Best Twentieth Century American Novels

101.
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie 3.77 avg rating — 41,367 ratings
102.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,052 ratings
103.
The Star Rover
The Star Rover 4.18 avg rating — 10,228 ratings
103.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,757 ratings
105.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 650,159 ratings
106.
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent 4.01 avg rating — 52,146 ratings
107.
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3)
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 241,240 ratings
108.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,701 ratings
109.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,942 ratings
110.
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl 3.77 avg rating — 11,715 ratings
111.
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 138,379 ratings
112.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,183 ratings
113.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,860 ratings
114.
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country 4.06 avg rating — 15,423 ratings
115.
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 — 370,591 ratings
115.
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2)
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 282,822 ratings
117.
Sartoris
Sartoris 3.81 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
118.
We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys 3.75 avg rating — 104,198 ratings
119.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness 3.79 avg rating — 61,187 ratings
120.
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3)
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 17,702 ratings
121.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,730 ratings
122.
The Spectator Bird
The Spectator Bird really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,582 ratings
123.
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
124.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating — 11,821 ratings
125.
Pnin
Pnin 3.88 avg rating — 28,105 ratings
126.
All the Little Live Things
All the Little Live Things 4.13 avg rating — 4,152 ratings
127.
Dune
Dune 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,320 ratings
128.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,795 ratings
129.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating — 146,002 ratings
130.
The Ponder Heart
The Ponder Heart 3.63 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
131.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,500 ratings
132.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating — 93,743 ratings
132.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,079 ratings
132.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,363 ratings
135.
The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating — 37,391 ratings
135.
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle 4.12 avg rating — 12,649 ratings
135.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,983 ratings
138.
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head 4.44 avg rating — 3,166 ratings
139.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,078 ratings
140.
The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers 3.87 avg rating — 8,016 ratings
141.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,326 ratings
142.
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow over Innsmouth 4.10 avg rating — 26,134 ratings
143.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 36,226 ratings
144.
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It 4.15 avg rating — 11,460 ratings
145.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me 3.85 avg rating — 24,518 ratings
146.
...And Ladies of the Club
...And Ladies of the Club 4.15 avg rating — 13,116 ratings
147.
Moo
Moo 3.47 avg rating — 8,498 ratings
148.
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1) 3.83 avg rating — 7,652 ratings
149.
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire 3.93 avg rating — 67,952 ratings
150.
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain 4.19 avg rating — 8,821 ratings
151.
East Wind: West Wind
East Wind: West Wind 4.06 avg rating — 9,491 ratings
152.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating — 24,778 ratings
153.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,170 ratings
154.
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House 4.01 avg rating — 13,375 ratings
155.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,848 ratings
156.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,914 ratings
156.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 33,788 ratings
158.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,209 ratings
158.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 3.86 avg rating — 11,220 ratings
160.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 4.03 avg rating — 3,228 ratings
161.
Now Wait for Last Year
Now Wait for Last Year 3.90 avg rating — 7,618 ratings
161.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,391 ratings
163.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,074 ratings
164.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
165.
The Grifters
The Grifters 3.93 avg rating — 11,972 ratings
166.
My Year of Meats
My Year of Meats 4.03 avg rating — 20,795 ratings
167.
The Assistant
The Assistant 3.90 avg rating — 11,025 ratings
167.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,392 ratings
169.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant 3.80 avg rating — 33,712 ratings
170.
Tales of Burning Love
Tales of Burning Love 3.88 avg rating — 3,001 ratings
171.
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4)
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4) 4.27 avg rating — 214,834 ratings
171.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,107 ratings
173.
1919 (U.S.A., #2)
1919 (U.S.A., #2) 3.97 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
174.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating — 15,966 ratings
174.
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed 4.25 avg rating — 143,159 ratings
176.
The Big Money (U.S.A., #3)
The Big Money (U.S.A., #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,934 ratings
177.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man 3.93 avg rating — 11,073 ratings
178.
Couples
Couples 3.58 avg rating — 5,751 ratings
179.
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black 3.87 avg rating — 2,741 ratings
180.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools 3.67 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
181.
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War 4.10 avg rating — 10,587 ratings
182.
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,337 ratings
183.
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark 3.89 avg rating — 11,529 ratings
184.
Firestarter
Firestarter 3.92 avg rating — 242,166 ratings
185.
Native Speaker
Native Speaker 3.75 avg rating — 8,814 ratings
186.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,324 ratings
187.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,901 ratings
188.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 4.12 avg rating — 22,456 ratings
189.
Jaws
Jaws 3.95 avg rating — 174,123 ratings
190.
When She Was Good
When She Was Good 3.61 avg rating — 3,751 ratings
191.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 3.88 avg rating — 3,664 ratings
192.
Centennial
Centennial 4.26 avg rating — 44,546 ratings
193.
Recapitulation
Recapitulation 3.87 avg rating — 1,567 ratings
194.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings
195.
Christine
Christine 3.86 avg rating — 258,469 ratings
196.
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
197.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,063 ratings
198.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead 3.94 avg rating — 26,163 ratings
199.
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man 3.84 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
199.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating — 8,878 ratings
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