Some American greats

A Listmania! list by -meaulnes- (UK)
 
Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)
1.  Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics) by Herman Melville
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  "I love this book, but you might not. One of the first 'modern novels', painting the struggle between man and nature on an epic canvas."
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Billy Budd and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics)
2.  Billy Budd and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville
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  "Excellent collection. I particularly love 'Billy Budd' and 'Bartleby the Scrivener'."
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Ask the Dust
3.  Ask the Dust by John Fante
The list author says:
  "The great American classic of passion, wild emotion, joy, hate, love, desire and fear... And that's all in the first chapter."
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The Bandini Quartet
4.  The Bandini Quartet by John Fante
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  "All four of Fante's best books (Road to Los Angeles, Wait Until Spring Bandini, Ask the Dust and Dreams from Bunker Hill) collected together in an excellent, affordable, Indispensable edition! Joy!!!!"
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1933 Was a Bad Year
5.  1933 Was a Bad Year by John Fante
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  "Crams more emotion, humour and insight into just a few pages than Tony Parsons will manage in a lifetime of writing."
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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  "If this book were a diamond it would be as big as the Ritz."
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The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  "My second favourite Fitzgerald book."
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Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic)
8.  Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic) by Ernest Hemingway
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  "Get yerself tight and read this classic. Hemingway's best."
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A Farewell To Arms
9.  A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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  "Great evocation of war, written in his distinct, deceptively simplistic style."
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The Catcher in the Rye
10.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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  "Has to be here."
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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
11.  Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver
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  "The master of subtle, powerful, haunting short stories."
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The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"
12.  The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
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  "Fantastic."
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The Music of Chance (FF Classics)
13.  The Music of Chance (FF Classics) by Paul Auster
The list author says:
  "Auster does it again..."
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Moon Palace
14.  Moon Palace by Paul Auster
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  "... and again!"
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The Informers
15.  The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis
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  "I feel that this collection of interlinked stories is Brett Easton Ellis's best. This is a great collection and vastly underrated."
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Ham on Rye
16.  Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
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  "Bukowski's best - a searing account of a lonely, unloved adolescent descending into alcoholism."
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Chump Change ("Rebel Inc")
17.  Chump Change ("Rebel Inc") by Dan Fante
The list author says:
  "More alcoholism, this time from John Fante's son. He writes about frightening subjects with a tortured sense of humanity and compassion."
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Poachers
18.  Poachers by Tom Franklin
The list author says:
  "The spiritual heir to Raymond Carver in the brutal atmosphere of the American South."
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Life After God
19.  Life After God by Douglas Coupland
The list author says:
  "I'm not such a big fan of Coupland but I quite like this one. Sorry."
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True Tales of American Life
20.  True Tales of American Life by Paul Auster
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  "American life in the words of ordinary people. Sometimes extraordinary."
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