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One Hundred Best American Novels

The source of this list is "One Hundred Best American Novels, 1770 to 1985 (a Draft): A reading enthusiast's list" (David Handlin, August, 2014). This is the first of a pair of challenges derived from articles published in "The American Scholar".
The first 10 novels are those that Handlin likes the best. The remaining 90 novels are grouped by author. Refer to the source article at the link for the same list ordered by date. In his article, Handlin discusses his choices at some length.
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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A Fool's Errand (Albion W. Tourgée)
A Fool's Errand (Albion W. Tourgée)
12
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
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Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts (Catharine Maria Sedgwick)
Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts (Catharine Maria Sedgwick)
14
Wieland (Charles Brockden Brown)
Wieland (Charles Brockden Brown)
15
Home to Harlem (Claude McKay)
Home to Harlem (Claude McKay)
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Summer in Williamsburg (Daniel Fuchs)
Summer in Williamsburg (Daniel Fuchs)
17
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
18
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
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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 Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
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Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (Edward Bellamy)
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (Edward Bellamy)
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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 Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
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McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague (Frank Norris)
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The Octopus: A Story of California (Frank Norris)
The Octopus: A Story of California (Frank Norris)
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The Quaker City, the Monks of Monk Hall (George Lippard)
The Quaker City, the Monks of Monk Hall (George Lippard)
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The Grandissimes (George Washington Cable)
The Grandissimes (George Washington Cable)
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The Coquette: Or, the History of Eliza Wharton (Hannah Webster Foster)
The Coquette: Or, the History of Eliza Wharton (Hannah Webster Foster)
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The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Harold Frederic)
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Harold Frederic)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
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The Cliff-Dwellers (Henry Blake Fuller)
The Cliff-Dwellers (Henry Blake Fuller)
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The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians (Henry James)
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Princess Casamassima (Henry James)
Princess Casamassima (Henry James)
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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
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The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
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Redburn (Herman Melville)
Redburn (Herman Melville)
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The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
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