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

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The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross MacDonald

Lew Archer #10

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

Ross MacDonald

288 pages • 1962 • 10 editions

fiction crime mystery mysterious reflective fast-paced
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

256 pages • 1962 • 69 editions

fiction classics literary poetry challenging mysterious slow-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

281 pages • 1962 • 190 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

448 pages • 1962 • 65 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 #1

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

453 pages • 1961 • 165 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • 1959 • 225 editions

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

307 pages • 1957 • 163 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced
No-No Boy by John Okada

No-No Boy

John Okada

260 pages • 1957 • 11 editions

fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith

Deep Water

Patricia Highsmith

272 pages • 1957 • 27 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Peyton Place

Grace Metalious

384 pages • 1999 • 19 editions

fiction classics fast-paced