American

This genre tag marks books that are placed in America, American classics, written by American authors, or about America.

The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions.

A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
The Young Will Remember
When No One Else Will
Ghost Stories
Mother Tongue
Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution
The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War
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This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History
The Take
Mrs. Benedict Arnold
A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
Questions 27 & 28
Your Behavior Will Be Monitored
Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
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The Invisible Woman
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
The Water Lies
Ghost Stories
Kissing the Sky
Crossroads
Football
Superfan
Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
The Lost Heiress: A Novel
The Detective: A Detective Sam Speedman Thriller
Every Precious and Fragile Thing
The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,870 books — 4,129 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,097 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,385 books — 2,605 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
1,058 books — 1,159 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
485 books — 1,151 voters

The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Grapes of Wrath

Kiera Cass
Listen to me, kitten. Win or lose, you’ll always be a princess to me.
Kiera Cass, The Selection

Kiera Cass
You’re too beautiful for your own good. Once you leave, we’ll have to send some of the guards with you. You’ll never survive on your own, poor thing.
Kiera Cass, The Selection

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