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List the three best novels in American literature.
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:39 PM
Mine are not particularly controversial picks:
1. Huckleberry Finn
2. Moby Dick
3. The Sound and the Fury |
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(not including Henry James)
HF
MD
Absalom |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:43 PM 2. Ironweed 3. The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:41 PM Monster Blood 2 ???????? |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:09 AM
Moby Dick Huck Finn Great Gatsby
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:17 AM Moby Dick Tropic of Capricorn. |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:21 AM the recognitions the sound and the fury |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:33 AM the corrections how to train your dragon |
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FRANZEN FRANZEN FRANZEN |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 8:40 AM
2. Rabbit, Run
3. Light in August |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 9:49 AM American Psycho Lonesome Dove |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 5:21 PM
Not sure it's "great book" material, but it sure as fuck is a great book. Know what I mean? |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:48 AM The Corrections On The Road |
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all the king's men the sound and the fury book of illusions |
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Moby Dick
Grapes of Wrath |
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2) The Recognitions
3) Beloved |
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Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Huck Finn |
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The old man and the sea
Lolita |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:36 PM The Great Gatsby The Old Man and the Sea
honorable mentions: Tropic of Cancer, Lolita, Huckleberry Finn, On the Road, Dharma Bums |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:47 PM 2.) The Book of Mormon 3.) The Boxcar Children |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:55 PM and nominate The Giver and A Feast for Crows
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Date: June 11th, 2012 8:10 PM
Other than Faulkner, I'd say Moby Dick and Huck Finn, like everyone else in this thread. The more interesting question is what 20th century novels make these kinds of lists in 50 years, when Huck Finn and possibly Faulkner fall out of favor when the 19th century South has less of a hold on the American literary imagination. I'd guess that Grapes of Wrath takes its rightful place as an all-time American classic. Wouldn't be surprised to see something by McCarthy (probably The Road or Blood Meridian) see more mentions on these lists. I think Pynchon has had his moment already but who knows.
Also, haters gonna hate, but Beloved probably deserves some mention ITT. |
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Date: August 13th, 2012 5:10 PM 2. Freedom 3. The Hunt for Red October |