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The Most Important American Books of All Time - Page 5

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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A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
161
John Knowles
Serenade (James Mallahan Cain)
Serenade
162
James Mallahan Cain
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
163
Stephen King
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools
164
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
165
Kurt Vonnegut
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
166
Theodore Dreiser
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
167
Kurt Vonnegut
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
168
Ernest Hemingway
The Song of Hiawatha
The Song of Hiawatha
169
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
170
Toni Morrison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
171
William Faulkner
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
172
Robert A. Heinlein
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
173
Robert Frost
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
174
Robert a Heinlein
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
175
Tennessee Williams
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
176
Ernest Hemingway
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
177
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
178
Edgar Allan Poe
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
179
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tent of Miracles
Tent of Miracles
180
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
181
Zora Neale Hurston
Them
Them
182
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
183
Tim O'Brien
The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
184
The Tin Flute (Gabrielle Roy)
The Tin Flute
185
Gabrielle Roy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
186
Harper Lee
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
187
John Steinbeck
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
188
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
189
Betty Smith
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
190
Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
191
Henry Miller
Twenty Love Poems
Twenty Love Poems
192
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
193
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
194
Henry David Thoreau
Warday (Whitley Streiber)
Warday
195
Whitley Streiber
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
196
Jack London
Women (Charles Bukowski)
Women
197
Charles Bukowski
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
198
L. Frank Baum
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
199
John Irving
Yo-Yo Boing!
Yo-Yo Boing!
200
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