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
Mother Tongue
Ghost Stories
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
Oh William! (Amgash, #3)
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
The Water Lies
Kissing the Sky
Ghost Stories
Crossroads
Queen Esther
2 Sisters Murder Investigations (2 Sisters Detective Agency, #2)
Every Precious and Fragile Thing
The Take
Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
The Detective: A Detective Sam Speedman Thriller
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
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,488 books — 1,408 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
837 books — 749 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Bone Clocks by David  Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 699 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Best American Authors
754 books — 617 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,426 books — 1,705 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

George Carlin
In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem. ...more
George Carlin

Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.
Henry Louis Gates Jr

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