A Journey Through Literary America

1.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,663 ratings
2.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,367 ratings
3.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,321 ratings
4.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,174 ratings
5.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,857 ratings
6.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,833 ratings
7.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,833 ratings
8.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,876 ratings
9.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,310 ratings
10.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,603 ratings
11.
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems 4.27 avg rating — 39,885 ratings
12.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,660 ratings
13.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,129 ratings
14.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,285 ratings
15.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! 3.90 avg rating — 57,279 ratings
16.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.36 avg rating — 18,158 ratings
17.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,310 ratings
18.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,076 ratings
19.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,771 ratings
20.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,392 ratings
21.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,507 ratings
22.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,017 ratings
23.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,491 ratings
24.
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels 4.25 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
25.
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Self-Reliance and Other Essays 4.12 avg rating — 20,166 ratings
26.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,524 ratings
27.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,329 ratings
28.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,430 ratings
29.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway 4.29 avg rating — 37,558 ratings
30.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,565 ratings
30.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating — 261,817 ratings
32.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,245 ratings
33.
Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat 3.83 avg rating — 61,128 ratings
34.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,305 ratings
35.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,184 ratings
36.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables 3.45 avg rating — 42,106 ratings
37.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating — 162,873 ratings
38.
Main Street
Main Street 3.78 avg rating — 26,595 ratings
39.
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 4.06 avg rating — 17,587 ratings
40.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,060 ratings
41.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,086 ratings
42.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales 3.87 avg rating — 3,033 ratings
43.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 477,001 ratings
44.
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor 3.19 avg rating — 19,174 ratings
45.
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent 4.01 avg rating — 52,149 ratings
46.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
47.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,567 ratings
48.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.23 avg rating — 21,773 ratings
49.
Babbitt
Babbitt 3.69 avg rating — 24,525 ratings
50.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick 3.22 avg rating — 18,132 ratings
51.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 148,584 ratings
52.
Birches
Birches 4.07 avg rating — 291 ratings
53.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,236 ratings
54.
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
55.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,371 ratings
56.
The Blithedale Romance
The Blithedale Romance 3.36 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
57.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,239 ratings
58.
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry 4.01 avg rating — 6,232 ratings
59.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Close Range: Wyoming Stories 3.99 avg rating — 18,096 ratings
60.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,947 ratings
61.
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain 4.19 avg rating — 8,821 ratings
62.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,958 ratings
63.
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems 4.33 avg rating — 1,464 ratings
63.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,136 ratings
65.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,543 ratings
66.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 4.40 avg rating — 11,064 ratings
67.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,080 ratings
68.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,076 ratings
69.
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark 3.89 avg rating — 11,529 ratings
70.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories 3.78 avg rating — 148,584 ratings
71.
Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2)
Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 16,268 ratings
72.
Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4)
Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 16,294 ratings
73.
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3)
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 17,703 ratings
74.
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith 3.84 avg rating — 8,373 ratings
75.
Couples
Couples 3.58 avg rating — 5,751 ratings
76.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 4.02 avg rating — 74,807 ratings
76.
Snopes
Snopes 4.37 avg rating — 815 ratings
76.
Phantom
Phantom
by: Susan Kay
4.33 avg rating — 12,942 ratings
79.
Washington Irving: A Treasury: Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Old Christmas
Washington Irving: A Treasury: Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Old Christmas 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
80.
Goodbye, Columbus
Goodbye, Columbus 3.86 avg rating — 21,382 ratings
81.
Little Men (Little Women, #2)
Little Men (Little Women, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 66,924 ratings
82.
Jazz
Jazz 3.90 avg rating — 36,230 ratings
83.
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,832 ratings
84.
I, Robot
I, Robot 4.21 avg rating — 369,937 ratings
85.
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 18,695 ratings
86.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,554 ratings
87.
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon 3.67 avg rating — 9,574 ratings
88.
Tales Of The Alhambra
Tales Of The Alhambra 3.74 avg rating — 5,475 ratings
89.
Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond
Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond 3.87 avg rating — 322 ratings
89.
The Journeys We Wander (The Journeys We Wander #1)
The Journeys We Wander (The Journeys We Wander #1) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
91.
Hawthorne's Short Stories
Hawthorne's Short Stories 4.10 avg rating — 1,400 ratings
92.
The Early Stories, 1953-1975
The Early Stories, 1953-1975 4.16 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
92.
Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts 4.15 avg rating — 504 ratings
94.
Wolf Willow
Wolf Willow 3.97 avg rating — 964 ratings
94.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 4.07 avg rating — 66,316 ratings
96.
Mosses from an Old Manse
Mosses from an Old Manse 3.76 avg rating — 879 ratings
97.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,783 ratings
98.
The Pastures of Heaven
The Pastures of Heaven 4.08 avg rating — 10,781 ratings
99.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,691 ratings
100.
Walden, And On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: And The Thoreau Essay, Walking
Walden, And On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: And The Thoreau Essay, Walking 3.89 avg rating — 136 ratings
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