The Great American Novels (the Atlantic, March 2024)

1.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,309 ratings
2.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,272 ratings
3.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,762 ratings
4.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,197 ratings
5.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,491 ratings
6.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,302 ratings
7.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,245 ratings
8.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,837 ratings
9.
Severance
Severance
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 122,933 ratings
10.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,324 ratings
11.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,426 ratings
12.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,635 ratings
13.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,578 ratings
14.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,847 ratings
15.
housekeeping
housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,347 ratings
16.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,945 ratings
17.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
18.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,014 ratings
19.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,315 ratings
20.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,474 ratings
21.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,157 ratings
22.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,874 ratings
23.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,741 ratings
24.
The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer 4.01 avg rating — 132,986 ratings
25.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,304 ratings
26.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,375 ratings
27.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,914 ratings
28.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,058 ratings
29.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,229 ratings
30.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,929 ratings
31.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating — 585,790 ratings
32.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,108 ratings
33.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,270 ratings
34.
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 38,232 ratings
35.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,361 ratings
36.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,696 ratings
36.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,478 ratings
36.
Blonde
Blonde 3.93 avg rating — 16,750 ratings
36.
Erasure
Erasure 4.17 avg rating — 28,471 ratings
40.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,730 ratings
41.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,730 ratings
42.
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place 4.12 avg rating — 8,478 ratings
42.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
44.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,302 ratings
45.
The Mountain Lion
The Mountain Lion 3.86 avg rating — 1,345 ratings
45.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating — 39,953 ratings
47.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,075 ratings
48.
Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here 3.96 avg rating — 213,784 ratings
49.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,387 ratings
50.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,772 ratings
51.
Another Country
Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 32,342 ratings
51.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
53.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
54.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,967 ratings
55.
No One Is Talking About This
No One Is Talking About This 3.55 avg rating — 53,354 ratings
56.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating — 93,737 ratings
56.
Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating — 85,252 ratings
56.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,008 ratings
59.
Biography of X
Biography of X 3.82 avg rating — 14,619 ratings
60.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,151 ratings
61.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,501 ratings
62.
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,123 ratings
62.
Desperate Characters
Desperate Characters
by: Paula Fox
3.52 avg rating — 9,440 ratings
64.
Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament
Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament 3.80 avg rating — 12,096 ratings
65.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,406 ratings
66.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,452 ratings
67.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
68.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,321 ratings
69.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,453 ratings
70.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,266 ratings
70.
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai 4.11 avg rating — 10,904 ratings
72.
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans 3.55 avg rating — 583 ratings
72.
The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead 3.89 avg rating — 2,615 ratings
74.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,766 ratings
75.
I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters
I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters 3.97 avg rating — 1,452 ratings
76.
Caramelo
Caramelo 3.93 avg rating — 12,985 ratings
77.
Perma Red
Perma Red 4.06 avg rating — 1,672 ratings
78.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
78.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook
The Russian Debutante's Handbook 3.56 avg rating — 7,333 ratings
80.
East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee
East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee 3.71 avg rating — 318 ratings
81.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
81.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,956 ratings
83.
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money 4.12 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
83.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,439 ratings
85.
Nevada
Nevada 3.94 avg rating — 17,552 ratings
86.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,127 ratings
87.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
87.
Family Life
Family Life 3.53 avg rating — 9,860 ratings
89.
A Time to Be Born
A Time to Be Born 3.96 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
89.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,172 ratings
91.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,961 ratings
92.
Amiable with Big Teeth
Amiable with Big Teeth 3.61 avg rating — 332 ratings
93.
Sabrina
Sabrina 3.83 avg rating — 16,830 ratings
94.
Maud Martha
Maud Martha 4.10 avg rating — 3,717 ratings
95.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,658 ratings
95.
The Old Drift
The Old Drift 3.73 avg rating — 7,422 ratings
97.
Deep Water
Deep Water 3.65 avg rating — 10,266 ratings
98.
No-No Boy
No-No Boy 3.93 avg rating — 7,345 ratings
99.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,886 ratings
100.
The Zebra-Striped Hearse (Lew Archer, #10)
The Zebra-Striped Hearse (Lew Archer, #10) 4.10 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
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