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
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

149 pages • 1970 • 72 editions

fiction classics middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • 1969 • 271 editions

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

272 pages • 1969 • 49 editions

fiction classics literary funny reflective medium-paced
Divorcing by Susan Taubes

Divorcing

Susan Taubes

277 pages • 1997 • 4 editions

fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Blade Runner #1

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

224 pages • 1968 • 183 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Couples by John Updike

Couples

John Updike

576 pages • 1968 • 15 editions

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter

A Sport and a Pastime

James Salter

185 pages • 1967 • 26 editions

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

152 pages • 1966 • 82 editions

fiction classics literary challenging funny mysterious medium-paced
The Group by Mary McCarthy

The Group

Mary McCarthy

496 pages • 1963 • 39 editions

fiction classics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

296 pages • 1963 • 331 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced