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Publishers Weekly's Great American Novel Contenders - Page 2

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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
41
Kurt Vonnegut
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
42
Joan Didion
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
43
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
44
Thomas Pynchon
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
45
E.L. Doctorow
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
46
Stephen King
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
47
William Styron
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
48
Marilynne Robinson
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
49
John Kennedy Toole
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
50
Cormac McCarthy
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
51
Don Delillo
The Sportswriter
The Sportswriter
52
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
53
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
54
John Irving
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
55
Tim O'Brien
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
56
David Foster Wallace
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
57
Philip Roth
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
58
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
59
Edward P. Jones
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
60
Junot Díaz
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