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Goodreads "The Great American Novel" - Page 7

"Every couple [of] years somebody writes a book that gets called 'The Great American Novel.' So which actually is? Fitzgerald, Twain, Chabon, or somebody less obvious? (I'm hoping somebody less obvious. Maybe even a lady!) English majors and iconoclasts, let's argue." (Goodreads)
If you tick your way through the largely predictable first 90 or so works, you will be rewarded with some surprising, even bizarre, book choices. As is usual in these things, not all are actually novels, and I threw in the towel once I came across Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'. Also, Stephen King's books might be just a touch overrepresented.
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At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
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Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
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Hawaii (James A. Michener)
Hawaii (James A. Michener)
244
To a God Unknown (John Steinbeck)
To a God Unknown (John Steinbeck)
245
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
246
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
247
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
248
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
249
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
250
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
251
The Fugitive (John Grisham)
The Fugitive (John Grisham)
252
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
253
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
254
War and Remembrance (Herman Wouk)
War and Remembrance (Herman Wouk)
255
The Fool's Progress (Edward Abbey)
The Fool's Progress (Edward Abbey)
256
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit (Charles Portis)
257
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
258
Firestarter (Stephen King)
Firestarter (Stephen King)
259
Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big (John Crowley)
260
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
261
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
262
Laura (Vera Caspary)
Laura (Vera Caspary)
263
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
264
I Am Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe)
I Am Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe)
265
Vineland (Thomas Pynchon)
Vineland (Thomas Pynchon)
266
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
267
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
268
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
269
The Running Man (Stephen King)
The Running Man (Stephen King)
270
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes (Louis Sachar)
271
Fay (Larry Brown)
Fay (Larry Brown)
272
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
273
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
274
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
275
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
276
Follow the River (James Alexander Thom)
Follow the River (James Alexander Thom)
277
Cheaper by the Dozen (Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey)
Cheaper by the Dozen (Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey)
278
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
279
Burr (Gore Vidal)
Burr (Gore Vidal)
280
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
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