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The Great American Novels (From the Atlantic)

These are 136 novels which The Atlantic curated to represent the "Great American Novels" published between 1924 and 2023.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
3
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
4
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
5
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
6
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing (Nella Larsen)
7
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
8
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
9
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
10
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
11
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
12
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
13
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
14
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
15
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
16
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
17
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
18
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
19
A Time to Be Born (Dawn Powell)
A Time to Be Born (Dawn Powell)
20
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
21
The Street
The Street
22
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
23
The Mountain Lion (Jean Stafford)
The Mountain Lion (Jean Stafford)
24
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
25
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
26
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
27
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
28
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
29
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
30
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
31
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
32
Peyton Place (New Hampshire)
Peyton Place (New Hampshire)
33
Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith)
Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith)
34
No-No Boy (John Okada)
No-No Boy (John Okada)
35
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
36
Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
37
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
38
Camazotz (A Wrinkle in Time)
Camazotz (A Wrinkle in Time)
39
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country (James Baldwin)
40
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
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