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The Big American 100 - Page 2

A subjective list of what are, in my view, the 100 best American novels, short stories, poetry, and plays. No Faulkner because I haven't read him. No Hawthorne because I have. Some here are widely famous, others barely known at all, but all are worth your time.
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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
41
Henry David Thoreau
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Song of Hiawatha
42
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
43
Herman Melville
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
44
Herman Melville
The Glass Family (Franny and Zooey) (J. D. Salinger)
The Glass Family (Franny and Zooey)
45
J. D. Salinger
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
46
Jack Kerouac
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
47
Jack London
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
48
James Baldwin
Good Times Bad Times (James Kirkwood)
Good Times Bad Times
49
James Kirkwood
All Fall Down (James Leo Herlihy)
All Fall Down
50
James Leo Herlihy
Thurber: Writings & Drawings (James Thurber)
Thurber: Writings & Drawings
51
James Thurber
13 Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
13 Reasons Why
52
Jay Asher
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
53
Jeffrey Eugenides
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
54
John Steinbeck
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
55
Joseph Heller
The Onion Field (Joseph Wambaugh)
The Onion Field
56
Joseph Wambaugh
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
57
Joyce Carol Oates
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
58
Judith Guest
Second Heaven (Judith Guest)
Second Heaven
59
Judith Guest
A Woman Is Talking to Death (Judy Grahn)
A Woman Is Talking to Death
60
Judy Grahn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
61
Ken Kesey
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
62
Ken Kesey
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
63
Kurt Vonnegut
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
64
Larry McMurtry
A Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
A Coney Island of the Mind
65
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
The Myth of You and Me
66
Leah Stewart
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
67
Louisa May Alcott
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face
68
Lucy Grealy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
69
Margaret Mitchell
The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Runaway Bunny
70
Margaret Wise Brown
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
71
Mark Twain
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
72
Norman Mailer
Carol (Patricia Highsmith)
Carol
73
Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
74
Patricia Highsmith
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
75
Peter Straub
The Great American Novel (Philip Roth)
The Great American Novel
76
Philip Roth
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
77
Ralph Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
78
Ray Bradbury
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
79
Raymond Carver
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
80
Richard Yates
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