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Books and Writings That Shaped America

These essays, treatises, and books - both fiction and non-fiction - played key roles in shaping American history, political thought, and culture, and in capturing the essence of the American experience from different points of view. How many have you read?
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1776 (David McCullough)
1776
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David McCullough
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (Abraham Lincoln)
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
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Abraham Lincoln
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
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Robert Penn Warren
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
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Carl Bernstein
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
8
Philip Roth
American Rust
American Rust
9
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
11
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
12
Malcolm X
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
13
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
14
Sinclair Lewis
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
15
Toni Morrison
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights
16
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
17
Dee Brown
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
19
J.D. Salinger
Civil Disobediance
Civil Disobediance
20
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
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Thomas Paine
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
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John Kennedy Toole
The Constitution of the United States of America
The Constitution of the United States of America
26
Continental Drift
Continental Drift
27
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
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Arthur Miller
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Jane Jacobs
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
30
Arthur Miller
The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Bill Of
The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Bill Of
31
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
32
Michael Herr
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
33
John Steinbeck
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
34
Tom Wolfe
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
35
Ray Bradbury
Farewell to Manzanar
Farewell to Manzanar
36
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
37
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
38
Betty Friedan
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
39
August Wilson
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
40
James Baldwin
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