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The 101 Greatest American Novels (Ranker) - Page 2

"The list asks the question, 'What is the best American novel?' American novels can represent the spirit of the age in the United States during the time it was written or the time it was set in. The American novel is written by those who are knowledgeable about the state, culture and even the perspective of those during that time. Some of these best American novels may have also been on the reading curriculum in school." - ranker.com
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No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
41
Cormac McCarthy
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
42
Richard Wright
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
43
Carson McCullers
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
44
Frank Herbert
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
45
Robert Penn Warren
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
46
Mark Twain
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
47
John Berendt
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
48
Cormac McCarthy
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
49
Henry James
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
50
Truman Capote
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
51
Cormac McCarthy
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
52
Raymond Chandler
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
53
John Irving
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
54
Jack Kerouac
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
55
Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
56
Zora Neale Hurston
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
57
Sylvia Plath
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
58
Stephen King
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
59
James Baldwin
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
60
Fannie Flagg
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
61
Philip K. Dick
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
62
William Styron
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
63
Stephen King
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
64
John Kennedy Toole
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
65
Tim O'Brien
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
66
H.P. Lovecraft
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
67
Sue Monk Kidd
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
68
Kurt Vonnegut
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
69
James M. Cain
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
70
Kate Chopin
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit
71
Charles Portis
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
72
Ray Bradbury
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
73
Anthony Doerr
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
74
Sinclair Lewis
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
75
Booth Tarkington
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
76
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
The Yearling
77
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
78
Nathanael West
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
79
Michael Crichton
Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat
80
John Steinbeck
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