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The Greatest American Novels of All Time (According to Baillie)

For the upcoming Fourth of July, here's my list of the greatest American novels of all time. Every author of these books were, more or less, born here in the U.S., or at least live in the U.S., but their famous works are what makes them incredibly famous.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
4
Mario Puzo
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
5
Louisa May Alcott
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
7
Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
9
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
10
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
12
Ralph Ellison
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
13
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
14
Stephen Crane
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
15
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
16
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
17
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
18
William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
19
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
20
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
22
Ernest Hemingway
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
23
Carson McCullers
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
24
Norman Mailer
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
25
Robert Penn Warren
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
26
Vladimir Nabokov
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
27
Joseph Heller
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
28
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
29
Cormac McCarthy
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
30
Betty Smith
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
31
Larry McMurtry
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
32
James Fenimore Cooper
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
33
Tim O'Brien
Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter)
Pollyanna
34
Eleanor H. Porter
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
35
L.M. Montgomery
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wizard of Oz
36
L. Frank Baum
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
37
Stephen King
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
38
Walt Whitman
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
39
J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
40
Alice Walker
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