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Publishers Weekly's Great American Novel Contenders

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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
1
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
2
Herman Melville
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
3
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
4
Louisa May Alcott
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
5
Henry James
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
7
Theodore Dreiser
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
8
Jack London
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
9
Upton Sinclair
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
10
Willa Cather
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
11
Sinclair Lewis
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
12
Edith Wharton
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
14
Ernest Hemingway
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
15
William Faulkner
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
16
Margaret Mitchell
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
17
Zora Neale Hurston
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
19
Raymond Chandler
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
20
Richard Wright
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
21
Carson McCullers
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
22
Robert Penn Warren
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
23
Norman Mailer
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
24
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
25
Ralph Ellison
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
26
Flannery O'Connor
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
27
James Baldwin
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
28
Saul Bellow
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
29
Ray Bradbury
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
30
Jack Kerouac
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
31
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
32
Harper Lee
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
33
John Updike
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
34
Richard Yates
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
36
Walker Percy
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
37
Madeleine L'engle
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
38
Ken Kesey
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
39
Sylvia Plath
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
40
Truman Capote
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