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Reading in Retirement: Classics of American Fiction - Page 3

Defining "Classic" is dicey at best, and I probably have outraged some of my fellow English teachers with some of my choices. Oh well. Anyway, I've used the term in its widest possible meaning: Literary merit, cultural diversity and importance, representation of era, genre and style, and sustained popularity. I could have kept going, but I thought 180 works were enough. I've limited the list to fiction; poetry, drama, essays, and memoirs should get their own lists.
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Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
81
Hemingway
Jean Stafford: Complete Stories & Other Writings (Jean Stafford)
Jean Stafford: Complete Stories & Other Writings
82
Jean Stafford
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
83
Tom Robbins
John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings (John Cheever)
John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings
84
John Cheever
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
85
Susanna Clarke
The Jungle (Sinclair)
The Jungle
86
Sinclair
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
87
Michael Shaara
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
88
Octavia Butler
The Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler)
The Lady in the Lake
89
Raymond Chandler
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
90
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show
91
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
92
Ursula K. Le Guin
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
93
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott,)
Little Women
94
Louisa May Alcott,
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
95
Larry McMurtry
The Long Good-Bye (Chandler)
The Long Good-Bye
96
Chandler
The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
The Long Winter
97
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
98
Thomas Wolfe
Looking Backward (Bellamy)
Looking Backward
99
Bellamy
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
100
Booth Tarkington
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
101
Hammett
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer
102
John Dos Passos
The Marble Faun (Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
103
Hawthorne
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
104
Bradbury
Matterhorn (Karl Marlantes)
Matterhorn
105
Karl Marlantes
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
Midcentury
106
John Dos Passos
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
107
Stephen King
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust
108
Nathanael West
Moby Dick (Melville)
Moby Dick
109
Melville
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
110
Heinlein
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Mother Night
111
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
112
Willa Cather
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
113
Norman Mailer
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
114
Richard Wright
The Nick Adams Stories (Hemingway)
The Nick Adams Stories
115
Hemingway
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
116
J.D. Salinger
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
117
Cormac McCarthy
Nobody's Fool (Russo)
Nobody's Fool
118
Russo
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
119
Kenneth Roberts
O Pioneers (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers
120
Willa Cather
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