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The Bibliophile's List of the Great American Novels - Page 3

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 Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
83
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
84
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
85
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
86
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
87
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact (Carl Sagan)
88
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
89
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986) (Art Spiegleman)
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986) (Art Spiegleman)
90
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
91
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
92
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
93
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
94
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
95
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
96
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
97
The Bourne Trilogy (Robert Ludlum)
The Bourne Trilogy (Robert Ludlum)
98
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
99
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
100
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
101
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
102
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
103
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
104
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
105
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld (Don Delillo)
106
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
107
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
108
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
109
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
110
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
111
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
112
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
113
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
114
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
115
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
116
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
117
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
118
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway (Alice Munro)
119
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
120
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
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