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
95
Ernest Hemingway
41 Stories by O. Henry (O. Henry)
41 Stories by O. Henry
96
O. Henry
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
97
Frank Herbert
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
98
John Hersey
Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse)
Out of the Dust
99
Karen Hesse
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
100
S.E. Hinton
The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells)
The Rise of Silas Lapham
101
William Dean Howells
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
102
Langston Hughes
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
103
Zora Neale Hurston
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
104
John Irving
The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving (Washington Irving)
The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving
105
Washington Irving
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
106
Shirley Jackson
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
107
Harriet Jacobs
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
108
Jane Jacobs
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
109
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
110
Henry James
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
111
Henry James
The American
The American
112
The Varieties of Religious Experience (William James)
The Varieties of Religious Experience
113
William James
Randall Jarrell's Book of Stories (Randall Jarrell)
Randall Jarrell's Book of Stories
114
Randall Jarrell
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
115
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
116
Denis Johnson
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
117
Swallow Barn (John Pendleton Kennedy)
Swallow Barn
118
John Pendleton Kennedy
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
119
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
120
Ken Kesey
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