The Great American Novel

sheilagh Host

10 participants (59 books)

Overview

Read all 136 novels from the Atlantic list of the new Great American Novel

Challenge Books

All books added
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Time Quintet #1

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

6h 3m • 1962 • 118 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

21h 1m • 1939 • 282 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

11h 29m • 1955 • 361 editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Hainish Cycle

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

400 pages • 1974 • 109 editions

fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Oreo by Fran Ross

Oreo

Fran Ross

212 pages • 1974 • 15 editions

fiction classics race challenging funny reflective medium-paced
The Revolt of the Cockroach People by Oscar Zeta Acosta

The Revolt of the Cockroach People

Oscar Zeta Acosta

262 pages • 1973 • 4 editions

fiction dark informative reflective fast-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • 1973 • 77 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

Mumbo Jumbo

Ishmael Reed

224 pages • 1972 • 11 editions

fiction classics historical literary race challenging reflective medium-paced
Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine by Stanley Crawford

American Literature (Dalkey Archive)

Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine

Stanley Crawford

113 pages • 1972 • 5 editions

fiction literary magical realism reflective slow-paced
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox

Desperate Characters

Paula Fox

192 pages • 1970 • 29 editions

fiction classics literary reflective tense slow-paced