Great American Novels

34,386 membros

475 críticas

4.1

15 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, griffinas, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,amanda4242 ,LisaMaria_C

8

The Sound and the Fury

17,325 membros

226 críticas

4

12 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, jeffza, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26, FranzK72,ahef1963

9

Of Mice and Men

39,158 membros

665 críticas

3.9

11 Members: kageeh, enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, birder4106, ncgraham, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, JqnOC, ahef1963, griffinas, Brando26,amanda4242 ,sturlington
Explicações: sturlington : East of Eden instead

10

The Age of Innocence

por Edith Wharton

13,940 membros

300 críticas

4

12 Members: worcester, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72,Bretzky1

11

Fahrenheit 451

por Ray Bradbury

54,059 membros

1,001 críticas

4

11 Members: amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, barbharper, souloftherose, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Brando26

12

Beloved

por Toni Morrison

22,891 membros

408 críticas

3.9

12 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, sturlington, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, ahef1963, griffinas, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Ethan Frome

por Edith Wharton

9,514 membros

214 críticas

½ 3.6

12 Members: kageeh, lahochstetler, roby72, amanda4242, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

14

Middlesex

por Jeffrey Eugenides

27,191 membros

631 críticas

4.1

10 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, magnumpigg, LisaMaria_C, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72,amanda4242

15

The Big Sleep

por Raymond Chandler

10,313 membros

284 críticas

4

10 Members: roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Brando26, hotblack43, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Invisible Man

por Ralph Ellison

16,216 membros

212 críticas

4

10 Members: lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, aulsmith, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Brando26, FranzK72,merrystar

17

Gone with the Wind

por Margaret Mitchell

23,489 membros

441 críticas

½ 4.3

10 Members: kageeh, sjmccreary, amanda4242, merrystar, Amalie_Nymphenburg, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, JGKC, griffinas, FlorianKarpfinger,eromsted ,aulsmith ,magnumpigg

18

Uncle Tom's Cabin

por Harriet Beecher Stowe

17,076 membros

190 críticas

3.8

9 Members: lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, sjmccreary, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, griffinas

19

A Farewell to Arms

22,464 membros

244 críticas

½ 3.7

10 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, amanda4242, Amalie_Nymphenburg, birder4106, thecoroner, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,LisaMaria_C

20

Pale Fire

por Vladimir Nabokov

7,970 membros

140 críticas

4.2

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26

21

The Color Purple

por Alice Walker

19,790 membros

338 críticas

4.1

9 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, griffinas, kara.shamy

22

On the Road

por Jack Kerouac

27,968 membros

387 críticas

½ 3.6

10 Members: kiwiflowa, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Bretzky1, jeffza, griffinas, Brando26, hotblack43, FranzK72,sturlington ,ahef1963
Explicações: ahef1963 : Tried to read it but the sexism was so pronounced that I stopped, repelled.

23

The Old Man and the Sea

30,786 membros

506 críticas

3.8

9 Members: kageeh, kiwiflowa, roby72, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, ahef1963, Brando26,amanda4242 ,ncgraham

24

Little Women

por Louisa May Alcott

26,541 membros

401 críticas

4

9 Members: kageeh, merrystar, sturlington, barbharper, souloftherose, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, ahef1963,amanda4242 ,Bluewolf0411

25

Slaughterhouse-Five

por Kurt Vonnegut

44,105 membros

706 críticas

4.1

8 Members: eromsted, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, Dilara86, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963,Bretzky1

26

East of Eden

23,454 membros

424 críticas

½ 4.4

8 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, birder4106, sturlington, ncgraham, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72,amanda4242

27

Catch-22

por Joseph Heller

40,086 membros

527 críticas

4.1

8 Members: aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, Amalie_Nymphenburg, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, Brando26,magnumpigg ,Bluewolf0411

28

Absalom, Absalom!

The Adventures of Augie March

7,676 membros

107 críticas

4.1

7 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C

29

The Red Badge of Courage

por Stephen Crane

11,198 membros

128 críticas

½ 3.4

7 Members: aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72

30

Winesburg, Ohio

por Sherwood Anderson

5,943 membros

120 críticas

3.8

7 Members: roby72, merrystar, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

31

por Saul Bellow

3,864 membros

73 críticas

3.8

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72

32

The Naked and the Dead

por Norman Mailer

4,143 membros

47 críticas

3.9

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, jeffza, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26,Bluewolf0411

33

Gilead

por Marilynne Robinson

10,835 membros

364 críticas

3.9

6 Members: ncgraham, barbharper, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,sturlington

34

Gravity's Rainbow

por Thomas Pynchon

10,778 membros

141 críticas

4.1

7 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72

35

V.

por Thomas Pynchon

5,210 membros

36 críticas

4

5 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger

36

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

por Michael Chabon

18,830 membros

415 críticas

4.2

7 Members: kiwiflowa, aulsmith, sturlington, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,kageeh ,Bluewolf0411

37

The Corrections

por Jonathan Franzen

16,622 membros

341 críticas

3.8

8 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, griffinas, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,kageeh ,LisaMaria_C

38

The Last of the Mohicans

por James Fenimore Cooper

13,258 membros

125 críticas

½ 3.5

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, sjmccreary, souloftherose, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72,cej1027

39

Other Voices, Other Rooms

por Truman Capote

2,556 membros

48 críticas

3.8

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, barbharper, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Kindred

por Octavia E. Butler

8,432 membros

354 críticas

4.2

5 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, barbharper, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

41

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

por William S. Burroughs

4,292 membros

57 críticas

½ 3.6

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, griffinas, Brando26

42

As I Lay Dying

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

14,826 membros

216 críticas

3.9

6 Members: eromsted, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, barbharper, alex68, Brando26,ncgraham

43

Humboldt's Gift

por Saul Bellow

2,994 membros

39 críticas

3.8

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

44

por Ken Kesey

24,272 membros

298 críticas

4.1

5 Members: eromsted, kageeh, kiwiflowa, sturlington, ahef1963

45

The Cider House Rules

por John Irving

11,760 membros

157 críticas

4.1

5 Members: kageeh, amanda4242, birder4106, barbharper, magnumpigg,sturlington

46

The World According to Garp

por John Irving

15,312 membros

196 críticas

4.1

5 Members: amanda4242, birder4106, sturlington, ahef1963, griffinas

47

The Bonfire of the Vanities

por Tom Wolfe

8,960 membros

132 críticas

3.8

5 Members: sturlington, barbharper, Bluewolf0411, FlorianKarpfinger, hotblack43,merrystar

48

Light in August

9,244 membros

104 críticas

4

6 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ro155, alex68, Brando26,LisaMaria_C ,ahef1963

49

Underworld

por Don DeLillo

7,986 membros

85 críticas

3.9

6 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C

50

The Hours

por Michael Cunningham

12,733 membros

231 críticas

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, barbharper, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy

51

Revolutionary Road

por Richard Yates

6,797 membros

246 críticas

4

5 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, Brando26

52

The Sun Also Rises

Go Tell It on the Mountain

23,001 membros

337 críticas

3.8

5 Members: amanda4242, birder4106, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,sturlington

53

Lonesome Dove

por Larry McMurtry

8,356 membros

239 críticas

½ 4.6

4 Members: kiwiflowa, sjmccreary, sturlington, LisaMaria_C

54

J R

por William Gaddis

1,382 membros

19 críticas

4.2

4 Members: roby72, barbharper, alex68, FranzK72

55

American Pastoral

por Philip Roth

8,079 membros

180 críticas

3.9

5 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

56

The Call of the Wild

por Jack London

20,277 membros

321 críticas

3.8

7 Members: enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, barbharper, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, griffinas, ManWithAnAgenda,amanda4242 ,ncgraham ,ahef1963

57

All the Pretty Horses

por Cormac McCarthy

10,795 membros

253 críticas

4

5 Members: kiwiflowa, birder4106, sturlington, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26,LisaMaria_C

58

por James Baldwin

5,773 membros

112 críticas

3.9

4 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, amanda4242, alex68

59

Washington Square

por Henry James

4,404 membros

88 críticas

½ 3.7

5 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68,magnumpigg

60

A Prayer for Owen Meany

por John Irving

18,104 membros

331 críticas

4.2

4 Members: birder4106, barbharper, magnumpigg, griffinas,amanda4242

61

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

por Shirley Jackson

8,177 membros

424 críticas

4.1

5 Members: lahochstetler, amanda4242, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

62

Angle of Repose

por Wallace Stegner

5,472 membros

183 críticas

½ 4.3

4 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, barbharper, ahef1963

63

The Recognitions

por William Gaddis

2,220 membros

36 críticas

½ 4.3

4 Members: roby72, barbharper, alex68, FranzK72

64

Por Quem os Sinos Dobram

Their Eyes Were Watching God

19,015 membros

186 críticas

3.9

5 Members: barbharper, Bluewolf0411, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Brando26,amanda4242

65

A Thousand Acres

por Jane Smiley

6,177 membros

137 críticas

½ 3.7

5 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, griffinas, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1

66

White Noise

por Don DeLillo

11,014 membros

173 críticas

3.8

6 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C ,ahef1963
Explicações: ahef1963 : Found it so very pretentious.

67

My Ántonia

por Willa Cather

13,628 membros

287 críticas

3.9

3 Members: sjmccreary, merrystar, souloftherose

68

por Zora Neale Hurston

19,165 membros

346 críticas

4

4 Members: eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy,amanda4242

69

All the King's Men

por Robert Penn Warren

7,330 membros

129 críticas

4.1

2 Members: kiwiflowa, Bluewolf0411

70

Main Street

4,119 membros

75 críticas

½ 3.7

3 Members: kiwiflowa, barbharper, Bretzky1

71

Song of Solomon

por Toni Morrison

10,863 membros

124 críticas

4

3 Members: eromsted, barbharper, Brando26

72

Elmer Gantry

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1,542 membros

44 críticas

4

3 Members: aulsmith, barbharper, Bretzky1

73

Blood Meridian

por Cormac McCarthy

11,627 membros

273 críticas

4.2

5 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, ro155, kara.shamy, Brando26,LisaMaria_C ,Bluewolf0411

74

Tender is the Night

por F. Scott Fitzgerald

12,950 membros

183 críticas

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72,sturlington

75

por Carson McCullers

10,739 membros

243 críticas

4

5 Members: sturlington, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bretzky1

76

The Power of the Dog

por Don Winslow

1,669 membros

85 críticas

4.2

2 Members: barbharper, magnumpigg

77

The Blood Oranges

por John Hawkes

318 membros

7 críticas

½ 3.7

2 Members: eromsted, barbharper

78

Babbitt

Banjo: A Story without a Plot

5,077 membros

96 críticas

½ 3.7

3 Members: lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, Bretzky1

79

Infinite Jest

por David Foster Wallace

13,207 membros

244 críticas

4.2

3 Members: roby72, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26

80

A Separate Peace

por John Knowles

12,802 membros

190 críticas

½ 3.6

5 Members: kageeh, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,enrique_molinero ,aulsmith
Explicações: aulsmith : I always found this too contrived.

81

Ragtime: A Novel

por E. L. Doctorow

6,261 membros

125 críticas

3.9

3 Members: eromsted, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger

82

The Accidental Tourist

por Anne Tyler

5,410 membros

98 críticas

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, barbharper, Bretzky1

83

Seize the Day

por Saul Bellow

2,590 membros

41 críticas

½ 3.5

3 Members: barbharper, Bretzky1, Brando26

84

Giovanni's Room

por James Baldwin

5,549 membros

126 críticas

4.2

3 Members: eromsted, amanda4242, barbharper,aulsmith
Explicações: aulsmith : Set in France and really much more about ex-pats than the average American

85

por Claude McKay

155 membros

½ 4.3

2 Members: eromsted, barbharper

86

The Pearl

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

13,222 membros

204 críticas

½ 3.5

3 Members: barbharper, cej1027, griffinas,amanda4242

87

The Ugly American

por William J. Lederer

1,300 membros

27 críticas

½ 3.7

2 Members: barbharper, Bretzky1

88

Mrs. Bridge

por Evan S. Connell

1,074 membros

36 críticas

4.1

2 Members: sjmccreary, souloftherose

89

The Turn of the Screw

por Henry James

8,133 membros

249 críticas

½ 3.4

6 Members: roby72, ncgraham, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,amanda4242 ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações: sturlington : This is an English style ghost story; doesn't seem that American to me.

90

A Canticle for Leibowitz

por Walter M. Miller Jr.

11,770 membros

308 críticas

3.9

4 Members: barbharper, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explicações: aulsmith : Too episodic to be a "great novel".

91

Lolita

por Vladimir Nabokov

31,765 membros

564 críticas

4.1

6 Members: roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,sturlington ,JGKC ,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027

92

The 42nd Parallel

por John Dos Passos

1,634 membros

23 críticas

3.8

2 Members: roby72, alex68

93

por Stephen King

19,856 membros

369 críticas

½ 4.3

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,LisaMaria_C ,JGKC

94

Red Storm Rising

por Tom Clancy

6,586 membros

59 críticas

3.9

Member: Bretzky1

95

The Prophets

por Robert Jones Jr.

830 membros

26 críticas

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

American Psycho

por Bret Easton Ellis

13,935 membros

290 críticas

½ 3.7

3 Members: kiwiflowa, amanda4242, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,magnumpigg
Explicações: sturlington : Hated this book

97

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

por Ocean Vuong

3,819 membros

133 críticas

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

Arrowsmith