Thom Dunn's votes on the list Best Twentieth Century American Novels

Listopia > Thom Dunn's votes on the list Best Twentieth Century American Novels (83 Books)

1	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.99 avg rating — 319,091 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,743 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 4.16 avg rating — 51,236 ratings Thom added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 1,230,671 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. 3.99 avg rating — 119,844 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Grifters by Jim Thompson 3.92 avg rating — 12,262 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	God Knows by Joseph Heller 3.80 avg rating — 3,759 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter 3.67 avg rating — 2,988 ratings Thom added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,318,865 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.92 avg rating — 202,428 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Letting Go by Philip Roth 3.73 avg rating — 1,951 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	When She Was Good by Philip Roth 3.62 avg rating — 3,875 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Moo by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 8,587 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,940,035 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 3.97 avg rating — 38,833 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Sartoris by William Faulkner 3.81 avg rating — 1,623 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.03 avg rating — 997,343 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 3.99 avg rating — 12,016 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4) by John Updike 4.01 avg rating — 16,465 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Herzog by Saul Bellow 3.76 avg rating — 22,960 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 109,057 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.72 avg rating — 187,678 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) by John Updike 3.59 avg rating — 63,628 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 3.82 avg rating — 354,917 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Assistant by Bernard Malamud 3.90 avg rating — 11,232 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Main Street by Sinclair Lewis 3.78 avg rating — 26,925 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 3.79 avg rating — 38,662 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara 4.33 avg rating — 92,113 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 888,477 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 4.24 avg rating — 62,181 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 196,522 ratings Thom added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.88 avg rating — 152,822 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,905,399 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.98 avg rating — 106,206 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Couples by John Updike 3.59 avg rating — 5,855 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates 3.75 avg rating — 105,328 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Sophie’s Choice by William Styron 4.17 avg rating — 94,601 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,910,439 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron 3.81 avg rating — 3,595 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 3.77 avg rating — 5,137 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 3.93 avg rating — 93,660 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 4.09 avg rating — 66,731 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 34,768 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Secret History by Donna Tartt 4.15 avg rating — 1,037,565 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 3.69 avg rating — 97,878 ratings Thom rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Song of Kali by Dan Simmons 3.61 avg rating — 15,859 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 280,488 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson 3.88 avg rating — 3,770 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,487,466 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 222,103 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,853,133 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) by John Steinbeck 4.06 avg rating — 155,050 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 449,433 ratings Thom added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner 3.99 avg rating — 48,104 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.46 avg rating — 138,625 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 196,585 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton 4.07 avg rating — 16,187 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 98,832 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron 3.96 avg rating — 15,252 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton 3.86 avg rating — 8,595 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2) by John Updike 3.81 avg rating — 16,537 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson 3.72 avg rating — 2,335 ratings Thom rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 119,775 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 72,557 ratings Thom rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss 3.94 avg rating — 1,043 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger 3.96 avg rating — 240,618 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 4.21 avg rating — 2,052,399 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) by John Updike 3.93 avg rating — 17,935 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) by Joyce Carol Oates 3.71 avg rating — 3,733 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,847,430 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow 3.83 avg rating — 18,947 ratings Thom rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 4.05 avg rating — 23,398 ratings Thom added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Wings of the Dove by Henry James 3.78 avg rating — 17,550 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Ambassadors by Henry James 3.63 avg rating — 13,020 ratings Thom added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Golden Bowl by Henry James 3.77 avg rating — 11,832 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth 3.71 avg rating — 74,039 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth 3.86 avg rating — 21,893 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 781,650 ratings Thom rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.77 avg rating — 150,060 ratings Thom added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.63 avg rating — 80,234 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty 3.63 avg rating — 2,274 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols 4.10 avg rating — 10,681 ratings Thom rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 3.76 avg rating — 48,886 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars