American

This genre tag marks books that are placed in America, American classics, written by American authors, or about America.

The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions.

A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
The Young Will Remember
When No One Else Will
Ghost Stories
Mother Tongue
Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution
The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War
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This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History
The Take
Mrs. Benedict Arnold
A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
Questions 27 & 28
Your Behavior Will Be Monitored
Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
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The Invisible Woman
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
The Water Lies
Ghost Stories
Kissing the Sky
Crossroads
Football
Superfan
Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
The Lost Heiress: A Novel
The Detective: A Detective Sam Speedman Thriller
Every Precious and Fragile Thing
The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,385 books — 2,606 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,432 books — 1,791 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
3,988 books — 4,401 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,097 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
1,058 books — 1,159 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,743 books — 1,348 voters

The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Grapes of Wrath

George Carlin
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