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Some American Novels of Which You Might Know - Page 3

The USA is celebrating its semiquincentennial (250th) anniversary this year. With all the pomp & circumstance, I thought I'd make a list of some of the more popular and better-recognized novels that the country has produced over the decades and centuries. I've tried to have a wide scope, and I hope I've sufficiently succeeded. Happy reading!
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
81
Louisa May Alcott
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
82
Vladimir Nabokov
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
83
Larry McMurtry
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
84
Sinclair Lewis
Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Malibu Rising
85
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Message in a Bottle (Nicholas Sparks)
Message in a Bottle
86
Nicholas Sparks
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
87
Jeffrey Eugenides
Miracle Creek (Angie Kim)
Miracle Creek
88
Angie Kim
Miracle on 34th Street (Valentine Davies)
Miracle on 34th Street
89
Valentine Davies
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
90
Ransom Riggs
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
91
Herman Melville
Molokai (Alan Brennert)
Molokai
92
Alan Brennert
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
93
Willa Cather
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
94
Richard Wright
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World
95
Paulette Jiles
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill)
NOS4A2
96
Joe Hill
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
97
Willa Cather
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
98
John Steinbeck
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
99
Fred Gipson
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
100
Elizabeth Strout
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
101
Ken Kesey
Open Season (C.J. Box)
Open Season
102
C.J. Box
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
103
Nella Larsen
Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter)
Pollyanna
104
Eleanor H. Porter
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
105
Andy Weir
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
106
John Updike
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
107
Ernest Cline
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
108
Rules of Civility (Amor Towles)
Rules of Civility
109
Amor Towles
Sacajawea (Anna Lee Waldo)
Sacajawea
110
Anna Lee Waldo
Shoeless Joe (W.P. Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe
111
W.P. Kinsella
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
112
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
113
David Guterson
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
114
E.B. White
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
115
Toni Morrison
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia!
116
Karen Russell
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City
117
Armistead Maupin
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
118
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
119
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
120
Mark Twain
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