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Some Great American Novels: A Personal View - Page 2

Just as the title says, this list by a retired English teacher is a personal view of SOME great American (in this case U.S. ) authors. It is neither exhaustive nor authoritative; many well regarded works art missing due to the limit of 101 books. Also, story collections, essays, and plays have been excluded because, despite many people's belief to the contrary, they are NOT novels.
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House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
41
N. Scott Momaday
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
42
Edith Wharton
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
43
Nathaniel Hawthorne
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
44
Cornell Woolrich
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
45
Dorothy B. Hughes
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
46
Ralph Ellison
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
47
William Kennedy
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
48
Tom Robbins
Jr (William Gaddis)
Jr
49
William Gaddis
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
50
Octavia E. Butler
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
51
James Crumley
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
52
Don Delillo
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
53
Vladimir Nabokov
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
54
Larry McMurtry
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
55
Raymond Chandler
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
56
Thomas Wolfe
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
57
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Tales of New York (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Tales of New York
58
Stephen Crane
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
59
Booth Tarkington
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
60
Sinclair Lewis
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
61
Dashiell Hammett
Matterhorn (Karl Marlantes)
Matterhorn
62
Karl Marlantes
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine
63
Nicholson Baker
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
64
Herman Melville
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
65
Willa Cather
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
66
Norman Mailer
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
67
William S. Burroughs
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
68
Richard Wright
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
69
William Gibson
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
70
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
71
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
72
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
73
Ken Kesey
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
74
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
75
Philip Roth
Rabbit, Run (John Apdike)
Rabbit, Run
76
John Apdike
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
77
E.L. Doctorow
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
78
Stephen Crane
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
79
Richard Yates
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
80
Ira Levin
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