200 Best American Novels pt 1

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,905 ratings
2.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,195 ratings
3.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,537 ratings
4.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,205 ratings
5.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant 3.80 avg rating — 33,712 ratings
6.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,088 ratings
7.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,934 ratings
8.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,068 ratings
9.
Bread Givers
Bread Givers 3.75 avg rating — 6,777 ratings
10.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
11.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,917 ratings
12.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
13.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,375 ratings
14.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,029 ratings
15.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,274 ratings
16.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,363 ratings
17.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself 4.17 avg rating — 56,856 ratings
18.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,057 ratings
19.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,789 ratings
20.
The Confidence-Man
The Confidence-Man 3.62 avg rating — 3,473 ratings
21.
Enemies: A Love Story
Enemies: A Love Story 3.97 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
22.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,454 ratings
23.
A Fool's Errand: A Novel of the South During Reconstruction
A Fool's Errand: A Novel of the South During Reconstruction 3.65 avg rating — 178 ratings
24.
The War Between the Tates
The War Between the Tates 3.65 avg rating — 1,062 ratings
25.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 3.60 avg rating — 6,830 ratings
26.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,961 ratings
27.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating — 11,821 ratings
28.
Wife
Wife 3.44 avg rating — 288 ratings
29.
The Magnificent Ambersons (The Growth Trilogy, #2)
The Magnificent Ambersons (The Growth Trilogy, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 11,958 ratings
30.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,467 ratings
31.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,839 ratings
32.
Hope Leslie, or, Early Times in the Massachusetts
Hope Leslie, or, Early Times in the Massachusetts 3.38 avg rating — 1,787 ratings
33.
Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale 3.20 avg rating — 2,146 ratings
34.
Herland
Herland 3.48 avg rating — 24,914 ratings
35.
Home To Harlem (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)
Home To Harlem (Northeastern Library of Black Literature) 3.64 avg rating — 1,655 ratings
36.
Ushant: An Essay
Ushant: An Essay 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
37.
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian 4.16 avg rating — 204,457 ratings
38.
The Cannibal Galaxy
The Cannibal Galaxy 3.63 avg rating — 238 ratings
39.
Summer in Williamsburg
Summer in Williamsburg 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings
40.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,190 ratings
41.
The Shadow Knows
The Shadow Knows 3.44 avg rating — 232 ratings
42.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
43.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,847 ratings
44.
The Enormous Room
The Enormous Room 3.68 avg rating — 2,603 ratings
45.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,693 ratings
46.
The Hidden Hand
The Hidden Hand 4.25 avg rating — 2,017 ratings
47.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 3.50 avg rating — 14,202 ratings
48.
Summer
Summer 3.67 avg rating — 17,839 ratings
49.
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1)
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 9,051 ratings
50.
Show Boat
Show Boat 3.83 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
51.
Looking Backward: 2000-1887
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 3.29 avg rating — 6,682 ratings
52.
The Morgesons
The Morgesons 3.57 avg rating — 551 ratings
53.
The Story of Avis
The Story of Avis 3.53 avg rating — 236 ratings
54.
Barren Ground
Barren Ground 3.73 avg rating — 342 ratings
55.
The Sheltered Life
The Sheltered Life 3.51 avg rating — 137 ratings
56.
A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition
A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition 3.82 avg rating — 344,475 ratings
57.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,407 ratings
58.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings
59.
Ruth Hall A Domestic Tale of the Present Time
Ruth Hall A Domestic Tale of the Present Time 3.61 avg rating — 1,265 ratings
60.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,561 ratings
61.
McTeague
McTeague 3.68 avg rating — 6,731 ratings
62.
The Octopus: A Story of California
The Octopus: A Story of California 3.81 avg rating — 2,015 ratings
63.
The Quaker City: The Monks of Monk Hall
The Quaker City: The Monks of Monk Hall 3.58 avg rating — 220 ratings
64.
The Grandissimes
The Grandissimes 3.49 avg rating — 303 ratings
65.
The Making of Americans, Being a History of a Family's Progress
The Making of Americans, Being a History of a Family's Progress 3.55 avg rating — 583 ratings
66.
Three Lives
Three Lives 3.07 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
67.
Maud Martha
Maud Martha 4.10 avg rating — 3,717 ratings
68.
Bid Me to Live
Bid Me to Live
by: H.D.
4.12 avg rating — 144 ratings
69.
The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton
The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton 3.36 avg rating — 3,500 ratings
70.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
The Damnation of Theron Ware 3.78 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
71.
Our Nig
Our Nig 3.74 avg rating — 3,208 ratings
72.
Umbertina: A Novel
Umbertina: A Novel 3.71 avg rating — 151 ratings
73.
The Cliff-Dwellers
The Cliff-Dwellers 3.02 avg rating — 66 ratings
74.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,857 ratings
75.
The Bostonians, Volume 1
The Bostonians, Volume 1 3.66 avg rating — 64 ratings
76.
The Bostonians, Volume II
The Bostonians, Volume II 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings
77.
The Princess Casamassima
The Princess Casamassima 3.78 avg rating — 932 ratings
78.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove 3.79 avg rating — 17,385 ratings
79.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating — 8,878 ratings
80.
Redburn
Redburn 3.64 avg rating — 938 ratings
81.
Modern chivalry: containing the adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague Oregan, his servant. Volume I[-IV]. By H.H. Brackenridge. [One line in ... according to act of Congress. Volume 1 of 4
Modern chivalry: containing the adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague Oregan, his servant. Volume I[-IV]. By H.H. Brackenridge. [One line in ... according to act of Congress. Volume 1 of 4 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
82.
Reveries of a bachelor
Reveries of a bachelor
by: Ik Marvel
3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
83.
Mumbo Jumbo: A Novel
Mumbo Jumbo: A Novel 3.85 avg rating — 4,795 ratings
84.
The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums 3.93 avg rating — 99,787 ratings
85.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,048 ratings
86.
Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,516 ratings
87.
The Crater
The Crater 3.59 avg rating — 83 ratings
88.
The Prairie
The Prairie 3.60 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
89.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce 3.93 avg rating — 10,537 ratings
90.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
91.
The Mountain Lion
The Mountain Lion 3.86 avg rating — 1,345 ratings
92.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,324 ratings
93.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,757 ratings
94.
The Red Right Hand
The Red Right Hand 3.88 avg rating — 507 ratings
95.
The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle 3.75 avg rating — 7,498 ratings
96.
Manhattan Transfer: A Novel
Manhattan Transfer: A Novel 3.64 avg rating — 7,032 ratings
97.
The 42nd Parallel (The U.S.A. Trilogy, #1)
The 42nd Parallel (The U.S.A. Trilogy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 7,652 ratings
98.
1919 (The U.S.A. Trilogy, #2)
1919 (The U.S.A. Trilogy, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
99.
The Big Money (The U.S.A. Trilogy, #3)
The Big Money (The U.S.A. Trilogy, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,934 ratings
100.
Swallow Barn, Or a Sojourn in the Old Dominion (Complete 2 Volumes)
Swallow Barn, Or a Sojourn in the Old Dominion (Complete 2 Volumes) 3.28 avg rating — 36 ratings