The Greatest Books of All Time Set in American

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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
17126 The Tie That Binds Kent Haruf 1984 American English
17126 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17126 The Game They Played Stanley Cohen 1977 Unknown English
17126 The Unforgettable Season Gordon H. Fleming 1981 Unknown English
17126 Only A Game Robert Daley 1967 American English
17126 No Cheering In The Press Box Jerome Holtzman 1974 American English
17126 The Winthrop Woman Anya Seton 1958 American English
16938 The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner 1943 American English
17126 Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption Stephen King 1982 American English
17126 The Expendable Man Dorothy B. Hughes 1963 American English
17126 Claudette Colvin Phillip Hoose 2009 American English
17126 Winter Count Barry Lopez 1981 American English
17126 Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion 2021 American English
17126 Dog Songs Mary Oliver 2013 American English
17126 The Beautiful Struggle Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 American English
17126 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17126 The Bartender's Tale Ivan Doig 2012 American English
17126 The Red Parts Maggie Nelson 2007 American English
17126 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
16832 The Frontiersmen Allan W. Eckert 1967 American English
17126 Brief Encounters With The Enemy Saïd Sayrafiezadeh 2013 American English
17126 A God Against The Gods Allen Drury 1976 American English
17126 Toward The Morning Hervey Allen 1978 American English
17126 O Beulah Land Mary Lee Settle 1981 American English
17126 The First Rebel Neil Swanson 2009 American English
17126 The Carolinians Jane Barry 1959 Unknown English
17126 Liberty Tavern Thomas Fleming 1976 American English
16776 Hannah Fowler Janice Giles 1956 American English
17126 Guns Of Burgoyne Bruce Lancaster 1975 American English
17126 Beulah Land Harold Davis 1973 American English
17126 Know Nothing Mary Lee Settle 1960 American English
17126 Elkhorn Tavern Douglas C. Jones 1980 American English
17126 The Falling Hills Perry Lentz 1994 American English
17126 The Three Days Don Robertson 1959 American English
17126 By Antietam Creek Don Robertson 1960 American English
17126 Time Of The Gringo Elliott Arnold 1970 Unknown English
17126 Taos Irwin Blacker 1959 Unknown English
17126 A Distanr Trumpet Paul Horgan 1960 American English
17126 Inside The Cia Ronald Kessler 1992 American English
17126 Night Watch Jayne Anne Phillips 2023 American Unknown
17126 The Caretaker Ron Rash 2023 American English
17126 The House Is On Fire Rachel Beanland 2023 Unknown English
17126 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17126 An Ordinary Man Richard Norton Smith 2023 Unknown English
17126 Dayswork Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel 2023 Unknown English
17126 The Madstone Elizabeth Crook 2023 American English
17126 Straw Dogs Of The Universe Ye Chun 2023 Unknown English
17126 Milton Friedman Jennifer Burns 2023 Unknown English
17126 Popular Mechanics Raymond Carver 1981 American English
17126 The Good Life Jay McInerney 2006 American English
17126 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17126 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17126 How Like An Angel Margaret Millar 1962 Canadian English
17126 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17126 The People Trap Robert Sheckley 1968 American English
17126 Wildlife Richard Ford 1990 American English
16858 Barn Burning William Faulkner 1939 American English
17126 James Dean Paul Alexander 1994 Unknown English
17126 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17126 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17126 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17126 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17126 A Chance Meeting Cohen, Rachel 2004 American English
17061 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17126 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
17087 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
16805 My Theodosia Anya Seton 1941 American English