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Who Is the United States' Greatest Living Author? - Page 2

Obviously not an exhaustive list. I'm certain I've accidentally excluded several worthy candidates but hopefully this is a good starting point.
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After This
After This
41
Someone (Alice Mcdermott)
Someone
42
Alice Mcdermott
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
43
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
44
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
45
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
46
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
47
Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
48
Anne Tyler
Suttree
Suttree
49
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
50
Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
51
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
52
Cormac McCarthy
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
53
Cormac McCarthy
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
54
Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
55
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
56
Jeffrey Eugenides
Black Water (Joyce Carol Oates)
Black Water
57
Joyce Carol Oates
What I Lived for (Joyce Carol Oates)
What I Lived For
58
Joyce Carol Oates
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
59
Joyce Carol Oates
The Wheel of Love and Other Stories (Joyce Carol Oates)
The Wheel of Love and Other Stories
60
Joyce Carol Oates
Lovely, Dark, Deep (Joyce Carol Oates)
Lovely, Dark, Deep
61
Joyce Carol Oates
In Persuasion Nation
In Persuasion Nation
62
Civilwarland in Bad Decline (George Saunders)
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
63
George Saunders
Pastoralia
Pastoralia
64
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
65
George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
66
George Saunders
V (Thomas Pynchon)
V
67
Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
68
Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
69
Thomas Pynchon
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
70
Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice
71
Thomas Pynchon
Bleeding Edge (Thomas Pynchon)
Bleeding Edge
72
Thomas Pynchon
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
73
Khalid Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
74
Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
75
Khaled Hosseini
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
76
Paul Auster
Moon Palace (Paul Auster)
Moon Palace
77
Paul Auster
The Book of Illusions
The Book of Illusions
78
Native Speaker (Chang-Rae Lee)
Native Speaker
79
Chang-Rae Lee
A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
80
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