20th Century American

1.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,958 ratings
2.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,549 ratings
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A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,919 ratings
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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,794 ratings
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Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,956 ratings
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The Floating Opera
The Floating Opera 3.87 avg rating — 3,029 ratings
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As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,502 ratings
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,294 ratings
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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,114 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,716 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,837 ratings
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Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
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Selected Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
Selected Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) 3.97 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Lime Twig
The Lime Twig 3.84 avg rating — 1,310 ratings
15.
The Poetry of Robert Frost
The Poetry of Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 48,974 ratings
15.
The Cannibal
The Cannibal 3.80 avg rating — 605 ratings
17.
The Recognitions
The Recognitions 4.20 avg rating — 6,166 ratings
18.
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country 4.06 avg rating — 15,425 ratings
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Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.30 avg rating — 827 ratings
20.
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton 4.18 avg rating — 998 ratings
20.
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode 3.91 avg rating — 521 ratings
20.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,557 ratings
23.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,878 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,518 ratings
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The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,239 ratings
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The Professor's House
The Professor's House 3.77 avg rating — 9,906 ratings
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White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,859 ratings
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Vice Avenged
Vice Avenged 3.48 avg rating — 88 ratings
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A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady 3.72 avg rating — 7,897 ratings
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Libra
Libra 4.05 avg rating — 19,596 ratings
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Quicksand
Quicksand 3.72 avg rating — 8,339 ratings
32.
Three Lives
Three Lives 3.07 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
32.
Mao II
Mao II 3.69 avg rating — 12,829 ratings
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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating — 150,154 ratings
35.
Tender Buttons
Tender Buttons 3.65 avg rating — 7,004 ratings
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Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,133 ratings
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An Asian Minor: The True Story of Ganymede
An Asian Minor: The True Story of Ganymede 3.96 avg rating — 100 ratings
38.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.27 avg rating — 11,537 ratings
38.
Little, Big
Little, Big 3.80 avg rating — 12,099 ratings
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The Sea Wolf
The Sea Wolf 4.06 avg rating — 32,672 ratings
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The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination
The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination 4.15 avg rating — 772 ratings
41.
The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel 3.85 avg rating — 5,846 ratings
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The Underground Man
The Underground Man 3.94 avg rating — 2,542 ratings
44.
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play 4.33 avg rating — 2,214 ratings
44.
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 2,816 ratings
44.
Jazz
Jazz 3.90 avg rating — 36,236 ratings
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Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology 4.04 avg rating — 13,416 ratings
47.
Omensetter's Luck
Omensetter's Luck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
47.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 477,046 ratings
50.
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie 3.77 avg rating — 41,372 ratings
50.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,560 ratings
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,167 ratings
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,270 ratings
53.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day 3.53 avg rating — 13,351 ratings
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Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating — 27,026 ratings
53.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,247 ratings
57.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,330 ratings
57.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,443 ratings
57.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,450 ratings
57.
Ironweed
Ironweed 3.87 avg rating — 17,432 ratings
61.
Death in the Woods and Other Stories
Death in the Woods and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating — 584 ratings
61.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
63.
Babbitt
Babbitt 3.69 avg rating — 24,525 ratings
63.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,523 ratings
63.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,281 ratings
63.
The Temple of My Familiar
The Temple of My Familiar 4.05 avg rating — 14,862 ratings
67.
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here 3.80 avg rating — 22,851 ratings
67.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,905 ratings
67.
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy 4.09 avg rating — 15,682 ratings
70.
The Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams
The Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams 3.95 avg rating — 150 ratings
70.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating — 24,778 ratings
70.
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down 4.01 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
73.
The Cantos
The Cantos 3.92 avg rating — 5,373 ratings
73.
Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating — 72,181 ratings
73.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
76.
Literary Essays of Ezra Pound
Literary Essays of Ezra Pound 4.05 avg rating — 559 ratings
76.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,749 ratings
76.
Light Years
Light Years 4.02 avg rating — 7,804 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,293 ratings
80.
Complete Poems
Complete Poems 4.02 avg rating — 3,151 ratings
80.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
80.
By the Light of My Father's Smile
By the Light of My Father's Smile 3.89 avg rating — 3,351 ratings
83.
The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950
The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950 4.34 avg rating — 6,974 ratings
83.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,462 ratings
85.
The Collected Works of T.S. Eliot
The Collected Works of T.S. Eliot 4.39 avg rating — 356 ratings
85.
Alphabetical Africa
Alphabetical Africa 3.58 avg rating — 336 ratings
85.
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun 3.54 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
88.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter 3.97 avg rating — 6,229 ratings
88.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.34 avg rating — 64 ratings
90.
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1) 3.83 avg rating — 7,654 ratings
90.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick 3.22 avg rating — 18,131 ratings
90.
Snopes
Snopes 4.37 avg rating — 815 ratings
93.
1919 (U.S.A., #2)
1919 (U.S.A., #2) 3.97 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
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Seven Plays
Seven Plays 4.16 avg rating — 5,524 ratings
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The Big Money (U.S.A., #3)
The Big Money (U.S.A., #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,934 ratings
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Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,354 ratings
95.
American Buffalo: A Play
American Buffalo: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 5,586 ratings
95.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating — 93,759 ratings
99.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer 3.64 avg rating — 7,035 ratings
99.
The Changing Light at Sandover
The Changing Light at Sandover 4.25 avg rating — 509 ratings
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