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Goodreads Best 20th Century American Novels: Complete & Up-To-Date

This is a complete and up-to-date (as of 2019-9-27) version of this Goodreads list.
As usual, there are a few selections that, to varying extents, don't meet the criteria to be on the list (have some extra fun spotting them, no peeking at the comments).
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
4
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
5
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
6
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
7
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
8
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
9
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
10
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
11
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
12
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
13
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
14
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
15
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
16
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
17
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
18
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
19
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
20
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
21
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
22
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
23
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
24
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
25
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
26
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
27
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
28
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
29
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
30
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
31
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
32
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
33
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
34
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
35
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
36
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
37
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
38
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
39
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
40
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
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