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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1970-1979 - Page 2

This is the 4th instalment of my chronology of American fiction. It is a list of novels, novellas & short story collections by American authors published in 1970-1979. Many of the books have been turned into acclaimed movies. There are several Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award winners as well as works by Nobel Prize winners (Bellow, Hemingway, Morrison and I.B. Singer).
Click on the link to go to the previous instalment, which covers 1980-1989.
The source is "The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times" by Daniel S. Burt (2004).
The books by year are are:
1970: 1-24
1971: 25--54
1972: 55-74
1973: 75-98
1974: 99-128
1975: 129-150
1976: 151--174
1977: 175-197
1978: 198-217
1979: 218-243
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Birds of America (Mary McCarthy)
Birds of America
41
Mary McCarthy
Fire Sermon (Wright Morris)
Fire Sermon
42
Wright Morris
Wonderland (Joyce Carol Oates)
Wonderland
43
Joyce Carol Oates
Complete Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
Complete Stories
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Flannery O'Connor
The Paper Chase (John Jay Osborn, Jr.)
The Paper Chase
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John Jay Osborn, Jr.
The Pagan Rabbi, and Other Stories (Cynthia Ozick)
The Pagan Rabbi, and Other Stories
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Love in the Ruins (Walker Percy)
Love in the Ruins
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Walker Percy
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
48
Our Gang (Philip Roth)
Our Gang
49
Philip Roth
The Room (Hubert Selby Jr.)
The Room
50
Hubert Selby Jr.
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
51
Wallace Stegner
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
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John Updike
Meet Me in the Green Glen (Robert Penn Warren)
Meet Me in the Green Glen
53
Robert Penn Warren
The Winds of War
The Winds of War
54
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (Oscar Zeta Acosta)
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
55
Oscar Zeta Acosta
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
56
Rudolpho Anaya
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
57
Richard Bach
Gorilla, My Love (Toni Cade Bambara)
Gorilla, My Love
58
Toni Cade Bambara
Chimera (John Barth)
Chimera
59
John Barth
End Zone (Don Delillo)
End Zone
60
Don Delillo
The Sunlight Dialogues (John Gardner)
The Sunlight Dialogues
61
John Gardner
Geronimo Rex
Geronimo Rex
62
The Conspiracy (John Hersey)
The Conspiracy
63
John Hersey
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
64
Ira Levin
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright (Steven Millhauser)
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright
65
Steven Millhauser
Transparent Things (Vladimir Nabokov)
Transparent Things
66
Vladimir Nabokov
I Am Elijah Thrush (James Purdy)
I Am Elijah Thrush
67
James Purdy
Mumbo Jumbo (Ishmael Reed)
Mumbo Jumbo
68
Ishmael Reed
The Breast
The Breast
69
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen (Alice-Kate Schulman)
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen
70
Alice-Kate Schulman
Museums and Women (John Updike)
Museums and Women
71
John Updike
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
72
Eudora Welty
The Flame and the Flower (Kathleen E. Woodiwiss)
The Flame and the Flower
73
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
How She Died (Helen Yglesias)
How She Died
74
Helen Yglesias
Regiment of Women (Thomas Berger)
Regiment of Women
75
Thomas Berger
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
76
Rita Mae Brown
Exterminator (William S. Burroughs)
Exterminator
77
William S. Burroughs
The World of Apples (John Cheever)
The World of Apples
78
John Cheever
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich (Alice Childress)
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich
79
Alice Childress
Searches and Seizures (Stanley Elkin)
Searches and Seizures
80
Stanley Elkin
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