American Fiction

Fiction with an American setting.

The Rest of Our Lives
Beartooth
Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
The Netanyahus
The Horse
Kick the Latch
Groundskeeping
Zorrie
Lazarus Man
The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West
Tremor
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
Hangman
Mecca
American Spirits
The Great Gatsby
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
The Grapes of Wrath
The Road
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
East of Eden
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
On the Road
The Sun Also Rises
The Scarlet Letter
Where the Crawdads Sing
U Got to Have U Some Fun by Andrew HarklessThe World According to Garp by John IrvingDon't Stop the Carnival by Herman WoukStoner by John  WilliamsRestore your Dreamland  by Yasser Negm
Books About The Everyman
8 books — 5 voters

Beebo Brinker by Ann BannonOdd Girl Out by Ann BannonI Am a Woman by Ann BannonLesbian Pulp Fiction by Katherine V. ForrestWomen's Barracks by Tereska Torrès
Lesbian pulp fiction
63 books — 21 voters
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsAt Home in Mitford by Jan KaronThe All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie FlaggThe Blue Castle by L.M. MontgomeryThe House of a Thousand Lanterns by Victoria Holt
Vintage Fiction
39 books — 10 voters


Diane Merrill Wigginton
I’ll say, G’day to you, Mr. Ryan!” Catherine said as she quickly closed the door in his face. “Oh, the arrogance,” she growled under her breath, leaning her back up against the closed door. “He thinks he’s so irresistible with his rugged good looks and sexy accent.” “I’m standing right here, and I can hear you!” came Jake’s muffled words from the other side of the door. “Oh, c’mon love. I’m sorry. I didn’t realize I was offending you.
Diane Merrill Wigginton, A Compromising Position

Dawn Powell
I used to think old age was a kind of feather bed you gradually sank down into, but it’s not. It’s a goddam stone wall you butt your head into till it cracks.
Dawn Powell, The Locusts Have No King

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