370 books
—
290 voters
American Books
Showing 1-50 of 100,000
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 1530 times as american)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,896,214 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 1252 times as american)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,863,791 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1251 times as american)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,883,918 ratings — published 1951
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 1081 times as american)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,826,732 ratings — published 1937
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 919 times as american)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,308,075 ratings — published 1952
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 826 times as american)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,480,041 ratings — published 1969
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 777 times as american)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,335,592 ratings — published 1885
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 757 times as american)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,824,494 ratings — published 1953
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 749 times as american)
avg rating 4.03 — 992,101 ratings — published 1939
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 681 times as american)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,214,393 ratings — published 1963
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 630 times as american)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,695 ratings — published 1851
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 586 times as american)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,436 ratings — published 1961
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 577 times as american)
avg rating 3.61 — 447,356 ratings — published 1957
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 570 times as american)
avg rating 3.79 — 492,830 ratings — published 1926
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 566 times as american)
avg rating 4.44 — 634,621 ratings — published 1952
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 546 times as american)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,016,572 ratings — published 1876
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 523 times as american)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,032,924 ratings — published 2006
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 521 times as american)
avg rating 3.44 — 917,814 ratings — published 1850
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 505 times as american)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,452,995 ratings — published 1868
A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 488 times as american)
avg rating 3.82 — 352,880 ratings — published 1929
The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 486 times as american)
avg rating 3.86 — 195,713 ratings — published 1929
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 471 times as american)
avg rating 3.98 — 489,297 ratings — published 1987
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 458 times as american)
avg rating 4.20 — 778,831 ratings — published 1962
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 450 times as american)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,021,075 ratings — published 1992
Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 426 times as american)
avg rating 4.35 — 245,627 ratings — published 1965
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 426 times as american)
avg rating 4.15 — 436,259 ratings — published 1963
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 423 times as american)
avg rating 4.09 — 727,488 ratings — published 1966
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 415 times as american)
avg rating 3.72 — 186,602 ratings — published 1930
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 400 times as american)
avg rating 3.87 — 943,039 ratings — published 1955
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 399 times as american)
avg rating 4.28 — 750,799 ratings — published 1982
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 392 times as american)
avg rating 3.99 — 317,543 ratings — published 1940
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 380 times as american)
avg rating 4.15 — 218,863 ratings — published 1985
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 375 times as american)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,874,796 ratings — published 2008
The Age of Innocence (Paperback)
by (shelved 367 times as american)
avg rating 3.97 — 195,216 ratings — published 1920
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 363 times as american)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,255,638 ratings — published 1936
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 355 times as american)
avg rating 3.89 — 297,444 ratings — published 1980
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 344 times as american)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,037,382 ratings — published 2013
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 343 times as american)
avg rating 3.85 — 251,333 ratings — published 1958
Tender Is the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 333 times as american)
avg rating 3.77 — 149,487 ratings — published 1934
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 328 times as american)
avg rating 3.59 — 258,456 ratings — published 1949
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 328 times as american)
avg rating 3.99 — 385,678 ratings — published 1937
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 325 times as american)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,621,493 ratings — published 1965
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as american)
avg rating 3.92 — 201,746 ratings — published 1952
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 322 times as american)
avg rating 3.80 — 361,016 ratings — published 1991
A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 320 times as american)
avg rating 3.98 — 334,086 ratings — published 1947
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 318 times as american)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,518,626 ratings — published 2003
Franny and Zooey (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as american)
avg rating 3.96 — 239,576 ratings — published 1957
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as american)
avg rating 4.18 — 641,686 ratings — published 1996
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as american)
avg rating 4.06 — 279,408 ratings — published 1973
The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as american)
avg rating 3.61 — 463,167 ratings — published 1953
“He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing.
I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.”
― The Elite
I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.”
― The Elite
“If you don’t want me to be in love with you, you’re going to have to stop looking so lovely. First thing tomorrow I’m having your maids sew some potato sacks together for you.”
― The Selection
― The Selection
The following shelves are listed as duplicates of this shelf:
america, american-authors, american-books, american-lit, american-literature, and americanliterature












