Ten American novels

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American Pastoral
1.  American Pastoral by Philip Roth
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  "It's magnificent, all his others are flawed in comparison"
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Winesburg, Ohio (Penguin Twentieth-century Classics)
2.  Winesburg, Ohio (Penguin Twentieth-century Classics) by Sherwood Anderson
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  "Read it again and again"
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The Annotated Lolita
3.  The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "If you love language and have unaccountably failed to read this, then buy the annotated version"
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Gravity's Rainbow
4.  Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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  "Set aside at least a month, and take a big run-up"
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The Corrections
5.  The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
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  "Maligned by envious critics but this is a cracking read"
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The Sportswriter
6.  The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
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  "A rambling masterpiece - deadpan dialogue interwoven with searching commentary"
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Herzog (Penguin Classics)
7.  Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow
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  "Dazzling but also poignant, which you have to take when you can get it with Bellow"
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The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
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  "Even more beautifully written than Gatsby"
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Catch-22
9.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "One of a kind - burn the 'sequel'"
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Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death
10.  Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Quicker to read than to summarise"
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