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The Bibliophile's List of the Great American Novels

This list is in response to The Atlantic's recent list of their Great American Novels. While I love any publication focusing on literature and respect their opinions, I certainly have a number of disagreements with their list, and so I've sought to develop my own list. I'll actually be making two lists - one based on their strict rule of all books being published within the last 100 years, and another, namely this one, thinking that's ridiculous (how can you exclude classics like Moby-Dick, Uncle Tom's Cabin or Little Women?) and thus having no time limit on their publication. I have 136 novels in chronological order, just like The Atlantic's list, but the one rule I imposed on myself, which The Atlantic didn't, is to allow an author only one entry on the list. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but that's the great thing about reading. Enjoy!
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The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
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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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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
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The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
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Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden (Jack London)
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The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
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Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
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An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
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Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
19
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
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Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing (Nella Larsen)
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
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It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
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East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
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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 Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
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