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The Big American 100 - Page 3

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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You Know Me Al (RING LARDNER)
You Know Me Al
81
RING LARDNER
Selected Poems of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
Selected Poems of Robert Frost
82
Robert Frost
Madeleine's Ghost (Robert Girardi)
Madeleine's Ghost
83
Robert Girardi
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
84
Robert Penn Warren
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
85
Shirley Jackson
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
86
Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
87
Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
88
Sinclair Lewis
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
89
Stephen Crane
Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
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Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
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Stephen King
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath - 1963)
The Bell Jar
92
Sylvia Plath - 1963
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
93
Tennessee Williams
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
94
Theodore Dreiser
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
95
Thomas Wolfe
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
96
Upton Sinclair
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
97
Vincent Bugliosi
The Ox-Bow Incident (Nevada) (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Nevada)
98
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
99
William Peter Blatty
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
100
William Styron
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