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TJ's American Top 40 Classics

These are considered by many as the greatest American classic books which have been written. If you read this line it is amazing as rarely if ever are they read. I wish I had a Million Dollars to give but..........
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
1
Ernest Hemingway
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
4
William Faulkner
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
5
Sylvia Plath
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
8
J.D. Salinger
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
9
Ernest Hemingway
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
10
Jack London
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
11
George Orwell
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
12
Edgar Allan Poe
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
13
Tennessee Williams
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
14
Ernest Hemingway
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
15
Washington Irving
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
16
Mark Twain
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
17
George Orwell
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
18
Arthur Miller
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
19
William Faulkner
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
20
Ray Bradbury
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
21
Willa Cather
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
22
Truman Capote
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
23
Edgar Allen Poe
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
24
John Steinbeck
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
25
Edith Wharton
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
26
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
27
John Steinbeck
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
28
Kate Chopin
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
29
James Fenimore Cooper
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
30
Ernest Hemingway
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
31
Edith Wharton
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
32
Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
33
Stephen Crane
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
34
H.G. Wells
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
35
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
36
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Man Without a Country (Edward Everett Hale)
The Man Without a Country
37
Edward Everett Hale
A Lost Lady (Willa Cather)
A Lost Lady
38
Willa Cather
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
39
Truman Capote
Song of Myself (Walt Whitman)
Song of Myself
40
Walt Whitman
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