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50 American Novels

This list comes from A Reader's Guide to Fifty American Novels, by Ian Ousby, and was published in 1979.
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Wieland (Charles Brocken Brown)
Wieland (Charles Brocken Brown)
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The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
3
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
8
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
9
Typee (Herman Melville)
Typee (Herman Melville)
10
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
12
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
13
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
14
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
15
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
16
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
17
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square (Henry James)
18
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
19
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
20
A Modern Instance (William Dean Howells)
A Modern Instance (William Dean Howells)
21
The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells)
The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells)
22
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
23
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
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McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague (Frank Norris)
25
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
26
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
27
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden (Jack London)
28
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
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Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
30
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
37
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
38
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
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1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919 (John Dos Passos)
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The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
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