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"The Great American Novel" Leading Contenders, Per Goodreads

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
5
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
6
John Steinbeck
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
7
Herman Melville
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
9
John Steinbeck
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
10
Cormac McCarthy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
11
Joseph Heller
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
12
Ernest Hemingway
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
13
William Faulkner
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
15
Margaret Mitchell
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
17
Ernest Hemingway
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
18
John Kennedy Toole
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
19
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
20
Ray Bradbury
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
21
Ken Kesey
Raintree County
Raintree County
22
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
23
Jeffrey Eugenides
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
24
Ralph Ellison
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
25
Kurt Vonnegut
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
26
Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
27
William Faulkner
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
28
David Foster Wallace
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
29
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
30
John Updike
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
31
Mark Twain
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
32
Cormac McCarthy
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
33
Robert Penn Warren
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
34
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
35
Ernest Hemingway
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
36
William Faulkner
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
37
Thomas Wolfe
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
38
Carson McCullers
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
39
Willa Cather
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
40
Truman Capote
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