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    Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature.

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    [ranking: 1]
    Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature.

    John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.

    The Grapes of Wrath

    [ranking: 2]
    John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.

    Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St.

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    [ranking: 3]
    Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St.

    Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    [ranking: 4]
    Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.

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    The Great Gatsby

    [ranking: 5]
    F.

    Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works.

    Fahrenheit 451

    [ranking: 6]
    Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works.

    John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck.

    Of Mice and Men

    [ranking: 7]
    John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck.

    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.

    Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940.

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    [ranking: 9]
    Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940.

    Jack London The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903.

    The Call of the Wild

    [ranking: 10]
    Jack London The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903.

    Herman Melville Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance.

    Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

    [ranking: 11]
    Herman Melville Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance.

    Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut about World War II experiences and journeys through time of a soldier named Billy...

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    [ranking: 12]
    Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut about World War II experiences and journeys through time of a soldier named Billy...

    Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952.

    The Old Man and the Sea

    [ranking: 13]
    Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952.

    Joseph Heller Catch-22 is a satirical novel by the American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961.

    Catch-22

    [ranking: 14]
    Joseph Heller Catch-22 is a satirical novel by the American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961.

    Louisa May Alcott Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.

    Little Women

    [ranking: 15]
    Louisa May Alcott Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.

    S. E.

    The Outsiders

    [ranking: 16]
    S. E.

    John Steinbeck East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952.

    East of Eden

    [ranking: 17]
    John Steinbeck East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952.

    Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his magnum opus.

    The Scarlet Letter

    [ranking: 18]
    Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his magnum opus.

    Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I.

    A Farewell to Arms

    [ranking: 19]
    Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I.

    Ernest Hemingway Hemingway´s book abot the San Fermin Festival

    The Sun Also Rises

    [ranking: 20]
    Ernest Hemingway Hemingway´s book abot the San Fermin Festival

    Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs.

    Where the Red Fern Grows

    [ranking: 21]
    Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs.

    Betty Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith.

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    [ranking: 22]
    Betty Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith.

    Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936.

    Gone with the Wind

    [ranking: 23]
    Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936.

    Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane.

    The Red Badge of Courage

    [ranking: 24]
    Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane.

    Upton Sinclair, Jr. The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair.

    The Jungle

    [ranking: 25]
    Upton Sinclair, Jr. The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair.

    John Steinbeck Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945.

    Cannery Row

    [ranking: 26]
    John Steinbeck Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945.

    Cormac McCarthy The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy.

    The Road

    [ranking: 27]
    Cormac McCarthy The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy.

    William Faulkner As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by American author William Faulkner.

    As I Lay Dying

    [ranking: 28]
    William Faulkner As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by American author William Faulkner.

    Stephen King The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story, "Night Surf".

    The Stand

    [ranking: 29]
    Stephen King The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story, "Night Surf".

    Ralph Ellison Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison, published by Random House in 1952.

    Invisible Man

    [ranking: 30]
    Ralph Ellison Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison, published by Random House in 1952.

    Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    [ranking: 31]
    Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

    Jack London White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906.

    White Fang

    [ranking: 32]
    Jack London White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906.

    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.

    William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner.

    The Sound and the Fury

    [ranking: 34]
    William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner.

    Stephen King Misery is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King.

    Misery

    [ranking: 35]
    Stephen King Misery is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King.

    James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

    The Last of the Mohicans

    [ranking: 36]
    James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

    Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.

    The Bell Jar

    [ranking: 37]
    Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.

    Kathryn Stockett The Help is a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett. The story is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s.

    The Help

    [ranking: 38]
    Kathryn Stockett The Help is a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett. The story is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s.

    Toni Morrison Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison.

    Beloved

    [ranking: 39]
    Toni Morrison Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison.

    Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    [ranking: 40]
    Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

    Jack Kerouac On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across America.

    On the Road

    [ranking: 41]
    Jack Kerouac On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across America.

    Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg.

    Fried Green Tomatoes

    [ranking: 42]
    Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg.

    John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction work by John Berendt.

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    [ranking: 43]
    John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction work by John Berendt.

    Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958.

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    [ranking: 44]
    Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958.

    Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston.

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    [ranking: 45]
    Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston.

    Michael Crichton Jurassic Park is a science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton, divided into seven sections.

    Jurassic Park

    [ranking: 46]
    Michael Crichton Jurassic Park is a science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton, divided into seven sections.

    Alice Walker The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

    The Color Purple

    [ranking: 47]
    Alice Walker The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

    Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States.

    The Prince and the Pauper

    [ranking: 48]
    Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States.

    Sue Monk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, the coming-of-age story acknowledges the predicament of loss and betrayal.

    The Secret Life of Bees

    [ranking: 49]
    Sue Monk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, the coming-of-age story acknowledges the predicament of loss and betrayal.

    Richard Wright Native Son is a novel by American author Richard Wright.

    Native Son

    [ranking: 50]
    Richard Wright Native Son is a novel by American author Richard Wright.

    Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins.

    The Hunger Games

    [ranking: 51]
    Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins.

    Stephen King Carrie is an American epistolary novel and author Stephen King's first published novel, released on April 5, 1974, with an approximate first print-run of 30,000 copies.

    Carrie

    [ranking: 52]
    Stephen King Carrie is an American epistolary novel and author Stephen King's first published novel, released on April 5, 1974, with an approximate first print-run of 30,000 copies.

    John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which appeared in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide.

    A Confederacy of Dunces

    [ranking: 53]
    John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which appeared in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide.

    Hunter S.

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    [ranking: 54]
    Hunter S.

    Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D.

    The Age of Innocence

    [ranking: 55]
    Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D.

    William Styron Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron.

    Sophie's Choice

    [ranking: 56]
    William Styron Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron.

    Anthony Doerr

    All the Light We Cannot See

    [ranking: 57]
    Anthony Doerr

    Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    [ranking: 58]
    Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.

    Kate Chopin The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899.

    The Awakening

    [ranking: 59]
    Kate Chopin The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899.

    Suzanne Collins Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy.

    Catching Fire

    [ranking: 60]
    Suzanne Collins Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy.

    Suzanne Collins Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of The Hunger Games, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire.

    Mockingjay

    [ranking: 61]
    Suzanne Collins Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of The Hunger Games, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire.

    Henry James The Turn of the Screw, originally published in 1898, is a gothic ghost story novella written by Henry James.

    The Turn of the Screw

    [ranking: 62]
    Henry James The Turn of the Screw, originally published in 1898, is a gothic ghost story novella written by Henry James.

    Charles Frazier Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

    Cold Mountain

    [ranking: 63]
    Charles Frazier Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

    Sara Gruen Water for Elephants is a historical novel by Sara Gruen, written as part of National Novel Writing Month.

    Water for Elephants

    [ranking: 64]
    Sara Gruen Water for Elephants is a historical novel by Sara Gruen, written as part of National Novel Writing Month.

    John Grisham A Painted House is a February 2001 novel by American author John Grisham.

    A Painted House

    [ranking: 65]
    John Grisham A Painted House is a February 2001 novel by American author John Grisham.

    Frank Herbert Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel.

    Dune

    [ranking: 66]
    Frank Herbert Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel.

    Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon.

    Gravity's Rainbow

    [ranking: 67]
    Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon.

    Gillian Flynn Gone Girl is a thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. Crown Publishing Group published the novel in June 2012 and it soon made the New York Times Best Seller list.

    Gone Girl

    [ranking: 68]
    Gillian Flynn Gone Girl is a thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. Crown Publishing Group published the novel in June 2012 and it soon made the New York Times Best Seller list.

    Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.

    Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    [ranking: 69]
    Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.

    Nathaniel Hawthorne The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston.

    The House of the Seven Gables

    [ranking: 70]
    Nathaniel Hawthorne The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston.

    Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, a bestselling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian...

    The Poisonwood Bible

    [ranking: 71]
    Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, a bestselling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian...

    John Irving The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years.

    The World According to Garp

    [ranking: 72]
    John Irving The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years.

    Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan.

    The Joy Luck Club

    [ranking: 73]
    Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan.

    Cormac McCarthy No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy.

    No Country for Old Men

    [ranking: 74]
    Cormac McCarthy No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy.

    Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy's fifth book, it was published by Random House.

    Blood Meridian

    [ranking: 75]
    Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy's fifth book, it was published by Random House.

    Robert Penn Warren All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren first published in 1946.

    All the King's Men

    [ranking: 76]
    Robert Penn Warren All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren first published in 1946.

    Toni Morrison Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison.

    Song of Solomon

    [ranking: 77]
    Toni Morrison Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison.

    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,...

    Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than three million copies sold by May 2011.

    Middlesex

    [ranking: 79]
    Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than three million copies sold by May 2011.

    Edith Wharton The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton, is the story of Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become wife to a rich man,...

    The House of Mirth

    [ranking: 80]
    Edith Wharton The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton, is the story of Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become wife to a rich man,...

    James A. Michener Centennial is a novel by American author James A. Michener, published in 1974. Centennial traces the history of the plains of northeast Colorado from prehistory until the early 1970s.

    Centennial

    [ranking: 81]
    James A. Michener Centennial is a novel by American author James A. Michener, published in 1974. Centennial traces the history of the plains of northeast Colorado from prehistory until the early 1970s.

    Ayn Rand The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand, and her first major literary success. More than 6.5 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide.

    The Fountainhead

    [ranking: 82]
    Ayn Rand The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand, and her first major literary success. More than 6.5 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide.

    William Styron The Confessions of Nat Turner is a 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by U.S. writer William Styron.

    The Confessions of Nat Turner

    [ranking: 83]
    William Styron The Confessions of Nat Turner is a 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by U.S. writer William Styron.

    Sherwood Anderson Winesburg, Ohio is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson.

    Winesburg, Ohio

    [ranking: 84]
    Sherwood Anderson Winesburg, Ohio is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson.

    Edna Ferber

    Giant

    [ranking: 85]
    Edna Ferber

    Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives...

    Sister Carrie

    [ranking: 86]
    Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives...

    Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel and was written while she was teaching at Howard University and raising her two sons on her own.

    The Bluest Eye

    [ranking: 87]
    Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel and was written while she was teaching at Howard University and raising her two sons on her own.

    John Green The Fault in Our Stars is the sixth novel by author John Green, published in January 2012.

    The Fault in Our Stars

    [ranking: 88]
    John Green The Fault in Our Stars is the sixth novel by author John Green, published in January 2012.

    Sinclair Lewis Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis.

    Babbitt

    [ranking: 89]
    Sinclair Lewis Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis.

    Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe.

    The Big Sleep

    [ranking: 90]
    Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe.

    Carson McCullers The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is the début novel by the American author Carson McCullers; she was 23 at the time of publication.

    The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

    [ranking: 91]
    Carson McCullers The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is the début novel by the American author Carson McCullers; she was 23 at the time of publication.

    Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut.

    Breakfast of Champions

    [ranking: 92]
    Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut.

    Nicholas Evans The Horse Whisperer is a 1995 novel by English author Nicholas Evans.

    The Horse Whisperer

    [ranking: 93]
    Nicholas Evans The Horse Whisperer is a 1995 novel by English author Nicholas Evans.

    Nathanael West The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California, during the Great Depression.

    The Day of the Locust

    [ranking: 94]
    Nathanael West The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California, during the Great Depression.

    William Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936.

    Absalom, Absalom!

    [ranking: 95]
    William Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936.

    Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried is a collection of short stories by Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War.

    The Things They Carried

    [ranking: 96]
    Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried is a collection of short stories by Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War.

    Mark Twain The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it periodically from 1897 through 1908.

    The Mysterious Stranger

    [ranking: 97]
    Mark Twain The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it periodically from 1897 through 1908.

    Theodore Dreiser An American Tragedy is a novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser.

    An American Tragedy

    [ranking: 98]
    Theodore Dreiser An American Tragedy is a novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser.

    Larry McMurtry It's weird that this is going at 185, maybe not as perfect as To Kill A Mockingbird but its surely one of the greatest American novels. Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel written by Larry McMurtry.

    Lonesome Dove

    [ranking: 99]
    Larry McMurtry It's weird that this is going at 185, maybe not as perfect as To Kill A Mockingbird but its surely one of the greatest American novels. Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel written by Larry McMurtry.

    Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992.

    All the Pretty Horses

    [ranking: 100]
    Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992.

    James Scott

    My Antonia

    [ranking: 101]
    James Scott

    Henry James The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review.

    The Ambassadors

    [ranking: 102]
    Henry James The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review.

    David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace.

    Infinite Jest

    [ranking: 103]
    David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace.

    Zane Grey Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912.

    Riders of the Purple Sage

    [ranking: 104]
    Zane Grey Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912.

    James A. Michener The Source is a historical novel by James A. Michener, first published in 1965.

    The Source

    [ranking: 105]
    James A. Michener The Source is a historical novel by James A. Michener, first published in 1965.

    William Faulkner Light in August is a 1932 novel by the Southern American author William Faulkner. It belongs to the Southern gothic and modernist literary genres.

    Light in August

    [ranking: 106]
    William Faulkner Light in August is a 1932 novel by the Southern American author William Faulkner. It belongs to the Southern gothic and modernist literary genres.

    James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin.

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    [ranking: 107]
    James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin.

    Saul Bellow The Adventures of Augie March is a picaresque novel by Saul Bellow, published in 1953 by Viking Press.

    The Adventures of Augie March

    [ranking: 108]
    Saul Bellow The Adventures of Augie March is a picaresque novel by Saul Bellow, published in 1953 by Viking Press.

    Cormac McCarthy Child of God is the third novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It depicts the life of a violent young outcast in 1960s Tennessee.

    Child of God

    [ranking: 109]
    Cormac McCarthy Child of God is the third novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It depicts the life of a violent young outcast in 1960s Tennessee.

    Hondo

    Hondo

    [ranking: 110]
    Louis L'Amour

    The American

    The American

    [ranking: 111]
    Henry James The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876–1877 and then as a book in 1877.

    Gene Stratton-Porter A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel written by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in August, 1909.

    A Girl of the Limberlost

    [ranking: 112]
    Gene Stratton-Porter A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel written by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in August, 1909.

    Cassandra Clare City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in the New York Times bestselling The Mortal Instruments series set in modern New York City written by Cassandra Clare.

    City of Bones

    [ranking: 113]
    Cassandra Clare City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in the New York Times bestselling The Mortal Instruments series set in modern New York City written by Cassandra Clare.

    Herman Melville The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857.

    The Confidence-Man

    [ranking: 114]
    Herman Melville The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857.

    Saul Bellow Henderson the Rain King is a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow. The book's blend of philosophical discourse and comic adventure has helped make it one of his most enduringly popular works.

    Henderson the Rain King

    [ranking: 115]
    Saul Bellow Henderson the Rain King is a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow. The book's blend of philosophical discourse and comic adventure has helped make it one of his most enduringly popular works.

    Pat Conroy The Prince of Tides is a novel by Pat Conroy, first published in 1986.

    The Prince of Tides

    [ranking: 116]
    Pat Conroy The Prince of Tides is a novel by Pat Conroy, first published in 1986.

    Jonathan Franzen The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen.

    The Corrections

    [ranking: 117]
    Jonathan Franzen The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen.

    John Barth The Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by the American writer John Barth.

    The Sot-Weed Factor

    [ranking: 118]
    John Barth The Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by the American writer John Barth.

    James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain.

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    [ranking: 119]
    James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain.

    Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan.

    Tarzan of the Apes

    [ranking: 120]
    Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan.

    John Updike Rabbit, Run is a 1960 novel by John Updike.

    Rabbit, Run

    [ranking: 121]
    John Updike Rabbit, Run is a 1960 novel by John Updike.

    Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., first published in 1960.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    [ranking: 122]
    Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., first published in 1960.

    William S.

    Naked Lunch

    [ranking: 123]
    William S.

    Cassandra Clare City of Ashes is the second installment in The Mortal Instruments series, an urban fantasy series set in New York written by Cassandra Clare.

    City of Ashes

    [ranking: 124]
    Cassandra Clare City of Ashes is the second installment in The Mortal Instruments series, an urban fantasy series set in New York written by Cassandra Clare.

    Mason & Dixon

    Mason & Dixon

    [ranking: 125]
    Thomas Pynchon Mason & Dixon is a postmodernist novel by U.S. author Thomas Pynchon published in 1997.

    Kent Haruf Plainsong is a bestselling novel by Kent Haruf. Set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, it tells the interlocking stories of some of the inhabitants.

    Plainsong

    [ranking: 126]
    Kent Haruf Plainsong is a bestselling novel by Kent Haruf. Set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, it tells the interlocking stories of some of the inhabitants.

    Cormac McCarthy Suttree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Cormac McCarthy, published in 1979.

    Suttree

    [ranking: 127]
    Cormac McCarthy Suttree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Cormac McCarthy, published in 1979.

    Anne Tyler The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1985 and the Ambassador Book Award...

    The Accidental Tourist

    [ranking: 128]
    Anne Tyler The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1985 and the Ambassador Book Award...

    Nathaniel Hawthorne The Blithedale Romance is Nathaniel Hawthorne's third major romance.

    The Blithedale Romance

    [ranking: 129]
    Nathaniel Hawthorne The Blithedale Romance is Nathaniel Hawthorne's third major romance.

    Ross Lockridge, Jr. Raintree County is a novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr. published in 1948.

    Raintree County

    [ranking: 130]
    Ross Lockridge, Jr. Raintree County is a novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr. published in 1948.

    Marilynne Robinson Gilead is a novel written by Marilynne Robinson that was published in 2004. It is her second novel, following Housekeeping, which was published in 1980.

    Gilead

    [ranking: 131]
    Marilynne Robinson Gilead is a novel written by Marilynne Robinson that was published in 2004. It is her second novel, following Housekeeping, which was published in 1980.

    Frank Norris McTeague is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899.

    McTeague

    [ranking: 132]
    Frank Norris McTeague is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899.

    Tom Clancy Without Remorse is a thriller novel published in 1993 by Tom Clancy and is a part of the Jack Ryan universe series.

    Without Remorse

    [ranking: 133]
    Tom Clancy Without Remorse is a thriller novel published in 1993 by Tom Clancy and is a part of the Jack Ryan universe series.

    Bernard Malamud The Assistant is Bernard Malamud's second novel.

    The Assistant

    [ranking: 134]
    Bernard Malamud The Assistant is Bernard Malamud's second novel.

    Don DeLillo White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985.

    White Noise

    [ranking: 135]
    Don DeLillo White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985.

    Philip Roth American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark,...

    American Pastoral

    [ranking: 136]
    Philip Roth American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark,...

    Saul Bellow Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow, composed in large part of letters from the protagonist Moses E. Herzog. It won the U.S.

    Herzog

    [ranking: 137]
    Saul Bellow Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow, composed in large part of letters from the protagonist Moses E. Herzog. It won the U.S.

    Thomas Wolfe You Can't Go Home Again is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously in 1940, extracted from the contents of his vast unpublished manuscript The October Fair.

    You Can't Go Home Again

    [ranking: 138]
    Thomas Wolfe You Can't Go Home Again is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously in 1940, extracted from the contents of his vast unpublished manuscript The October Fair.

    Willa Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by American author Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory.

    Death Comes for the Archbishop

    [ranking: 139]
    Willa Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by American author Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory.

    Booth Tarkington The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for the novel.

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    [ranking: 140]
    Booth Tarkington The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for the novel.

    Grace Metalious Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious.

    Peyton Place

    [ranking: 141]
    Grace Metalious Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious.

    Don DeLillo Underworld is a novel published in 1997 by Don DeLillo. It was nominated for the National Book Award, was a best-seller, and is one of DeLillo's better-known novels.

    Underworld

    [ranking: 142]
    Don DeLillo Underworld is a novel published in 1997 by Don DeLillo. It was nominated for the National Book Award, was a best-seller, and is one of DeLillo's better-known novels.

    William Gibson Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K.

    Neuromancer

    [ranking: 143]
    William Gibson Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K.

    Charles Bukowski Ham on Rye is a 1982 semi-autobiographical novel by American author and poet Charles Bukowski.

    Ham on Rye

    [ranking: 144]
    Charles Bukowski Ham on Rye is a 1982 semi-autobiographical novel by American author and poet Charles Bukowski.

    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.

    Thomas Pynchon V. is the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S.

    V.

    [ranking: 146]
    Thomas Pynchon V. is the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S.

    Richard Ford Independence Day is a 1995 novel by Richard Ford and the sequel to Ford's 1986 novel The Sportswriter. This novel is the second in what is now a four part series.

    Independence Day

    [ranking: 147]
    Richard Ford Independence Day is a 1995 novel by Richard Ford and the sequel to Ford's 1986 novel The Sportswriter. This novel is the second in what is now a four part series.

    Henry James Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James.

    Washington Square

    [ranking: 148]
    Henry James Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James.

    Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Pale Fire is a postmodern novel by Vladimir Nabokov.

    Pale Fire

    [ranking: 149]
    Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Pale Fire is a postmodern novel by Vladimir Nabokov.

    Hunter S. Thompson The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S. Thompson.

    The Great Shark Hunt

    [ranking: 150]
    Hunter S. Thompson The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S. Thompson.

    William Gaddis A Frolic of His Own is a book by William Gaddis, published by Poseidon Press in 1994. It was his fourth novel and it won his second U.S.

    A Frolic of His Own

    [ranking: 151]
    William Gaddis A Frolic of His Own is a book by William Gaddis, published by Poseidon Press in 1994. It was his fourth novel and it won his second U.S.

    Walker Percy The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Vintage in 1961. It won the U.S.

    The Moviegoer

    [ranking: 152]
    Walker Percy The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Vintage in 1961. It won the U.S.

    Anne Tyler Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a 1982 novel by Anne Tyler set in Baltimore, Maryland.

    Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

    [ranking: 153]
    Anne Tyler Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a 1982 novel by Anne Tyler set in Baltimore, Maryland.

    Thomas Dixon, Jr. The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a novel published in 1905. It was the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas F.

    The Clansman

    [ranking: 154]
    Thomas Dixon, Jr. The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a novel published in 1905. It was the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas F.

    City of Glass

    City of Glass

    [ranking: 155]
    Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, Herbert Geisen

    William Dean Howells The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885.

    The Rise of Silas Lapham

    [ranking: 156]
    William Dean Howells The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885.

    Ted Bell

    Tsar

    [ranking: 157]
    Ted Bell

    Don DeLillo Libra is a novel written by Don DeLillo. It focuses on the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and offers a speculative account of the events that shaped the assassination of President John F.

    Libra

    [ranking: 158]
    Don DeLillo Libra is a novel written by Don DeLillo. It focuses on the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and offers a speculative account of the events that shaped the assassination of President John F.

    Henry James The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886.

    The Bostonians

    [ranking: 159]
    Henry James The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886.

    Willa Cather The Professor's House is a novel by American novelist Willa Cather. Published in 1925, the novel was written over the course of several years.

    The Professor's House

    [ranking: 160]
    Willa Cather The Professor's House is a novel by American novelist Willa Cather. Published in 1925, the novel was written over the course of several years.

    Charles Brockden Brown Wieland: or, The Transformation: An American Tale, usually simply called Wieland, is the first major work by Charles Brockden Brown.

    Wieland

    [ranking: 161]
    Charles Brockden Brown Wieland: or, The Transformation: An American Tale, usually simply called Wieland, is the first major work by Charles Brockden Brown.

    Tobias Wolff Old School is a novel by Tobias Wolff.

    Old School

    [ranking: 162]
    Tobias Wolff Old School is a novel by Tobias Wolff.

    John Updike

    Rabbit Angstrom

    [ranking: 163]
    John Updike

    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.

    Erskine Caldwell God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth.

    God's Little Acre

    [ranking: 165]
    Erskine Caldwell God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth.

    Edith Wharton The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton.

    The Custom of the Country

    [ranking: 166]
    Edith Wharton The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton.

    David Wong John Dies at the End is a comic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as a webserial beginning in 2001, then as an edited manuscript in 2004, and a printed paperback...

    John Dies at the End

    [ranking: 167]
    David Wong John Dies at the End is a comic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as a webserial beginning in 2001, then as an edited manuscript in 2004, and a printed paperback...

    Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping is a novel by Marilynne Robinson.

    Housekeeping

    [ranking: 168]
    Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping is a novel by Marilynne Robinson.

    Henry Roth Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth.

    Call It Sleep

    [ranking: 169]
    Henry Roth Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth.

    Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War is a novel by Mark Helprin concerning an aged World War I veteran who recounts his life and adventures while traveling with a young man he meets after the two of them...

    A Soldier of the Great War

    [ranking: 170]
    Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War is a novel by Mark Helprin concerning an aged World War I veteran who recounts his life and adventures while traveling with a young man he meets after the two of them...

    Wendell Berry

    Jayber Crow

    [ranking: 171]
    Wendell Berry

    Don DeLillo Falling Man is a novel by Don DeLillo, published May 15, 2007.

    Falling Man

    [ranking: 172]
    Don DeLillo Falling Man is a novel by Don DeLillo, published May 15, 2007.

    William Dean Howells A Hazard of New Fortunes is a novel by William Dean Howells.

    A Hazard of New Fortunes

    [ranking: 173]
    William Dean Howells A Hazard of New Fortunes is a novel by William Dean Howells.

    The HAB Theory

    The HAB Theory

    [ranking: 174]
    Allan W.

    Peter Lefcourt

    The Dreyfus Affair

    [ranking: 175]
    Peter Lefcourt

    This Book Is Full of Spiders

    This Book Is Full of Spiders

    [ranking: 176]
    David Wong This Book Is Full of Spiders is a book written by David Wong.

    By Love Possessed is a novel, written by James Gould Cozzens.

    By Love Possessed

    [ranking: 177]
    By Love Possessed is a novel, written by James Gould Cozzens.

    Ride the fire

    Ride the fire

    [ranking: 178]
    Pamela Clare

    Spy, by Ted Bell

    Spy, by Ted Bell

    [ranking: 179]

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