The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
American Literature
522 books — 178 voters
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeOur Town by Thornton Wilder
Best American Plays
251 books — 368 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
100 Best American Authors
754 books — 616 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckKingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,093 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Last Chapter by Knut Hamsun
Brilliant Books
425 books — 175 voters