My Great American Novels (in no particular order)

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Revolutionary Road (Modern American Fiction)
1.  Revolutionary Road (Modern American Fiction) by Richard Yates
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  "I cannot find words to tell you how good this is, though Yates probably could have. Genius, masterpiece, classic, whatever. Please, please, please, buy this book. You will not regret it."
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Sportswriter
2.  Sportswriter by Richard Ford
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  "Beautiful and poignant. Ford is truly great. Read this and then treat yourself to Independence Day."
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The Clearing
3.  The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux
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  "Something of the new kid on the block in terms of this list, but a classically written, often dark, story."
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Catch-22 (Vintage Classics)
4.  Catch-22 (Vintage Classics) by Joseph Heller
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  "By turns hilarious and absurd. Not many book titles seep into the language as deeply as this one."
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Empire Falls
5.  Empire Falls by Richard Russo
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  "A wry and gentle look at the eccentricities of small town America."
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Time Of Our Singing
6.  Time Of Our Singing by Richard Powers
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  "The words great and classic are often bandied around a little too liberally to my mind (especially by publishers!) but this is truly a Great American Novel."
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The Grapes of Wrath
7.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "Need I say more ? If you haven't read it yet, then do. It IS a must-read."
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Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin
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  "Beautiful, important and very much of its time."
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Roots
9.  Roots by Alex Haley
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  "Perhaps not strictly a novel, but a staggering achievement. Unputdownable and unforgettable."
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RL's Dream
10.  RL's Dream by Walter Mosley
The list author says:
  "Put some Robert Johnson on the stereo and settle down with this. Moving, sad and quite a departure from Mosley's usual crime beat (as good as his Easy Rawlins novels are, they can't compare to this)."
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The World According To Garp (Black Swan)
11.  The World According To Garp (Black Swan) by John Irving
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  "You can read almost any Irving, but this is my favourite. Frankly, if you can't enjoy this, we may as well all pack up and go home."
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All the Pretty Horses: Volume One of The Border Trilogy
12.  All the Pretty Horses: Volume One of The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
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  "Fabulous. Well-crafted and heart-wrenching. Read this, and follow on with the other two in the trilogy."
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Underworld
13.  Underworld by Don DeLillo
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  "You the daddy, Don. Everything about Underworld is BIG, and in this case, it is better."
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The Secret History
14.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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  "Remarkably, this really is as good as it's supposed to be."
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Portnoy's Complaint
15.  Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
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  "Without doubt the finest novel ever written about masturbation, but more than just that, honest. Very, very funny."
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
16.  For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
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  "Yes, he was a violent, misogynistic old drunk, but he could write most of his contemporaries off the page. Raw, powerful, angry. Simply superb."
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The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"
17.  The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
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  "If you're only going to read one Auster, make it this. Clever, and in some places baffling, but exquisitely put-together."
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The Death of Sweet Mister
18.  The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
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  "Not so well-known in the UK, but stands comparison with the very best. Check the reviews."
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
19.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
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  "Live the American dream through the two main characters. A wonderful, all-encompassing story. A short history of post-war America as a novel."
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)
20.  The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
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  "Forget they ever made the film, the book is just outstanding. Great characters and a truly gripping storyline."
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The Corrections
21.  The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
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  "I didn't think any book could live up to the pre-publication hype this got, but guess what ? It really, genuinely does."
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The New City
22.  The New City by Stephen Amidon
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  "Definitely up there with Wolfe in my opinion. Not exactly heart-warming and full of positives, but a quite damning indictment of the ghettoisation of the USA."
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The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
23.  The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill
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  "The Minotaur (yes, that one) is alive and well and working as a grill chef . OK, the premise is a little off the wall, but Sherrill absolutely pulls it off. Both funny and heart-breakingly sad."
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Mailman
24.  Mailman by J.Robert Lennon
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  "Just about the most convincing portrait of a Loser (with a capital L) you're ever likely to read. Just brilliant."
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The Tortilla Curtain (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)
25.  The Tortilla Curtain (Bloomsbury Classic Reads) by T. Coraghessan Boyle
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  "Definitely TCB's best novel, though his short stories are fantastic too. And don't let any synopsis put you off, it's NOT earnest or preachy, just a damn fine read."
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