American novels

A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, but not published during his lifetime. (Toole committed suicide in 1969 -- perhaps partially as a result of his professional failure as a nascent novelist. Simon & Schuster rejected a finished draft of "Dunces" in 1964). Through the efforts of the writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a revealing Foreword) and Toole's mother, the book was published in 1980; it quickly became a cult classic and won a Pulitzer Prize a year later. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Confederacy of Dunces"

A Good School is a short novel by Richard Yates first published in 1978. It is set at a Connecticut prep school in the early 1940s and -- without describing a single lesson, exam, sporting event, or even the subject of the pupils' study -- relates the coming of age of a group of mainly WASP boys who at the same time prepare themselves, if half-heartedly, to go to war immediately after graduation. A Good School also delves into the complicated private lives of some of the masters and their love-hate relationship to both their profession and the particular school they are teaching at. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Good School"

A Stranger is Watching is a suspense novel written by Mary Higgins Clark in 1977. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Stranger is Watching"

A Widow for One Year is a John Irving novel, released in 1998, ...more on Wikipedia about "A Widow for One Year"

Across the River and Into the Trees is a novel by Ernest Hemingway. The title is derived from the last words of Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Across the River and Into the Trees"

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1885) by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is commonly accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It was also one of the first novels ever written in the vernacular, or common speech, being told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer (hero of three other Mark Twain books). The book was published for the first time on February 18, 1885. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is also a great example of a bildungsroman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Alas, Babylon is a novel by Pat Frank published in 1959. The subject deals with the effects of a nuclear war on a small Florida town. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alas, Babylon"

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All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren, published in 1946 and made into a film in 1949 and again in 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "All the King's Men"

All the Pretty Horses is a novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy released in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the apocalyptic bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention, spending some time on bestseller charts, earning the U.S. National Book Award, and being adapted into a blockbuster film, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. It is also the first of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy". ...more on Wikipedia about "All the Pretty Horses"

Angels and Demons ( 2000) is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. It introduces the character Robert Langdon, who is also the principal character of Brown's subsequent, better-known novel The Da Vinci Code. The story involves a conflict between an ancient group, the Illuminati, and the Catholic Church. It is credited with being the first novel to contain ambigrams. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angels and Demons"

Another Roadside Attraction is Tom Robbins' first novel, published in 1971 by Bantam Books, which initiated what has grown to be considered his cult following. ...more on Wikipedia about "Another Roadside Attraction"

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (ISBN 0060559349) is a 2004 novel by bestselling thriller writer Sidney Sheldon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Are You Afraid of the Dark? (novel)"

Armies of the Night is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning non-fiction novel written by Norman Mailer and sub-titled History as a Novel/The Novel as History ...more on Wikipedia about "Armies of the Night"

As I Lay Dying is a novel published in 1930 and written by William Faulkner, one of the most notable American novelists of the twentieth century. The novel, which Faulkner himself referred to as a "tour de force," was the author's fifth and is read in many schools and colleges across the United States and the United Kingdom. The title comes from Book XI of Homer's The Odyssey. ...more on Wikipedia about "As I Lay Dying" Don't hesitate to contact stuff on http://www.shortopedia.com American_novels

Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased father's eccentric sister. Although he referred to it as autobiographical, in reality the author was raised by both his parents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auntie Mame"

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Beggarman, Thief was a highly successful novel written by Irwin Shaw. It was the sequel to Rich Man, Poor Man and like the original, was adapted into a miniseries, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beggarman, Thief"

Beloved is a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison about the legacy of slavery. It won Morrison the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. The novel is loosely based on the life and legal case of Margaret Garner whom Morrison later wrote about again in the opera of the same name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beloved (novel)"

Billy Budd is a short novel finished around 1891 by Herman Melville. The work was first published in 1924, posthumously. ...more on Wikipedia about "Billy Budd (novel)"

By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee ( 1996) is a satirical novel by Tama Janowitz about the Slivenowiczes, a trailer park trash family who are forced to leave their home in a polluted swamp area near Lake Superior (called "Gitchee Gumee" in The Song of Hiawatha by Longfellow) and who beg, steal and borrow their way across the North American continent until they all end up in Hollywood. ...more on Wikipedia about "By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee"

Cast of Shadows is a 2005 suspense novel by the American writer Kevin Guilfoile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cast of Shadows"

Catch-22 is a 1961 novel by American novelist Joseph Heller. It was adapted into a feature film in 1970 ...more on Wikipedia about "Catch-22"

Dangling Man is a 1944 novel by Saul Bellow. It is his first published work. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dangling Man"

Doughboys is a novella by Christopher Levy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doughboys"

East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. ...more on Wikipedia about "East of Eden"

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