Great American Novels

33,175 medlemmer

461 anmeldelser

4.1

15 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, griffinas, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,amanda4242 ,LisaMaria_C

8

Brølet og vreden

16,773 medlemmer

221 anmeldelser

4

12 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, jeffza, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26, FranzK72,ahef1963

9

Mus og mænd

(Big Sleep, The) Det byder man ikke Carmen

37,702 medlemmer

641 anmeldelser

3.9

11 Members: kageeh, enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, birder4106, ncgraham, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, JqnOC, ahef1963, griffinas, Brando26,amanda4242 ,sturlington
Forklaringer: sturlington : East of Eden instead

10

The Age of Innocence

af Edith Wharton

13,450 medlemmer

296 anmeldelser

4

12 Members: worcester, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72,Bretzky1

11

Fahrenheit 451

af Ray Bradbury

51,779 medlemmer

983 anmeldelser

4

11 Members: amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, barbharper, souloftherose, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Brando26

12

Elskede : roman

af Toni Morrison

22,056 medlemmer

399 anmeldelser

3.9

12 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, sturlington, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, ahef1963, griffinas, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Ethan Frome

af Edith Wharton

9,263 medlemmer

209 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

12 Members: kageeh, lahochstetler, roby72, amanda4242, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

14

Middlesex

af Jeffrey Eugenides

26,675 medlemmer

622 anmeldelser

4.1

10 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, magnumpigg, LisaMaria_C, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72,amanda4242

15

af Raymond Chandler

9,985 medlemmer

277 anmeldelser

4

10 Members: roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Brando26, hotblack43, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Usynlig mand

af Ralph Ellison

15,739 medlemmer

203 anmeldelser

4

10 Members: lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, aulsmith, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Brando26, FranzK72,merrystar

17

Borte med blæsten

af Margaret Mitchell

22,800 medlemmer

438 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

10 Members: kageeh, sjmccreary, amanda4242, merrystar, Amalie_Nymphenburg, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, JGKC, griffinas, FlorianKarpfinger,eromsted ,aulsmith ,magnumpigg

18

Onkel Toms Hytte

af Harriet Beecher Stowe

16,314 medlemmer

188 anmeldelser

3.8

9 Members: lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, sjmccreary, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, griffinas

19

Farvel til våbnene

21,693 medlemmer

237 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

10 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, amanda4242, Amalie_Nymphenburg, birder4106, thecoroner, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,LisaMaria_C

20

Pale Fire

af Vladimir Nabokov

7,711 medlemmer

133 anmeldelser

4.2

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26

21

Farven lilla

af Alice Walker

19,006 medlemmer

333 anmeldelser

4.1

9 Members: eromsted, lahochstetler, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, griffinas, kara.shamy

22

Vejene

af Jack Kerouac

27,273 medlemmer

382 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

10 Members: kiwiflowa, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Bretzky1, jeffza, griffinas, Brando26, hotblack43, FranzK72,sturlington ,ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963 : Tried to read it but the sexism was so pronounced that I stopped, repelled.

23

Den gamle mand og havet

Pigebørn eller Meg, Jo, Beth og Amy

29,635 medlemmer

491 anmeldelser

3.8

9 Members: kageeh, kiwiflowa, roby72, birder4106, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, ahef1963, Brando26,amanda4242 ,ncgraham

24

af Louisa May Alcott

25,392 medlemmer

394 anmeldelser

4

9 Members: kageeh, merrystar, sturlington, barbharper, souloftherose, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, ahef1963,amanda4242 ,Bluewolf0411

25

Slaughterhouse-Five

af Kurt Vonnegut

42,788 medlemmer

683 anmeldelser

4.1

8 Members: eromsted, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ro155, Dilara86, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963,Bretzky1

26

Øst for paradis

22,477 medlemmer

406 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

8 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, birder4106, sturlington, ncgraham, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72,amanda4242

27

Punkt 22

af Joseph Heller

38,908 medlemmer

513 anmeldelser

4.1

8 Members: aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, Amalie_Nymphenburg, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, Brando26,magnumpigg ,Bluewolf0411

28

Absalom, Absalom!

En ung amerikaners eventyr

7,449 medlemmer

107 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C

29

Modets røde kokarde

af Stephen Crane

10,751 medlemmer

126 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

7 Members: aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72

30

En by i Ohio

af Sherwood Anderson

5,779 medlemmer

120 anmeldelser

3.8

7 Members: roby72, merrystar, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

31

af Saul Bellow

3,741 medlemmer

73 anmeldelser

3.9

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72

32

De nøgne og de døde

af Norman Mailer

4,044 medlemmer

45 anmeldelser

3.9

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, jeffza, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26,Bluewolf0411

33

Gilead

af Marilynne Robinson

10,567 medlemmer

361 anmeldelser

3.9

6 Members: ncgraham, barbharper, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,sturlington

34

Gravity's Rainbow

af Thomas Pynchon

10,449 medlemmer

141 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72

35

V.

af Thomas Pynchon

5,069 medlemmer

34 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger

36

Den utrolige historie om Kavalier & Clay

af Michael Chabon

18,470 medlemmer

409 anmeldelser

4.2

7 Members: kiwiflowa, aulsmith, sturlington, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,kageeh ,Bluewolf0411

37

Korrektioner

af Jonathan Franzen

16,276 medlemmer

341 anmeldelser

3.8

8 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, griffinas, Brando26, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,kageeh ,LisaMaria_C

38

Den sidste mohikaner

af James Fenimore Cooper

12,631 medlemmer

120 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, sjmccreary, souloftherose, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72,cej1027

39

Nye stemmer nye steder

af Truman Capote

2,479 medlemmer

48 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, barbharper, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Kindred

af Octavia E. Butler

7,806 medlemmer

332 anmeldelser

4.2

5 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, barbharper, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

41

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

af William S. Burroughs

4,114 medlemmer

55 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, griffinas, Brando26

42

As I Lay Dying

14,370 medlemmer

212 anmeldelser

3.9

6 Members: eromsted, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, barbharper, alex68, Brando26,ncgraham

43

Humboldts gave

af Saul Bellow

2,917 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

3.8

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, barbharper, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

44

Gøgereden

af Ken Kesey

23,533 medlemmer

295 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: eromsted, kageeh, kiwiflowa, sturlington, ahef1963

45

Æblemostreglementet

af John Irving

11,533 medlemmer

156 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: kageeh, amanda4242, birder4106, barbharper, magnumpigg,sturlington

46

Verden ifølge Garp

af John Irving

15,046 medlemmer

193 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: amanda4242, birder4106, sturlington, ahef1963, griffinas

47

Forfængelighedens bål

af Tom Wolfe

8,771 medlemmer

131 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: sturlington, barbharper, Bluewolf0411, FlorianKarpfinger, hotblack43,merrystar

48

Forløsning i august

8,972 medlemmer

101 anmeldelser

4

6 Members: eromsted, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ro155, alex68, Brando26,LisaMaria_C ,ahef1963

49

Underverden : roman

af Don DeLillo

7,780 medlemmer

82 anmeldelser

3.9

6 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C

50

Timerne

af Michael Cunningham

12,461 medlemmer

224 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, barbharper, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy

51

Revolutionary Road

af Richard Yates

6,665 medlemmer

243 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, Brando26

52

Solen går sin gang

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

22,327 medlemmer

324 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: amanda4242, birder4106, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,sturlington

53

Lonesome Dove

af Larry McMurtry

8,071 medlemmer

241 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

4 Members: kiwiflowa, sjmccreary, sturlington, LisaMaria_C

54

J R

af William Gaddis

1,316 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

4.2

4 Members: roby72, barbharper, alex68, FranzK72

55

American Pastoral

af Philip Roth

7,882 medlemmer

176 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

56

Når naturen kalder

af Jack London

19,178 medlemmer

310 anmeldelser

3.8

7 Members: enrique_molinero, sjmccreary, barbharper, LisaMaria_C, Bretzky1, griffinas, ManWithAnAgenda,amanda4242 ,ncgraham ,ahef1963

57

Alle de smukke heste

af Cormac McCarthy

10,421 medlemmer

243 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: kiwiflowa, birder4106, sturlington, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26,LisaMaria_C

58

Råb det fra bjergene

af James Baldwin

5,487 medlemmer

109 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, amanda4242, alex68

59

Washington Square

af Henry James

4,275 medlemmer

86 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68,magnumpigg

60

En bøn for Owen Meany

af John Irving

17,887 medlemmer

325 anmeldelser

4.2

4 Members: birder4106, barbharper, magnumpigg, griffinas,amanda4242

61

af Shirley Jackson

7,633 medlemmer

413 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: lahochstetler, amanda4242, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

62

Angle of Repose

af Wallace Stegner

5,344 medlemmer

179 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

4 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, barbharper, ahef1963

63

The Recognitions

af William Gaddis

2,122 medlemmer

35 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

4 Members: roby72, barbharper, alex68, FranzK72

64

Hvem ringer klokkerne for

Their Eyes Were Watching God

18,375 medlemmer

178 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: barbharper, Bluewolf0411, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Brando26,amanda4242

65

A Thousand Acres

af Jane Smiley

6,013 medlemmer

136 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, griffinas, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1

66

Hvid støj

af Don DeLillo

10,685 medlemmer

166 anmeldelser

3.8

6 Members: kiwiflowa, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Brando26, FranzK72,LisaMaria_C ,ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963 : Found it so very pretentious.

67

My Ántonia

af Willa Cather

13,202 medlemmer

278 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: sjmccreary, merrystar, souloftherose

68

af Zora Neale Hurston

18,438 medlemmer

337 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy,amanda4242

69

All the King's Men

af Robert Penn Warren

7,108 medlemmer

124 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: kiwiflowa, Bluewolf0411

70

Main Street

3,990 medlemmer

71 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

3 Members: kiwiflowa, barbharper, Bretzky1

71

Salomons sang

af Toni Morrison

10,463 medlemmer

122 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: eromsted, barbharper, Brando26

72

Elmer Gantry

Blodets meridian eller Aftenrøden i Vesten

1,491 medlemmer

44 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: aulsmith, barbharper, Bretzky1

73

af Cormac McCarthy

11,048 medlemmer

262 anmeldelser

4.2

5 Members: kiwiflowa, sturlington, ro155, kara.shamy, Brando26,LisaMaria_C ,Bluewolf0411

74

Tender Is the Night

af F. Scott Fitzgerald

2,585 medlemmer

45 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: roby72, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72,sturlington

75

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

af Carson McCullers

10,449 medlemmer

237 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: sturlington, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bretzky1

76

I hundenes vold

af Don Winslow

1,594 medlemmer

82 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: barbharper, magnumpigg

77

The Blood Oranges

af John Hawkes

309 medlemmer

7 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: eromsted, barbharper

78

Babbitt

Banjo: A Story without a Plot

4,923 medlemmer

94 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

3 Members: lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, Bretzky1

79

Infinite Jest

af David Foster Wallace

12,847 medlemmer

241 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: roby72, FlorianKarpfinger, Brando26

80

A Separate Peace

af John Knowles

12,463 medlemmer

187 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

5 Members: kageeh, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,enrique_molinero ,aulsmith
Forklaringer: aulsmith : I always found this too contrived.

81

Ragtime

af E. L. Doctorow

6,097 medlemmer

118 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: eromsted, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger

82

Turist ved et tilfælde

af Anne Tyler

5,309 medlemmer

95 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, barbharper, Bretzky1

83

Seize the Day

af Saul Bellow

2,527 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: barbharper, Bretzky1, Brando26

84

Giovannis værelse

af James Baldwin

5,191 medlemmer

118 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: eromsted, amanda4242, barbharper,aulsmith
Forklaringer: aulsmith : Set in France and really much more about ex-pats than the average American

85

af Claude McKay

143 medlemmer

½ 4.3

2 Members: eromsted, barbharper

86

Perlen

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

12,675 medlemmer

195 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

3 Members: barbharper, cej1027, griffinas,amanda4242

87

The Ugly American

af William J. Lederer

1,268 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: barbharper, Bretzky1

88

Mrs. Bridge

af Evan S. Connell

1,046 medlemmer

35 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: sjmccreary, souloftherose

89

Skruen strammes

af Henry James

7,795 medlemmer

241 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

6 Members: roby72, ncgraham, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,amanda4242 ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: sturlington : This is an English style ghost story; doesn't seem that American to me.

90

En messe for Leibowitz

af Walter M. Miller Jr.

11,344 medlemmer

303 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: barbharper, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,aulsmith ,sturlington
Forklaringer: aulsmith : Too episodic to be a "great novel".

91

Lolita

af Vladimir Nabokov

30,960 medlemmer

548 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,sturlington ,JGKC ,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027

92

The 42nd Parallel

af John Dos Passos

1,587 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: roby72, alex68

93

Opgøret

af Stephen King

19,310 medlemmer

362 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,LisaMaria_C ,JGKC

94

Red Storm Rising

af Tom Clancy

6,428 medlemmer

59 anmeldelser

3.9

Medlem: Bretzky1

95

The Prophets

af Robert Jones Jr.

739 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

4.1

Medlem: ManWithAnAgenda

96

American psycho

af Bret Easton Ellis

13,445 medlemmer

280 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

3 Members: kiwiflowa, amanda4242, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,magnumpigg
Forklaringer: sturlington : Hated this book

97

af Ocean Vuong

3,277 medlemmer

122 anmeldelser

3.9

Medlem: ManWithAnAgenda

98

Arrowsmith