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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1990-1994

This is the 2nd instalment of my chronology of American fiction. It is a list of novels, novellas & short story collections by American authors published in 1990-1994. It includes Pulitzer Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award & National Book Award winners. There are also several works by Nobel Prize winners. Click on the link to go to the previous instalment, which covers 1995-1999. BTW, as is my usual practice, all the books in my list image are actually in the challenge.
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:
1990: 1-32
1991: 33--59
1992: 60-88
1993: 89-115
1994: 116-146
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The Music of Chance (Paul Auster)
The Music of Chance
1
Paul Auster
Room Temperature (Nicholson Baker)
Room Temperature
2
Nicholson Baker
The King (Donald Barthelme)
The King
3
Donald Barthelme
Orrie's Story (Thomas Berger)
Orrie's Story
4
Thomas Berger
East Is East
East Is East
5
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem
6
Patricia Cornwell
A Home at the End of the World (Michael Cunningham)
A Home at the End of the World
7
Michael Cunningham
Wildlife (Richard Ford)
Wildlife
8
Richard Ford
The God of Nightmares (Paula Fox)
The God of Nightmares
9
Paula Fox
Dogeaters (Jessica Hagedorn)
Dogeaters
10
Jessica Hagedorn
Mother Earth Father Sky (Sue Harrison)
Mother Earth Father Sky
11
Sue Harrison
Walter Winchell (Michael Herr)
Walter Winchell
12
Michael Herr
Mean Spirit (Linda Hogan)
Mean Spirit
13
Linda Hogan
Middle Passage (Charles Johnson)
Middle Passage
14
Charles Johnson
Any Woman's Blues (Erica Jong)
Any Woman's Blues
15
Erica Jong
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal Dreams
16
Barbara Kingsolver
Killing Mr Watson (Peter Mathiesson)
Killing Mr Watson
17
Peter Mathiesson
Family Pictures (Sue Miller)
Family Pictures
18
Sue Miller
Afterlife (Paul Monette)
Afterlife
19
Paul Monette
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
20
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
21
Tim O'Brien
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
22
The Tongues of Angels (Reynolds Price)
The Tongues of Angels
23
Reynolds Price
Vineland
Vineland
24
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All
25
Tom Robbins
Deception (Philip Roth)
Deception
26
Philip Roth
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
27
John Updike
Hollywood (Gore Vidal)
Hollywood
28
Gore Vidal
The Ice-Shirt (William T. Vollmann)
The Ice-Shirt
29
William T. Vollmann
Hocus Pocus (Kurt Vonnegut)
Hocus Pocus
30
Kurt Vonnegut
Philadelphia Fire (John Edgar Wideman)
Philadelphia Fire
31
John Edgar Wideman
Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Karen Tei Yamashita)
Through the Arc of the Rain Forest
32
Karen Tei Yamashita
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
33
Julia Alvarez
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
34
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (John Barth)
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor
35
John Barth
The Runaway Soul (Harold Brodkey)
The Runaway Soul
36
Harold Brodkey
Donald Duk (Frank Chin)
Donald Duk
37
Frank Chin
Pinocchio in Venice (Robert Coover)
Pinocchio in Venice
38
Robert Coover
Mao II (Don Delillo)
Mao II
39
Don Delillo
The MacGuffin (Stanley Elkin)
The MacGuffin
40
Stanley Elkin
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