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Some Great American Novels: A Personal View - Page 3

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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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
81
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Searchers (Lemay)
The Searchers
82
Lemay
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
83
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
84
Jack Schaefer
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
85
Paul Bowles
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
86
Stephen King
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
87
Theodore Dreiser
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
88
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
89
William Faulkner
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
90
Robert A. Heinlein
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
91
Ernest Hemingway
The Thin Red Line (James Jones)
The Thin Red Line
92
James Jones
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
93
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
94
Harper Lee
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
95
Henry Miller
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
96
John Dos Passos
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
97
Don Delillo
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
98
Sherwood Anderson
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
99
Mark Helprin
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
100
John Irving
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
101
Michael Chabon
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