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Novels of the American Midwest

If you only knew America through literary fiction, you could be forgiven for think that the Hudson River is the western border of the United States. But there have been plenty of great novels about the heartland, and not all of them depict its denizens as a gaggle of straw-chomping hayseeds. Sinclair Lewis' novels do, but he can be forgiven since he was from Minnesota and was satirizing his friends and neighbors. Many of his books, like "Babbitt" and "Elmer Gantry," take place in a fictional state called Winnemac, but when he describes its geography it seems to border every Great Lakes state, so they qualify as Midwestern literature.
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
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Saul Bellow
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
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Thomas Pynchon
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
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Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
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Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
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Sinclair Lewis
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
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The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
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Robert James Waller
Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Caddie Woodlawn
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Carol Ryrie Brink
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
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Crossing to Safety
Crossing to Safety
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Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
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Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
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Jonathan Franzen
Giants of the Earth
Giants of the Earth
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
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Marilynne Robinson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
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Gillian Flynn
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
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Saul Bellow
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
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Sandra Cisneros
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
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Upton Sinclair
The Last Catholic in America
The Last Catholic in America
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Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
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Louise Erdrich
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
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Booth Tarkington
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
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Sinclair Lewis
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Moo
Moo
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My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
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Willa Cather
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
32
Richard Wright
The Natural
The Natural
33
Never Come Morning
Never Come Morning
34
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
35
Penrod
Penrod
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The Professor's House (Willa Cather)
The Professor's House
37
Willa Cather
The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville
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Shoeless Joe (W P Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe
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W P Kinsella
A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan
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