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The Most Important American Books of All Time

Here's the list of the 200 most important books written by authors from different North, Central and South American countries.
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (Ambrose Bierce)
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
1
Ambrose Bierce
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges
2
62: A Model Kit (Julio Cortazar)
62: A Model Kit
3
Julio Cortazar
Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt)
Across Five Aprils
4
Irene Hunt
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
6
Mark Twain
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
7
Paulo Coelho
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
8
Jorge Luis Borges
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
9
Robert Penn Warren
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
10
Theodore Dreiser
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
11
Dan Brown
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
12
Ayn Rand
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
13
Mordecai Richler
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
14
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
15
Ayn Rand
Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Autumn of the Patriarch
16
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
17
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (George Follansbee Babbitt)
Babbitt
18
George Follansbee Babbitt
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version
19
Mordecai Richler
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
20
Sylvia Plath
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man
21
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
22
Truman Capote
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
23
Kurt Vonnegut
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
24
Katherine Paterson
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
25
Junot Díaz
The Burning Plain and Other Stories
The Burning Plain and Other Stories
26
The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
27
H. P. Lovecraft
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
28
Jack London
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
29
Stephen King
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
30
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
31
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
32
Kurt Vonnegut
The Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
The Caves of Steel
33
Isaac Asimov
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
34
Arthur C. Clarke
City (Clifford D. Simak)
City
35
Clifford D. Simak
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
36
Alice Walker
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
37
Mark Twain
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral
38
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
39
Arthur Miller
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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