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Literary Works From the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers

This is a list from the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers (2001). These are the book featured in the back under Literary Works. I might do one for list of the authors some other time.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1939) (Robert Sherwood)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1939)
1
Robert Sherwood
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
3
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
4
Saul Bellow
After the Fall (Arthur Miller)
After the Fall
5
Arthur Miller
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
6
Edith Wharton
Ah, Wilderness (Eugene O'Neill)
Ah, Wilderness
7
Eugene O'Neill
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
8
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons
9
Arthur Miller
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
10
Robert Penn Warren
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
11
Henry James
The American
The American
12
American Buffalo (David Mamet)
American Buffalo
13
David Mamet
The American Dream (Edward Albee)
The American Dream
14
Edward Albee
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
15
Theodore Dreiser
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
16
Anna Christie - Eugene O'Neill
Anna Christie - Eugene O'Neill
17
Another Country
Another Country
18
Anthony Adverse (Hervey Allen)
Anthony Adverse
19
Hervey Allen
Archy and Mehitabel (Don Marquis)
Archy and Mehitabel
20
Don Marquis
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
21
Sylvia Plath
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
22
Sinclair Lewis
The Art of Fiction
The Art of Fiction
23
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
24
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
25
William Faulkner
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
26
Henry James
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
27
Bernard Malamud
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
28
Ayn Rand
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
29
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
30
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X
31
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Ernest J. Gaines)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
32
Ernest J. Gaines
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
33
Kate Chopin
The Awakening Land (Conrad Richter)
The Awakening Land
34
Conrad Richter
Axel's Castle (Edmund Wilson)
Axel's Castle
35
Edmund Wilson
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
36
Sinclair Lewis
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
37
Carson McCullers
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
38
Herman Melville
The Bear (William Faulkner)
The Bear
39
William Faulkner
The Beast in the Jungle
The Beast in the Jungle
40
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