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"The Great American Novel" Leading Contenders, Per Goodreads

Do you hope to someday author the Great American Novel? Well, if you're going to be mucking around on social media instead of actually writing, you might as well check out the competition.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
4
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
5
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
6
East of Eden
East of Eden
7
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
8
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
9
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
10
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
11
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
12
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
13
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
14
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
15
Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind
16
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
17
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
18
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
19
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
20
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
21
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
22
Raintree County
Raintree County
23
Middlesex
Middlesex
24
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
25
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
26
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
27
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
28
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
29
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
30
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
31
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
32
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
33
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
34
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
35
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
36
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
37
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel
38
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
39
My Antonia
My Antonia
40
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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