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Greatest Novels Written by American Authors

The Greatest Books Written by American Authors. How many of these books have you read?
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
2
Herman Melville
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
6
William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
7
John Steinbeck
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
8
William Faulkner
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
9
Ralph Ellison
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
12
Ernest Hemingway
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
13
Walt Whitman
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
14
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
15
Ernest Hemingway
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
16
Henry James
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
17
William Faulkner
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
18
Alice Walker
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
19
Margaret Mitchell
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
20
Edgar Allan Poe
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
21
Edith Wharton
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
22
Jack Kerouac
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
23
T. S. Eliot
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
24
Ernest Hemingway
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
25
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
26
Kurt Vonnegut
Charlotte's Web (White, E.B.)
Charlotte's Web
27
White, E.B.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
28
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
29
Zora Neale Hurston
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
30
Louisa May Alcott
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
31
Flannery O'Connor
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
32
John Updike
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
33
John Kennedy Toole
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
34
Hunter S. Thompson
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
35
Robert Penn Warren
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
36
Ernest Hemingway
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
37
Raymond Chandler
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
38
Willa Cather
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
39
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
40
Jonathan Franzen
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