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One Hundred Best American Novels - Page 2

The source of this list is "One Hundred Best American Novels, 1770 to 1985 (a Draft): A reading enthusiast's list" (David Handlin, August, 2014). This is the first of a pair of challenges derived from articles published in "The American Scholar".
The first 10 novels are those that Handlin likes the best. The remaining 90 novels are grouped by author. Refer to the source article at the link for the same list ordered by date. In his article, Handlin discusses his choices at some length.
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Modern Chivalry (Hugh Henry Brackenridge)
Modern Chivalry
41
Hugh Henry Brackenridge
Reveries of a Bachelor (Ik Marvel (Donald G. Mitchell))
Reveries of a Bachelor
42
Ik Marvel (Donald G. Mitchell)
Enemies: A Love Story (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Enemies: A Love Story
43
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
44
Jack Kerouac
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
45
James Baldwin
The Crater or Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Crater or Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
46
James Fenimore Cooper
The Prairie (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Prairie
47
James Fenimore Cooper
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce
48
James M. Cain
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle
49
John Cheever
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer
50
John Dos Passos
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
51
John Dos Passos
Swallow Barn (John Pendleton Kennedy)
Swallow Barn
52
John Pendleton Kennedy
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
53
John Steinbeck
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
54
John Updike
Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (John William De Forest)
Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty
55
John William De Forest
Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs (Johnson Jones Hooper)
Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs
56
Johnson Jones Hooper
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
57
Joseph Heller
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
58
Kate Chopin
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
59
Louisa May Alcott
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
60
Marilynne Robinson
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
61
Mark Twain
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
Pudd'nhead Wilson
62
Mark Twain
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
63
Nathanael West
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
64
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
65
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
66
Norman Mailer
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
67
Owen Wister
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
68
Paul Bowles
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
69
Peter Matthiessen
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
70
Philip Roth
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
71
Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
72
Raymond Chandler
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
73
Richard Wright
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
74
Richard Yates
Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself (Robert Montgomery Bird)
Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself
75
Robert Montgomery Bird
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
76
Robert Penn Warren
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
77
Saul Bellow
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
78
Sinclair Lewis
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
79
Stephen Crane
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
80
Theodore Dreiser
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