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    Marilynne Robinson   Housekeeping is a novel by Marilynne Robinson.

    Housekeeping

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    Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping is a novel by Marilynne Robinson.

    Gene Stratton-Porter   Freckles is a novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. It is primarily set in the Limberlost Swamp area of Indiana, with brief scenes set in Chicago.

    Freckles

    [ranking: 145]
    Gene Stratton-Porter Freckles is a novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. It is primarily set in the Limberlost Swamp area of Indiana, with brief scenes set in Chicago.

    Ken Kesey   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey.

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    [ranking: 33]
    Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey.

    J. D. Salinger   The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger.

    The Catcher in the Rye

    [ranking: 8]
    J. D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger.

    Philip Roth   Portnoy's Complaint is the American novel that turned its author Philip Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality,...

    Portnoy's Complaint

    [ranking: 78]
    Philip Roth Portnoy's Complaint is the American novel that turned its author Philip Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality,...

    Paul Auster   The New York Trilogy is a series of novels by Paul Auster.

    The New York Trilogy

    [ranking: 164]
    Paul Auster The New York Trilogy is a series of novels by Paul Auster.

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It's an exciting tool for displaying random greatest american novels. We collected a list of "Random Greatest American Novels" from ranker, which was screened by countless online votes. You can view random greatest american novels shows from this page, click on "Show all by ranking" button to show the complete list, or visit the original page for a more detailed introduction.

List of some of the best American novels from classic writers, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, to more modern names, like Stephen King, with room for the list to grow. There is an option to add your favorite American novels to the list if yours is not already on there.

The list asks the question, "What is the best American novel?" with novels from William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Nathaniel Hawthorne, plus many more that have written great American novels since then. More modern American novels are included, such as The Road by Cormac McCarthy and The Stand by Stephen King, which may be more familiar.

American novels can represent the spirit of the age in the United States during the time it was written or the time it was set in. The American novel is written by those who are knowledgeable about the state, culture and even the perspective of those during that time.

Some of these best American novels may have also been on the reading curriculum in school, like Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien or To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Be sure to vote not just on your favorite authors, but on your favorite novel of all time, as some authors may be listed twice for other novels that are considered the best.

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