100 Best American Authors

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,987 ratings
3.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,874 ratings
4.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,270 ratings
5.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,538 ratings
6.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,602 ratings
7.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,762 ratings
8.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,324 ratings
9.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,305 ratings
10.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,125 ratings
11.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,992 ratings
12.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings 4.19 avg rating — 243,675 ratings
13.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,585 ratings
14.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,916 ratings
15.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,756 ratings
16.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,148 ratings
17.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,223 ratings
18.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,303 ratings
19.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,744 ratings
20.
The Poetry of Robert Frost
The Poetry of Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 48,972 ratings
21.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,232 ratings
22.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,271 ratings
23.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,638 ratings
24.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,066 ratings
25.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,614 ratings
26.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,144 ratings
27.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,993,975 ratings
28.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,142 ratings
29.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,467 ratings
30.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,914 ratings
31.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,007 ratings
32.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,911 ratings
33.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,016 ratings
34.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,636 ratings
35.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,640 ratings
36.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,488 ratings
37.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,767 ratings
38.
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937–1955
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937–1955 4.49 avg rating — 822 ratings
39.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,374 ratings
40.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,240 ratings
41.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 22,676 ratings
42.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! 3.90 avg rating — 57,271 ratings
43.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,304 ratings
44.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,614 ratings
45.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,777 ratings
46.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,928 ratings
47.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,939 ratings
48.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,221 ratings
49.
Columbine
Columbine 4.29 avg rating — 99,720 ratings
50.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,435 ratings
51.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,813 ratings
52.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,460 ratings
53.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,119 ratings
54.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,147 ratings
55.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,559 ratings
55.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,856 ratings
57.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating — 57,820 ratings
58.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway 4.29 avg rating — 37,556 ratings
59.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,267 ratings
60.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,764 ratings
61.
Walden & Civil Disobedience
Walden & Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 38,621 ratings
62.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,057 ratings
63.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,832 ratings
64.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,720 ratings
65.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,048 ratings
66.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,738 ratings
67.
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works 4.49 avg rating — 3,440 ratings
68.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,169 ratings
69.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night 4.06 avg rating — 42,392 ratings
70.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,192 ratings
71.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,325 ratings
72.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,899 ratings
73.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,561 ratings
74.
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie 3.77 avg rating — 41,366 ratings
75.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,105 ratings
76.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,225 ratings
77.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 3.97 avg rating — 71,205 ratings
78.
Main Street / Babbitt
Main Street / Babbitt 4.10 avg rating — 479 ratings
79.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,298 ratings
80.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,291 ratings
81.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,763 ratings
82.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,636 ratings
83.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,462 ratings
84.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,184 ratings
85.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,890 ratings
86.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,157 ratings
87.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,064 ratings
88.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,426 ratings
89.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,649 ratings
90.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,000 ratings
91.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,543 ratings
92.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,144 ratings
93.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,957 ratings
94.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,522 ratings
95.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,545 ratings
96.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,942 ratings
97.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating — 93,725 ratings
98.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,572 ratings
99.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,449 ratings
100.
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine 4.09 avg rating — 76,299 ratings
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