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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Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

Nightwood

Djuna Barnes

182 pages • 1936 • 54 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

Absalom, Absalom!

William Faulkner

313 pages • 1936 • 62 editions

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

326 pages • 1929 • 136 editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

182 pages • 1929 • 141 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

293 pages • 1929 • 141 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

297 pages • 1927 • 53 editions

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
The Making Of Americans, Being A History Of A Family's Progress: Gertrude Stein Collection by Gertrude Stein
The Making Of Americans, Being A History Of A Family's Progress: Gertrude Stein Collection
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Gertrude Stein

The Making Of Americans, Being A History Of A Family's Progress: Gertrude Stein Collection

Gertrude Stein

missing page info • 1925 • 1 edition

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

859 pages • 1925 • 50 editions

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • 1925 • 1.1k editions

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced