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The Great American Novels (From the Atlantic)

These are 136 novels which The Atlantic curated to represent the "Great American Novels" published between 1924 and 2023.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
2
Theodore Dreiser
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
3
Gertrude Stein
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
4
Willa Cather
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
5
Ernest Hemingway
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
6
Nella Larsen
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
7
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
8
William Faulkner
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
9
Djuna Barnes
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
East Goes West
10
Younghill Kang
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
11
Zora Neale Hurston
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
12
John Dos Passos
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust
13
John Fante
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
14
Raymond Chandler
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
15
Nathanael West
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
16
John Steinbeck
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
17
Richard Wright
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
18
Carson McCullers
A Time to Be Born (Dawn Powell)
A Time to Be Born
19
Dawn Powell
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
20
Robert Penn Warren
The Street
The Street
21
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
22
Dorothy B. Hughes
The Mountain Lion (Jean Stafford)
The Mountain Lion
23
Jean Stafford
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
24
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
25
E.B. White
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
26
Ralph Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
27
Ray Bradbury
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha
28
Gwendolyn Brooks
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
29
Saul Bellow
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
30
Vladimir Nabokov
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
31
James Baldwin
Peyton Place (New Hampshire)
Peyton Place (New Hampshire)
32
Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith)
Deep Water
33
Patricia Highsmith
No-No Boy (John Okada)
No-No Boy
34
John Okada
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
35
Jack Kerouac
Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
Haunting of Hill House
36
Shirley Jackson
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
37
Joseph Heller
Camazotz (A Wrinkle in Time)
Camazotz (A Wrinkle in Time)
38
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
39
James Baldwin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
40
Ken Kesey
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