American Fiction

Fiction with an American setting.

The Rest of Our Lives
The Left and the Lucky
The Golden Boy
Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
Beartooth
Shock Induction: A Novel
Groundskeeping
Kick the Latch
Mule Boy
Lazarus Man
Zorrie
The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West
American Spirits
The Wheel of Doll (The Doll Series, #2)
A Line in the Sand
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
Yol
Slaughterhouse-Five
East of Eden
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
The Scarlet Letter
The Sun Also Rises
On the Road
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Where the Crawdads Sing
Two Rivers by Zoe SaadiaRide the Wind by Lucia St. Clair RobsonAt Road's End by Zoe SaadiaPanther in the Sky by James Alexander ThomThe Peacekeeper by Zoe Saadia
Native American Historical Fiction
285 books — 286 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 — 22 voters

The Street of Yearning by Theron MontgomeryAt Home in Mitford by Jan KaronCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsThe All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie FlaggThe Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Vintage Fiction
42 books — 26 voters

The Curse of Maggie by Tom       AndersonThe Unreformed Kingdom by Tom       AndersonNot An English Word by Tom       AndersonFight And Be Right by Ed ThomasShuffling The Deck by Jack Tindale
Sea Lion Press
111 books — 9 voters


Shirley Jackson
All of the village was of a piece, a time, and a style; it was as though the people needed the ugliness of the village, and fed on it. The houses and the stores seemed to have been set up in contemptuous haste to provide shelter for the drab and the unpleasant, and the Rochester house and the Blackwood house and even the town hall had been brought here perhaps accidentally from some far lovely country where people lived with grace. Perhaps the fine houses had been captured—perhaps as punishment ...more
Shirley Jackson

Come on, Zeus. Get up. Come on. I know you can do it.
R. Gerry Fabian, Just Out Of Reach

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America Through Fiction Dear Readers, I initially started our book club with the Australian Women in New York (AWNY) as…more
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