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Literary Works From the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers - Page 2

This is a list from the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers (2001). These are the book featured in the back under Literary Works. I might do one for list of the authors some other time.
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The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
41
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
42
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
43
Sylvia Plath
The Bells (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Bells
44
Edgar Allen Poe
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
45
Toni Morrison
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
46
Lew Wallace
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
47
Herman Melville
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
48
Christopher Isherwood
Biglow Papers (James Russell Lowell)
Biglow Papers
49
James Russell Lowell
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
50
Herman Melville
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
51
Richard Wright
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
52
Edgar Allan Poe
Black Elk Speaks
Black Elk Speaks
53
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
54
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane)
The Blue Hotel
55
Stephen Crane
Blues for Mister Charlie (James Baldwin)
Blues for Mister Charlie
56
James Baldwin
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
57
Toni Morrison
The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians
58
Henry James
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Short) (Stephen Crane)
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Short)
59
Stephen Crane
The Bride of the Innisfallen (Eudora Welty)
The Bride of the Innisfallen
60
Eudora Welty
The Bridge
The Bridge
61
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
62
Thornton Wilder
Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood (Kate Simon)
Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood
63
Kate Simon
Brown Girl Brownstones
Brown Girl Brownstones
64
Buried Child by Sam Shepard
Buried Child by Sam Shepard
65
Bus Stop (William Inge)
Bus Stop
66
William Inge
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
67
Herman Wouk
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
68
Henry Roth
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
69
Jack London
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
70
Jean Toomer
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
71
John Steinbeck
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
The Cantos
72
Ezra Pound
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
73
Edgar Allan Poe
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
74
J.D. Salinger
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
75
Joseph Heller
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
76
Tennesee Williams
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
77
Kurt Vonnegut
The Celebrated Jumping Frog (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
78
Mark Twain
The Celestial Railroad (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Celestial Railroad
79
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Chambered Nautilus (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
The Chambered Nautilus
80
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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