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Some American Novels of Which You Might Know - Page 5

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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The Lincoln Lawyer (Michael Connelly)
The Lincoln Lawyer
161
Michael Connelly
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
162
Dashiell Hammett
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
163
Andy Weir
The Natural
The Natural
164
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
165
Paul Auster
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
166
Ernest Hemingway
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
167
Richard Powers
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
168
Norton Juster
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
169
James M. Cain
The Queen of the Damned (Anne Rice)
The Queen of the Damned
170
Anne Rice
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
171
Stephen Crane
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
172
Cormac McCarthy
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
173
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
174
Donna Tartt
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
175
Paul Beatty
The Shack (Young, William P.)
The Shack
176
Young, William P.
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
177
Stephen King
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers
178
Patrick Dewitt
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
179
William Faulkner
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
180
Tim O'Brien
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
181
Colson Whitehead
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
182
Ellen Raskin
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window
183
A.J. Finn
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching
184
Zora Neale Hurston
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
185
Tommy Orange
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
186
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
187
Harper Lee
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
188
Gabrielle Zevin
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
189
Denis Johnson
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
190
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
191
Don Delillo
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
192
Naomi Novik
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
193
Sara Gruen
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
194
Delia Owens
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
195
Wilson Rawls
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
196
Jack London
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
197
Gregory Maguire
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
198
Sherwood Anderson
Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
Wizard's First Rule
199
Terry Goodkind
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
200
Max Brooks
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