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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as americana)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,181,833 ratings — published 1925
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as americana)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,163,593 ratings — published 1960
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 273 times as americana)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,033,794 ratings — published 1951
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 252 times as americana)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,974,655 ratings — published 1937
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as americana)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,035,221 ratings — published 1939
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as americana)
avg rating 4.46 — 767,464 ratings — published 1952
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as americana)
avg rating 3.61 — 462,530 ratings — published 1957
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 169 times as americana)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,357,596 ratings — published 1885
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American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1) American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 152 times as americana)
avg rating 3.95 — 92,085 ratings — published 1997
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Stoner Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as americana)
avg rating 4.36 — 316,017 ratings — published 1965
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as americana)
avg rating 4.09 — 761,658 ratings — published 1966
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as americana)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,147,442 ratings — published 1992
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as americana)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,050,673 ratings — published 1876
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as americana)
avg rating 3.58 — 639,146 ratings — published 1851
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Yol Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as americana)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,099,266 ratings — published 2006
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The Corrections The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as americana)
avg rating 3.85 — 205,381 ratings — published 2001
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as americana)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,388,215 ratings — published 1952
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as americana)
avg rating 3.44 — 946,074 ratings — published 1850
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as americana)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,536,599 ratings — published 1969
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 98 times as americana)
avg rating 3.86 — 90,919 ratings — published 1987
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as americana)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,557,996 ratings — published 1868
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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as americana)
avg rating 4.46 — 927,104 ratings — published 2022
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as americana)
avg rating 3.99 — 519,777 ratings — published 1987
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as americana)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,274,668 ratings — published 1936
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as americana)
avg rating 4.12 — 57,210 ratings — published 1997
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as americana)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,333,915 ratings — published 1963
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as americana)
avg rating 4.14 — 250,831 ratings — published 1985
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American Gods American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 93 times as americana)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,008,844 ratings — published 2001
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as americana)
avg rating 4.61 — 297,849 ratings — published 1985
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as americana)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,019,506 ratings — published 1963
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as americana)
avg rating 4.09 — 113,684 ratings — published 1961
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as americana)
avg rating 3.86 — 202,907 ratings — published 1929
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as americana)
avg rating 3.83 — 517,108 ratings — published 2016
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as americana)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,996,827 ratings — published 2018
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No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as americana)
avg rating 4.17 — 272,942 ratings — published 2005
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Portnoy’s Complaint Portnoy’s Complaint (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as americana)
avg rating 3.70 — 76,220 ratings — published 1969
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as americana)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,092,903 ratings — published 2013
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as americana)
avg rating 3.72 — 196,321 ratings — published 1930
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as americana)
avg rating 3.80 — 385,974 ratings — published 1991
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as americana)
avg rating 4.06 — 463,271 ratings — published 2016
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as americana)
avg rating 4.07 — 158,399 ratings — published 1992
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4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as americana)
avg rating 3.97 — 39,715 ratings — published 2017
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as americana)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,112,015 ratings — published 2009
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as americana)
avg rating 3.90 — 330,605 ratings — published 1962
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as americana)
avg rating 4.06 — 390,729 ratings — published 1971
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White Noise White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as americana)
avg rating 3.86 — 132,733 ratings — published 1985
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The Age of Innocence The Age of Innocence (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as americana)
avg rating 3.98 — 205,926 ratings — published 1920
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 71 times as americana)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,822,149 ratings — published 2018
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as americana)
avg rating 3.87 — 985,819 ratings — published 1955
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as americana)
avg rating 4.00 — 787,620 ratings — published 2003
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Carmen Maria Machado
“You have always adored driving great distances across your country; it is the only time you ever feel any kind of patriotism.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

John C.  Waugh
“plastic flowers beside the highway
middle of somewhere”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

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