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Top 100 American Literature Titles - Page 2

These "are the top 100 titles for the American literature classroom, ranked in order of popularity, chosen by American literature teachers from across the country." (Perfection Learning)
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
41
Toni Morrison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
42
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
43
Mark Twain
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
44
Joseph Heller
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
45
Chaim Potok
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
46
John Steinbeck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
47
Maya Angelou
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
48
Henry David Thoreau
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
49
Barbara Kingsolver
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
50
Herman Melville
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
51
James McBride
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
52
Edgar Allan Poe
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
53
Toni Morrison
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels
54
Henry James
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
55
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
56
Tennessee Williams
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
57
Jack London
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
58
Charles Frazier
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
59
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
60
Ernest Hemingway
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
61
Pearl S. Buck
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
62
Jon Krakauer
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
63
James Fenimore Cooper
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
64
John Irving
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
Pudd'nhead Wilson
65
Mark Twain
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
66
Cormac McCarthy
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
67
Nathaniel Hawthorne
When I Was Puerto Rican (Esmeralda Santiago)
When I Was Puerto Rican
68
Esmeralda Santiago
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
69
Carson McCullers
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
70
Sherman Alexie
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
71
Cormac McCarthy
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
72
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
73
Mitch Albom
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
74
Mark Twain
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
75
Dalton Trumbo
The Light in the Forest (Conrad Richter)
The Light in the Forest
76
Conrad Richter
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
77
Willa Cather
Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse)
Out of the Dust
78
Karen Hesse
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague
79
Frank Norris
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
80
Sherman Alexie
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