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100 More Great American Reads

Here is a list of books that were not on PBS' Great American Read, but I think definitely deserve to be. I tried to select books that were as varied in terms of genre and background as the original 100 list is.
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Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
2
Ray Bradbury
Wizard of Earthsea
Wizard of Earthsea
3
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
5
Michael Chabon
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
6
Charles Dickens
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
7
Harriet Beecher Stowe
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
8
Theodore Dreiser
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
9
John Grisham
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
10
William Faulkner
John Dos Passos: U.S.A
John Dos Passos: U.S.A
11
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
13
Richard Wright
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
14
Stephen King
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
15
Saul Bellow
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
17
Thomas Pynchon
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
18
John Updike
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
19
Jonathan Franzen
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
20
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
21
Stephen Crane
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
22
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
23
John Steinbeck
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
24
Robert Louis Stevenson
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
25
Anne Rice
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
26
Yann Martel
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
27
Aldous Huxley
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
28
Cormac McCarthy
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
29
Neil Gaiman
Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse Five
30
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
31
Sylvia Plath
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
32
James Joyce
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
33
Philip Pullman
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
34
William Faulkner
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
35
Arundhati Roy
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
36
Shirley Jackson
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
37
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
38
Franz Kafka
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
39
Ken Kesey
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
40
Stephen Chbosky
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