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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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

All the King's Men

Robert Penn Warren

661 pages • 1946 • 28 editions

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
A Time to Be Born by Dawn Powell

A Time to Be Born

Dawn Powell

344 pages • 1942 • 5 editions

fiction classics funny fast-paced
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

359 pages • 1940 • 105 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

504 pages • 1940 • 53 editions

fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

The Day of the Locust

Nathanael West

208 pages • 1939 • 32 editions

fiction classics funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Philip Marlowe #1

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

230 pages • 1939 • 121 editions

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Ask the Dust by John Fante

The Saga of Arturo Bandini #3

Ask the Dust

John Fante

165 pages • 1939 • 30 editions

fiction classics reflective medium-paced
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money by John Dos Passos

The U.S.A. Trilogy #1-3

U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money

John Dos Passos

1288 pages • 1938 • 7 editions

fiction classics historical politics adventurous reflective slow-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • 1937 • 102 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee by Younghill Kang

East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee

Younghill Kang

440 pages • 1937 • 5 editions

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced