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Yale Reading List: The American Novel Since 1945

This list was taken from the Open Yale Course English 291: The American Novel Since 1945, taught by Professor Amy Hungerford, which was filmed during the Spring semester of 2008. You can watch the lecture videos by following the URL attached to this list.
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Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
1
Richard Wright
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
2
Flannery O'Connor
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
3
Vladimir Nabokov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
4
Jack Kerouac
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
5
J.D. Salinger
Lost in the Funhouse (John Barth)
Lost in the Funhouse
6
John Barth
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
7
Thomas Pynchon
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
8
Toni Morrison
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
9
Maxine Hong Kingston
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
10
Marilynne Robinson
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
11
Cormac McCarthy
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
12
Philip Roth
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
13
Edward P. Jones
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
14
Jonathan Safran Foer
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