Great American Novels

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Dræb ikke en sangfugl
af Harper Lee
78,320 medlemmer
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3
Of Mice and Men
af John Steinbeck
38,965 medlemmer
659 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 9
11 Members
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Forklaringer
sturlington : East of Eden instead
4
Den store Gatsby
af F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,015 medlemmer
1,163 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 3
20 Members
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Pigebørn eller Meg, Jo, Beth og Amy
af Louisa May Alcott
26,378 medlemmer
398 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 24
9 Members
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9
Fahrenheit 451
af Ray Bradbury
53,794 medlemmer
994 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 11
11 Members
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10
Middlesex
af Jeffrey Eugenides
27,115 medlemmer
630 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 14
10 Members
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11
Elskede : roman
af Toni Morrison
22,786 medlemmer
405 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 12
12 Members
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Den gamle mand og havet
af Ernest Hemingway
30,677 medlemmer
505 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 23
9 Members
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The Color Purple
af Alice Walker
19,685 medlemmer
334 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 21
9 Members
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Farvel til våbnene
af Ernest Hemingway
22,369 medlemmer
243 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 19
10 Members
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Gøgereden
af Ken Kesey
24,172 medlemmer
298 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 44
5 Members
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Den utrolige historie om Kavalier & Clay
af Michael Chabon
18,765 medlemmer
412 anmeldelser
4.2
Global Rank 36
7 Members
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Ethan Frome
af Edith Wharton
9,479 medlemmer
214 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Global Rank 13
12 Members
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Angle of Repose
af Wallace Stegner
5,453 medlemmer
182 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Global Rank 62
4 Members
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Slagtehal fem eller børnekorstoget
af Kurt Vonnegut
43,953 medlemmer
704 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 25
8 Members
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
af Shirley Jackson
8,116 medlemmer
423 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 61
5 Members
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En messe for Leibowitz
af Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,723 medlemmer
306 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 90
4 Members
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Forklaringer
aulsmith : Too episodic to be a "great novel".
22
Timerne
af Michael Cunningham
12,694 medlemmer
232 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 50
5 Members
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(Big Sleep, The) Det byder man ikke Carmen
af Raymond Chandler
10,272 medlemmer
284 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 15
10 Members
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A Separate Peace
af John Knowles
12,766 medlemmer
190 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Global Rank 80
5 Members
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Forklaringer
aulsmith : I always found this too contrived.
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Hvem ringer klokkerne for
af Ernest Hemingway
18,934 medlemmer
185 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 64
5 Members
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
af Zora Neale Hurston
19,092 medlemmer
345 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 68
4 Members
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Gilead
af Marilynne Robinson
10,806 medlemmer
363 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 33
6 Members
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Hjertet er en ensom vandrer
af Carson McCullers
10,707 medlemmer
243 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 75
5 Members
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29
Alt bliver oplyst : en roman
af Jonathan Safran Foer
14,222 medlemmer
266 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 116
2 Members
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A Thousand Acres
af Jane Smiley
6,158 medlemmer
136 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 65
5 Members
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Frygt og lede i Las Vegas : roman
af Hunter S. Thompson
14,388 medlemmer
192 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 130
2 Members
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Forklaringer
sturlington : Not really a novel.
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Amerikanske guder
af Neil Gaiman
33,580 medlemmer
931 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 147
2 Members
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Forklaringer
sturlington : Hmm. Neil Gaiman is not American, so I don't think this book quite qualifies.
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Flowers for Algernon
af Daniel Keyes
15,758 medlemmer
381 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 133
2 Members
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Watchmen
af Alan Moore
19,128 medlemmer
493 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Global Rank 155
Member
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amanda4242 : Good book, but it's not American.
: Moore is British, very much so
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Dødsspillet
af Suzanne Collins
64,314 medlemmer
3,479 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
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Solen går sin gang
af Ernest Hemingway
22,915 medlemmer
335 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 52
5 Members
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Verden ifølge Garp
af John Irving
15,278 medlemmer
195 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 46
5 Members
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Revolutionary Road
af Richard Yates
6,782 medlemmer
246 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 51
5 Members
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Natten er blid
af F. Scott Fitzgerald
12,894 medlemmer
184 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 74
4 Members
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40
Med koldt blod
af Truman Capote
23,688 medlemmer
466 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 124
3 Members
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Opgøret
af Stephen King
19,792 medlemmer
366 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Global Rank 93
4 Members
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Krøniker fra Mars
af Ray Bradbury
16,617 medlemmer
322 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 132
2 Members
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Forklaringer
sturlington : Short stories.
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The Sound and the Fury
af William Faulkner
17,254 medlemmer
224 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 8
12 Members
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Når naturen kalder
af Jack London
20,079 medlemmer
321 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 56
7 Members
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Hvid støj
af Don DeLillo
10,987 medlemmer
173 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 66
6 Members
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Forklaringer
ahef1963 : Found it so very pretentious.
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Gifttræets evangelium
af Barbara Kingsolver
26,244 medlemmer
501 anmeldelser
4.2
Global Rank 134
2 Members
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Forklaringer
sturlington : Really about Africa.
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Vejene
af Jack Kerouac
27,918 medlemmer
385 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Global Rank 22
10 Members
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Forklaringer
ahef1963 : Tried to read it but the sexism was so pronounced that I stopped, repelled.
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Forløsning i august
af William Faulkner
9,210 medlemmer
105 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 48
6 Members
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