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One Hundred Best American Novels - Page 2

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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Modern Chivalry (Hugh Henry Brackenridge)
Modern Chivalry (Hugh Henry Brackenridge)
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Reveries of a Bachelor (Ik Marvel (Donald G. Mitchell))
Reveries of a Bachelor (Ik Marvel (Donald G. Mitchell))
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Enemies: A Love Story (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Enemies: A Love Story (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
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The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
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The Crater or Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Crater or Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific (James Fenimore Cooper)
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The Prairie (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Prairie (James Fenimore Cooper)
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Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
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The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
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Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
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U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
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Swallow Barn (John Pendleton Kennedy)
Swallow Barn (John Pendleton Kennedy)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
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Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (John William De Forest)
Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (John William De Forest)
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Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs (Johnson Jones Hooper)
Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs (Johnson Jones Hooper)
57
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
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Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
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The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
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The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
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The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
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The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen)
70
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
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Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
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The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
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Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself (Robert Montgomery Bird)
Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself (Robert Montgomery Bird)
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All the King'S Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King'S Men (Robert Penn Warren)
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
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Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
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Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
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