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The great American novels

The books that keep getting called the Great American Novel — Twain to Fitzgerald to Morrison — and the argument over which one wins.

Curated by Theo Bennett· 4 books
  1. 01
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn cover

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain

    4.8

    A runaway boy and an escaped slave raft down the Mississippi, and the journey quietly indicts a whole country.

  2. 02
    The Great Gatsby cover

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    4.6

    The greenest light in American literature.

  3. 03
    To Kill a Mockingbird cover

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    4.7

    A childhood, a trial, a conscience.

  4. 04
    Beloved cover

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    4.7

    The ghost story America had to write.