The Greatest Books of All Time on American Dream

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
3 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 American English
185 U.S.A. Trilogy John Dos Passos 1930 American English
380 American Pastoral Philip Roth 1997 American English
406 Ragtime E. L. Doctorow 1975 American English
683 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson 1971 American English
1020 Slouching Towards Bethlehem Joan Didion 1968 American English
1484 Independence Day Richard Ford 1995 American English
5635 Pictures From Home Larry Sultan 1992 American English
5704 The Complete Works of Nathanael West Nathanael West 1957 American English
5808 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
6246 The Unwinding George Packer 2013 American English
7215 A Cool Million Nathanael West 1934 American English
7624 Hard Times Studs Terkel 1970 American English
8799 The Valley Of The Moon Jack London 1913 American English
9893 Bad Land Jonathan Raban 1996 British English
10055 Stars And Bars William Boyd 1984 British English
10450 Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar 2020 American English
11200 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama 2006 American English
12514 Typical American Gish Jen 1991 American English
14025 My New American Life Francine Prose 2011 American English
14347 In America Susan Sontag 2000 American English
14519 The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald 1989 American English
14730 Dissident Gardens Jonathan Lethem 2013 American English
15820 Rabbit Angstrom John Updike 1960 American English
15902 The Great American Novel William Carlos Williams 1923 American English
16594 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
16531 The Fortunate Pilgrim Mario Puzo 1965 American English
17126 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17126 Romney McKay Coppins 2023 American English