Great American Novels

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Great American Novel
4
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,576 membros
542 resenhas
3.8
16 Members
eromsted, enrique_molinero, kiwiflowa, roby72, sjmccreary, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, alex68, JqnOC, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,magnumpigg
6
As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer
de Mark Twain
32,893 membros
326 resenhas
3.9
15 Members
enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, amanda4242, souloftherose, thecoroner, ro155, LisaMaria_C, Bluewolf0411, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, griffinas, FlorianKarpfinger, dulcimerplayer, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar ,sturlington
Explicações
sturlington : I would place Huck Finn over this one.
8
The Sound and the Fury
de William Faulkner
17,285 membros
226 resenhas
4
12 Members
eromsted, lahochstetler, roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, jeffza, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26, FranzK72,ahef1963
9
Of Mice and Men
de John Steinbeck
39,059 membros
665 resenhas
3.9
11 Members
kageeh, enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, birder4106, ncgraham, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, JqnOC, ahef1963, griffinas, Brando26,amanda4242 ,sturlington
Explicações
sturlington : East of Eden instead
10
The Age of Innocence
de Edith Wharton
13,903 membros
300 resenhas
4
12 Members
worcester, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72,Bretzky1
11
Fahrenheit 451
de Ray Bradbury
53,940 membros
999 resenhas
4
11 Members
amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, barbharper, souloftherose, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Brando26
12
Beloved
de Toni Morrison
22,849 membros
407 resenhas
3.9
12 Members
eromsted, lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, sturlington, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, ahef1963, griffinas, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
13
Ethan Frome
de Edith Wharton
9,498 membros
214 resenhas
½ 3.6
12 Members
kageeh, lahochstetler, roby72, amanda4242, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72
14
Middlesex
de Jeffrey Eugenides
27,149 membros
631 resenhas
4.1
10 Members
kiwiflowa, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, magnumpigg, LisaMaria_C, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72,amanda4242
15
The Big Sleep
de Raymond Chandler
10,292 membros
284 resenhas
4
10 Members
roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Brando26, hotblack43, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Invisible Man
de Ralph Ellison
16,181 membros
212 resenhas
4
10 Members
lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, aulsmith, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Brando26, FranzK72,merrystar
17
Gone with the Wind
de Margaret Mitchell
23,470 membros
441 resenhas
½ 4.3
10 Members
kageeh, sjmccreary, amanda4242, merrystar, Amalie_Nymphenburg, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, JGKC, griffinas, FlorianKarpfinger,eromsted ,aulsmith ,magnumpigg
18
Uncle Tom's Cabin
de Harriet Beecher Stowe
17,005 membros
190 resenhas
3.8
9 Members
lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, sjmccreary, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, griffinas
19
A Farewell to Arms
de Ernest Hemingway
22,417 membros
243 resenhas
½ 3.7
10 Members
eromsted, kiwiflowa, amanda4242, Amalie_Nymphenburg, birder4106, thecoroner, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,LisaMaria_C
20
Pale Fire
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,945 membros
139 resenhas
4.2
7 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26
21
The Color Purple
de Alice Walker
19,739 membros
336 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
eromsted, lahochstetler, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, griffinas, kara.shamy
22
Pé na Estrada
de Jack Kerouac
27,937 membros
387 resenhas
½ 3.6
10 Members
kiwiflowa, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Bretzky1, jeffza, griffinas, Brando26, hotblack43, FranzK72,sturlington ,ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963 : Tried to read it but the sexism was so pronounced that I stopped, repelled.
23
O Velho e O Mar
de Ernest Hemingway
30,738 membros
505 resenhas
3.8
9 Members
kageeh, kiwiflowa, roby72, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, ahef1963, Brando26,amanda4242 ,ncgraham
24
Little Women
de Louisa May Alcott
26,455 membros
400 resenhas
4
9 Members
kageeh, merrystar, sturlington, barbharper, souloftherose, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, ahef1963,amanda4242 ,Bluewolf0411
25
Matadouro 5
de Kurt Vonnegut
44,018 membros
705 resenhas
4.1
8 Members
eromsted, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, Dilara86, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963,Bretzky1
26
East of Eden
de John Steinbeck
23,414 membros
423 resenhas
½ 4.4
8 Members
eromsted, kiwiflowa, birder4106, sturlington, ncgraham, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72,amanda4242
27
Catch-22
de Joseph Heller
40,018 membros
526 resenhas
4.1
8 Members
aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, Amalie_Nymphenburg, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, Brando26,magnumpigg ,Bluewolf0411
28
Absalom, Absalom!
de William Faulkner
7,660 membros
107 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
kiwiflowa, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C
29
The Red Badge of Courage
de Stephen Crane
11,165 membros
128 resenhas
½ 3.4
7 Members
aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72
30
Winesburg, Ohio
de Sherwood Anderson
5,932 membros
120 resenhas
3.8
7 Members
roby72, merrystar, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
31
The Adventures of Augie March
de Saul Bellow
3,855 membros
73 resenhas
3.8
7 Members
eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72
32
The Naked and the Dead
de Norman Mailer
4,142 membros
47 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, jeffza, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26,Bluewolf0411
33
Gilead
de Marilynne Robinson
10,831 membros
363 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
ncgraham, barbharper, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,sturlington
34
Arco-íris da gravidade
de Thomas Pynchon
10,755 membros
142 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
eromsted, kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72
35
V.
de Thomas Pynchon
5,203 membros
36 resenhas
4
5 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger
36
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
de Michael Chabon
18,798 membros
414 resenhas
4.2
7 Members
kiwiflowa, aulsmith, sturlington, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,kageeh ,Bluewolf0411
37
The Corrections
de Jonathan Franzen
16,597 membros
340 resenhas
3.8
8 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, griffinas, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,kageeh ,LisaMaria_C
38
The Last of the Mohicans
de James Fenimore Cooper
13,234 membros
125 resenhas
½ 3.5
7 Members
eromsted, roby72, sjmccreary, souloftherose, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72,cej1027
39
Other Voices, Other Rooms
de Truman Capote
2,551 membros
48 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
roby72, sturlington, barbharper, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
40
Kindred
de Octavia E. Butler
8,405 membros
353 resenhas
4.2
5 Members
kiwiflowa, sturlington, barbharper, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
41
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
de William S. Burroughs
4,288 membros
57 resenhas
½ 3.6
6 Members
eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, griffinas, Brando26
42
As I Lay Dying
de William Faulkner
14,786 membros
216 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
eromsted, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, barbharper, alex68, Brando26,ncgraham
43
Humboldt's Gift
de Saul Bellow
2,992 membros
39 resenhas
3.8
6 Members
eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72
44
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
de Ken Kesey
24,221 membros
299 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
eromsted, kageeh, kiwiflowa, sturlington, ahef1963
45
The Cider House Rules
de John Irving
11,735 membros
157 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
kageeh, amanda4242, birder4106, barbharper, magnumpigg,sturlington
46
The World According to Garp
de John Irving
15,299 membros
196 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
amanda4242, birder4106, sturlington, ahef1963, griffinas
47
The Bonfire of the Vanities
de Tom Wolfe
8,946 membros
132 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
sturlington, barbharper, Bluewolf0411, FlorianKarpfinger, hotblack43,merrystar
48
Light in August
de William Faulkner
9,239 membros
105 resenhas
4
6 Members
eromsted, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ro155, alex68, Brando26,LisaMaria_C ,ahef1963
49
Underworld
de Don DeLillo
7,966 membros
85 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C
50
The Hours
de Michael Cunningham
12,711 membros
232 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
sturlington, barbharper, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy
51
Revolutionary Road
de Richard Yates
6,791 membros
246 resenhas
4
5 Members
kiwiflowa, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, Brando26
52
The Sun Also Rises
de Ernest Hemingway
22,963 membros
337 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
amanda4242, birder4106, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,sturlington
53
Lonesome Dove
de Larry McMurtry
8,336 membros
239 resenhas
½ 4.6
4 Members
kiwiflowa, sjmccreary, sturlington, LisaMaria_C
54
J R
de William Gaddis
1,375 membros
19 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
roby72, barbharper, alex68, FranzK72
55
American Pastoral
de Philip Roth
8,072 membros
180 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72
56
O Chamado da Floresta
de Jack London
20,178 membros
321 resenhas
3.8
7 Members
enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, barbharper, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, griffinas, ManWithAnAgenda,amanda4242 ,ncgraham ,ahef1963
57
All the Pretty Horses
de Cormac McCarthy
10,772 membros
253 resenhas
4
5 Members
kiwiflowa, birder4106, sturlington, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26,LisaMaria_C
58
Go Tell It on the Mountain
de James Baldwin
5,757 membros
112 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, amanda4242, alex68
59
A Herdeira
de Henry James
4,405 membros
88 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68,magnumpigg
60
A Prayer for Owen Meany
de John Irving
18,084 membros
331 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
birder4106, barbharper, magnumpigg, griffinas,amanda4242
61
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
de Shirley Jackson
8,153 membros
424 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
lahochstetler, amanda4242, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
62
Angle of Repose
de Wallace Stegner
5,464 membros
182 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
kiwiflowa, sturlington, barbharper, ahef1963
63
The Recognitions
de William Gaddis
2,212 membros
36 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
roby72, barbharper, alex68, FranzK72
64
Por Quem os Sinos Dobram
de Ernest Hemingway
18,967 membros
185 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
barbharper, Bluewolf0411, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Brando26,amanda4242
65
A Thousand Acres
de Jane Smiley
6,169 membros
136 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, griffinas, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
66
White Noise
de Don DeLillo
11,002 membros
173 resenhas
3.8
6 Members
kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C ,ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963 : Found it so very pretentious.
67
My Ántonia
de Willa Cather
13,605 membros
286 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
sjmccreary, merrystar, souloftherose
68
Their Eyes Were Watching God
de Zora Neale Hurston
19,136 membros
347 resenhas
4
4 Members
eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy,amanda4242
69
All the King's Men
de Robert Penn Warren
7,319 membros
129 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
kiwiflowa, Bluewolf0411
70
Main Street
de Sinclair Lewis
4,111 membros
75 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
kiwiflowa, barbharper, Bretzky1
71
Song of Solomon
de Toni Morrison
10,833 membros
124 resenhas
4
3 Members
eromsted, barbharper, Brando26
72
Elmer Gantry
de Sinclair Lewis
1,538 membros
44 resenhas
4
3 Members
aulsmith, barbharper, Bretzky1
73
Blood Meridian
de Cormac McCarthy
11,581 membros
272 resenhas
4.2
5 Members
kiwiflowa, sturlington, ro155, kara.shamy, Brando26,LisaMaria_C ,Bluewolf0411
74
Tender is the Night
de F. Scott Fitzgerald
12,923 membros
184 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
roby72, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72,sturlington
75
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
de Carson McCullers
10,727 membros
243 resenhas
4
5 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bretzky1
76
The Power of the Dog
de Don Winslow
1,666 membros
85 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
barbharper, magnumpigg
77
The Blood Oranges
de John Hawkes
318 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
eromsted, barbharper
78
Babbitt
de Sinclair Lewis
5,063 membros
96 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, Bretzky1
79
Graça Infinita
de David Foster Wallace
13,178 membros
243 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
roby72, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26
80
A Separate Peace
de John Knowles
12,780 membros
190 resenhas
½ 3.6
5 Members
kageeh, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,enrique_molinero ,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I always found this too contrived.
81
Ragtime: A Novel
de E. L. Doctorow
6,251 membros
123 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
eromsted, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger
82
The Accidental Tourist
de Anne Tyler
5,394 membros
98 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, barbharper, Bretzky1
83
Seize the Day
de Saul Bellow
2,586 membros
41 resenhas
½ 3.5
3 Members
barbharper, Bretzky1, Brando26
84
Giovanni's Room
de James Baldwin
5,532 membros
126 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
eromsted, amanda4242, barbharper,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : Set in France and really much more about ex-pats than the average American
85
Banjo: A Story without a Plot
de Claude McKay
154 membros
½ 4.3
2 Members
eromsted, barbharper
86
The Pearl
de John Steinbeck
13,181 membros
204 resenhas
½ 3.5
3 Members
barbharper, cej1027, griffinas,amanda4242
87
The Ugly American
de William J. Lederer
1,294 membros
27 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
barbharper, Bretzky1
88
Mrs. Bridge
de Evan S. Connell
1,074 membros
36 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
sjmccreary, souloftherose
89
The Turn of the Screw
de Henry James
8,112 membros
249 resenhas
½ 3.4
6 Members
roby72, ncgraham, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,amanda4242 ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
sturlington : This is an English style ghost story; doesn't seem that American to me.
90
A Canticle for Leibowitz
de Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,755 membros
308 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
barbharper, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explicações
aulsmith : Too episodic to be a "great novel".
91
Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
31,702 membros
564 resenhas
4.1
6 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,sturlington ,JGKC ,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027
92
The 42nd Parallel
de John Dos Passos
1,633 membros
23 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
roby72, alex68
93
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition
de Stephen King
19,813 membros
368 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,LisaMaria_C ,JGKC
94
Red Storm Rising
de Tom Clancy
6,578 membros
59 resenhas
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
95
The Prophets
de Robert Jones Jr.
824 membros
26 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
96
American Psycho
de Bret Easton Ellis
13,894 membros
290 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
kiwiflowa, amanda4242, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,magnumpigg
Explicações
sturlington : Hated this book
97
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
de Ocean Vuong
3,783 membros
131 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
Arrowsmith
de Sinclair Lewis
2,085 membros
32 resenhas
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
99
The Country of the Pointed Firs
de Sarah Orne Jewett
938 membros
23 resenhas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
de Glenway Wescott
76 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda