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Some Great American Novels: A Personal View

Just as the title says, this list by a retired English teacher is a personal view of SOME great American (in this case U.S. ) authors. It is neither exhaustive nor authoritative; many well regarded works art missing due to the limit of 101 books. Also, story collections, essays, and plays have been excluded because, despite many people's belief to the contrary, they are NOT novels.
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
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Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
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The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
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Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
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The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
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Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
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Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
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Giles Goat-Boy (John Barth)
Giles Goat-Boy (John Barth)
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The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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