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The Atlantic's Great American Novels

"...we approached experts—scholars, critics, and novelists, both at The Atlantic and outside it—and asked for their suggestions. From there, we added and subtracted and debated and negotiated and considered and reconsidered until we landed on the list you're about to read. We didn't limit ourselves to a round, arbitrary number; we wanted to recognize the very best—novels that say something intriguing about the world and do it distinctively, in intentional, artful prose—no matter how many or few that ended up being (136, as it turns out). Our goal was to single out those classics that stand the test of time, but also to make the case for the unexpected, the unfairly forgotten, and the recently published works that already feel indelible. We aimed for comprehensiveness, rigor, and open-mindedness. Serendipity, too: We hoped to replicate that particular joy of a friend pressing a book into your hand and saying, 'You have to read this; you'll love it.'"
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
3
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
4
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop
5
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
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Passing
Passing
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
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Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
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Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
10
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
11
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
12
USA (Jon Dos Passos)
USA (Jon Dos Passos)
13
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
14
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
15
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
17
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
18
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
19
A Time to Be Born
A Time to Be Born
20
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
21
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street (Ann Petry)
22
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
23
The Mountain Lion (Jean Stafford)
The Mountain Lion (Jean Stafford)
24
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
25
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
26
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
27
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
28
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
29
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
31
Giovannis Room (James Baldwin)
Giovannis Room (James Baldwin)
32
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
33
Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith)
Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith)
34
No-No Boy (John Okada)
No-No Boy (John Okada)
35
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
36
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
37
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
38
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
39
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country (James Baldwin)
40
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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