American literature
Featured — award winners and classics first, when available. Use “Show different books” for a new selection.
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White Noise
A Canticle for Leibowitz
The Speed of Dark
The Blind Assassin
Beloved
Leave the World Behind
Too Much Happiness
Bud, Not Buddy
Possession
Love
Dear Life
Babbitt
The Sun Also Rises
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Stone Diaries
Owl Moon
The Shipping News
Of Mice and Men
Gravity's Rainbow
East of Eden
The Good Earth
The Human Stain
Parable of the Talents
This Is Not My Hat
The Dispossessed
Paradise
A Farewell to Arms
Johnny Tremain
The Jungle
Fahrenheit 451
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