Top 50 American Books

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  1. 1.
    The Stand
    by Stephen King

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    Ask the Dust
    by John Fante

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    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J.D. Salinger

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    The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)
    by John Steinbeck

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  5. 5.
    On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
    by Jack Kerouac

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  7. 7.
    Songs in Ordinary Time
    by Mary McGarry Morris

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  8. 8.
    The Probable Future (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
    by Alice Hoffman

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  9. 9.
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
    by Betty Smith

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  10. 10.
    Picnic at Hanging Rock
    by Joan Lindsay

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    It - Stephen King

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  12. 12.
    In Cold Blood
    by Truman Capote

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    LIGHT IN AUGUST
    by William Faulkner

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  14. 14.
    Summer of Night (Aspect Fantasy)
    by Dan Simmons

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    Manhattan Transfer
    by John Dos Passos

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  16. 16.
    'Salem's Lot, Illustrated Edition
    by Stephen King

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  17. 17.
    TENDER IS THE NIGHT
    by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  18. 18.
    Franny and Zooey
    by J. D. Salinger

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  19. 19.
    Gone With the Wind
    by Margaret Mitchell

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  20. 20.
    Rosemary's Baby
    by Ira Levin

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  22. 22.
    The Misfits
    by Arthur Miller

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  23. 23.
    Desperation
    by Stephen King

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  24. 24.
    The Grass Harp
    by Truman Capote

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  25. 25.
    White Horses
    by Alice Hoffman

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  26. 26.
    Martin Eden
    by Jack London

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  27. 27.
    The Pursuit of Happiness
    by Douglas Kennedy

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  28. 28.
    Cavedweller: A Novel
    by Dorothy Allison

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  29. 29.
    The Time Traveler's Wife
    by Audrey Niffenegger

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  30. 30.
    Bell Jar (P.S.)
    by Sylvia Plath

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  31. 31.
    H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America)
    by H. P. Lovecraft

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    The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories
    by John Fante

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  33. 33.
    Lonesome Traveller
    by Jack Kerouac

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  34. 34.
    The Beatles Anthology
    by Beatles

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  35. 35.
    Journals
    by Kurt Cobain

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  36. 36.
    The Jungle
    by Upton Sinclair

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  37. 37.
    Dandelion Wine
    by Ray Bradbury

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  38. 38.
    Rabbit Novels Vol. 1
    by John Updike

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  39. 40.
    The Dive From Clausen's Pier: A Novel
    by Ann Packer

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  40. 41.
    How the Light Gets In
    by M.J. Hyland

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  41. 42.
    The Road to Los Angeles
    by John Fante

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  42. 43.
    Carrie
    by Stephen King

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  44. 45.
    Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City
    by Italo Calvino

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  45. 47.
    Absence of Nectar
    by Kathy Hepinstall

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  46. 48.
    The Secret History
    by Donna Tartt

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  47. 49.
    The Laments: A Novel
    by George Hagen

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Created by Nathalie on Jun 05, 2007.
 

Comments

Untitled — 49 weeks ago

What a weird list! Some of these aren’t even American: Picnic at Hanging Rock is Australian, and Italo Calvino was Italian.


Untitled — 1 year ago

Perhaps I am too ignorant, but what is the significance of Marco Valdo being in the list?


Untitled — 1 year ago

Where did this list come from? Is it definitive or personal?