14 Great American Novels: Our Top Picks

By Kaytie Norman | Published Jul 16, 2020

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Buy Moby Dick at Amazon

Moby Dick

By Herman Melville

Buy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at Amazon

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By Mark Twain

Buy The Great Gatsby at Amazon

The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Buy Absalom, Absalom! at Amazon

Absalom, Absalom!

By William Faulker

Buy The Grapes of Wrath at Amazon

The Grapes of Wrath

By John Steinbeck

Buy Invisible Man at Amazon

Invisible Man

By Ralph Ellison

Buy To Kill a Mockingbird at Amazon

To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee

Buy Beloved at Amazon

Beloved

By Toni Morrison

Buy The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay at Amazon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

By Michael Chabon

Buy My Ántonia at Amazon

My Ántonia

By Willa Cather

Buy them at Amazon

them

By Joyce Carol Oates

Buy The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love at Amazon

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

By Oscar Hijuelos

Buy Middlesex at Amazon

Middlesex

By Jeffrey Eugenides

Buy Americanah at Amazon

Americanah

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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