Awards search:Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World

A Sport and a Pastime

by James Salter
Paperback, 2017
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, France & French Literature, Love and Romance, Travel & Exploration, French History
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11/22/63

by Stephen King
CD audiobook, 2016
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Historical Fiction, Politics, SciFi, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi, American History
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain
CD audiobook, 2016
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Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Digital audiobook, 2013
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Africa, Women Writers, Querelle des femmes
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Miss Lonelyhearts

by Nathanael West
Paperback, 2013
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Journalism, American History
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11.22.63

by Stephen King
Paperback, 2012
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Historical Fiction, Politics, SciFi, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi, American History
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Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace
Paper Book, 2011
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Humor - Comedy - Satire
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A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole
Paperback, 2011
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Humor - Comedy - Satire, Southern Literature (U.S.)
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Less Than Zero

by Bret Easton Ellis
Paperback, 2011
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20th Century & Contemporary American, California & Southwestern USA, School & Academia
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Series
Clay (1)

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan
Paperback, 2011
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Music, Women Writers
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Series
Goon Squad (1)

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler
CD audiobook, 2011
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Series
Philip Marlowe (6)

The Pat Hobby Stories

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
CD audiobook, 2011
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, Short Fiction
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Series
The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (3)

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy
Paperback, 2010
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American Mysteries and Crime Fiction, California & Southwestern USA, Mysteries and Crime Fiction
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The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson
Paperback, 2009
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Horror, SciFi, Supernatural, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi, American History
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Sabbath's Theater

by Philip Roth
Paperback, 2008
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20th Century & Contemporary American
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers
Paperback, 2007
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Memoirs - Biographies - Letters - Diaries, Nonfiction, American History, School & Academia
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Humboldts Gift

by Saul Bellow
Paperback, 2007
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Books on Books - Reading - Writing, Classics, Nobel Prize, American History
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Amerika

by Franz Kafka
Paperback, 2007
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Classics, Germany & German Literature
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Ragtime

by E. L. Doctorow
Paperback, 2007
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Historical Fiction, American History
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The Road

by Cormac McCarthy
Paperback, 2007
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Horror, Nature - Gardens - Environment, SciFi, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi, Travel & Exploration
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Light Years

by James Salter
Paperback, 2007
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Love and Romance
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Beloved

by Toni Morrison
Digital audiobook, 2006-05-22
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American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis
Paperback, 2006
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20th Century & Contemporary American, American Mysteries and Crime Fiction, Mysteries and Crime Fiction
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The Adventures of Augie March

by Saul Bellow
Paperback, 2006
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Humor - Comedy - Satire, Nobel Prize, American History
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American Pastoral

by Philip Roth
Paperback, 2005
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20th Century & Contemporary American, American History, War and Peace
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Series
The American Trilogy (1)

Bartleby the Scrivener

by Herman Melville
Paperback, 2004
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19th Century American Literature, Business - Economics - Finance, Classics, Short Fiction, American History
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

by Philip K. Dick
Paperback, 2004
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, SciFi, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi
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Underworld

by Don DeLillo
Paperback, 2003
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, Sports, American History
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Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides
Paperback, 2003
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20th Century & Contemporary American, American History, Querelle des femmes
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain
CD audiobook, 2003
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The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Paperback, 2002
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19th Century American Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Love and Romance, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, Querelle des femmes, American History, History of Literature
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain
Paperback, 2002
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19th Century American Literature, Banned / Challenged Books, Children's & YA Literature, Classics, Humor - Comedy - Satire, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, Southern Literature (U.S.), American History, Travel & Exploration, History of Literature
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The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger
Paperback, 2001
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Banned / Challenged Books, Classics, American History, School & Academia
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The Human Stain

by Philip Roth
Paperback, 2001
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Books on Books - Reading - Writing, School & Academia
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Series
The American Trilogy (3), Zuckerman Bound (8)

Blonde

by Joyce Carol Oates
Paperback, 2001
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Movies & TV, Women Writers, American History, Querelle des femmes
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The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides
Paperback, 2001
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Love and Romance, Querelle des femmes
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Close Range: Wyoming Stories

by Annie Proulx
Paperback, 2000
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Animals, Horses, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, Short Fiction, Women Writers
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Your library, To read, Own
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Wyoming Stories (1)

Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov
Paperback, 2000
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Banned / Challenged Books, Classics, Cornell, Love and Romance, American History, History of Literature, Querelle des femmes
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers
Paperback, 2000
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Love and Romance, Southern Literature (U.S.), Women Writers, American History, Querelle des femmes
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House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski
Paperback, 2000
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Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates
Paperback, 2000
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Love and Romance, Querelle des femmes, American History
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King Suckerman

by George Pelecanos
Paperback, 2000
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American Mysteries and Crime Fiction, Mysteries and Crime Fiction, Sense of Time - Sense of Place
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Your library, To read
Series
D.C. Quartet (2)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain
CD audiobook, 2000
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19th Century American Literature, Banned / Challenged Books, Children's & YA Literature, Classics, Humor - Comedy - Satire, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, Southern Literature (U.S.), American History, Travel & Exploration, History of Literature
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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut
Paperback, 1999
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Germany & German Literature, Historical Fiction, SciFi, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi, Travel & Exploration, War and Peace, German History, History of Literature
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The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy
Paperback, 1998
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics
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Beloved

by Toni Morrison
Paperback, 1997
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2019 Halloween Book Bingo, 20th Century & Contemporary American, Banned / Challenged Books, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, SciFi, Supernatural, Supernatural - Fantasy - Horror - SciFi, Women Writers, Querelle des femmes, American History — 1 more, War and Peace
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The Old Man And The Sea

by Ernest Hemingway
Hardcover, 1996
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Animals, Banned / Challenged Books, Caribbean, Classics, Nature - Gardens - Environment, Nobel Prize, Hispanic World & Literature, History: Latin America
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Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis
Paperback, 1996
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Nobel Prize, American History, Business - Economics - Finance
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The Tortilla Curtain

by T. C. Boyle
Paperback, 1996
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20th Century & Contemporary American, California & Southwestern USA, Nature - Gardens - Environment
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USA: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money

by John Dos Passos
Hardcover, 1996
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20th Century & Contemporary American, Classics, Sense of Time - Sense of Place, American History, History of Literature, War and Peace
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U.S.A. Trilogy (omnibus 1-3)
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