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AMERICAN FICTION 1800-2019
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 1 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | 111.59 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2916 (54.00 )|Google Scholar: 4034 (31.76)|ALH: 46 (6.78 )|American Literature: 363 (19.05 ) | |||||
| 2 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Beloved | Toni Morrison | 1987 | 94.10 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2439 (49.39 )|Google Scholar: 4610 (33.95)|ALH: 28 (5.29 )|American Literature: 30 (5.48 ) | |||||
| 3 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison | 1952 | 91.60 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1988 (44.59 )|Google Scholar: 4227 (32.51)|ALH: 40 (6.32 )|American Literature: 67 (8.19 ) | |||||
| 4 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1850 | 89.17 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2174 (46.63 )|Google Scholar: 2279 (23.87)|ALH: 25 (5.00 )|American Literature: 187 (13.67 ) | |||||
| 5 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | 1929 | 83.25 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2421 (49.20 )|Google Scholar: 1432 (18.92)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 147 (12.12 ) | |||||
| 6 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | 82.10 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1464 (38.26 )|Google Scholar: 3843 (31.00)|ALH: 17 (4.12 )|American Literature: 76 (8.72 ) | |||||
| 7 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The American | Henry James | 1877 | 75.93*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 14657 (51.87 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 956 (15.46)|ALH: 162 (5.45 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 54 (3.15 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 8 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1852 | 74.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1322 (36.36 )|Google Scholar: 2114 (22.99)|ALH: 48 (6.93 )|American Literature: 76 (8.72 ) | |||||
| 9 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Portrait of a Lady | Henry James | 1881 | 74.52 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1715 (41.41 )|Google Scholar: 1115 (16.70)|ALH: 13 (3.61 )|American Literature: 164 (12.81 ) | |||||
| 10 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Native Son | Richard Wright | 1940 | 72.53 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1826 (42.73 )|Google Scholar: 1288 (17.94)|ALH: 18 (4.24 )|American Literature: 58 (7.62 ) | |||||
| 11 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Ambassadors | Henry James | 1903 | 68.82 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1912 (43.73 )|Google Scholar: 420 (10.25)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 165 (12.85 ) | |||||
| 12 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Confidence | Henry James | 1879 | 67.56*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 4948 (51.01 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 13 (1.80)|ALH: 45 (4.86 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 186 (9.89 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 13 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Golden Bowl | Henry James | 1904 | 67.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1772 (42.10 )|Google Scholar: 345 (9.29)|ALH: 13 (3.61 )|American Literature: 147 (12.12 ) | |||||
| 14 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Light in August | William Faulkner | 1932 | 65.94 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1678 (40.96 )|Google Scholar: 654 (12.79)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 99 (9.95 ) | |||||
| 15 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Turn of the Screw | Henry James | 1898 | 64.10 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1494 (38.65 )|Google Scholar: 679 (13.03)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 121 (11.00 ) | |||||
| 16 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | 1884 | 63.57 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 811 (28.48 )|Google Scholar: 2672 (25.85)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 39 (6.24 ) | |||||
| 17 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston | 1937 | 62.41 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1000 (31.62 )|Google Scholar: 2124 (23.04)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 18 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | As I Lay Dying | William Faulkner | 1930 | 61.28 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1385 (37.22 )|Google Scholar: 658 (12.83)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 81 (9.00 ) | |||||
| 19 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jazz | Toni Morrison | 1992 | 60.93 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1607 (40.09 )|Google Scholar: 588 (12.12)|ALH: 20 (4.47 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 20 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | 1939 | 60.84 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 925 (30.41 )|Google Scholar: 2164 (23.26)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 38 (6.16 ) | |||||
| 21 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Absalom, Absalom! | William Faulkner | 1936 | 60.84 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2100 (45.83 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 127 (11.27 ) | |||||
| 22 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Wings of the Dove | Henry James | 1902 | 59.84 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1392 (37.31 )|Google Scholar: 356 (9.43)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 118 (10.86 ) | |||||
| 23 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | 59.64 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1220 (34.93 )|Google Scholar: 1330 (18.23)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 24 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Farewell to Arms | Ernest Hemingway | 1929 | 59.39 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 911 (30.18 )|Google Scholar: 1500 (19.36)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 71 (8.43 ) | |||||
| 25 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Billy Budd | Herman Melville | 1891 | 59.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1129 (33.60 )|Google Scholar: 413 (10.16)|ALH: 18 (4.24 )|American Literature: 125 (11.18 ) | |||||
| 26 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Neuromancer | William Gibson | 1984 | 58.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 392 (19.80 )|Google Scholar: 5321 (36.47)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 27 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison | 1970 | 58.59 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 868 (29.46 )|Google Scholar: 2264 (23.79)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 28 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Color Purple | Alice Walker | 1982 | 58.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 718 (26.80 )|Google Scholar: 2799 (26.45)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 29 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Looking Backward | Edward Bellamy | 1888 | 58.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 924 (30.40 )|Google Scholar: 1766 (21.01)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 30 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sun Also Rises | Ernest Hemingway | 1926 | 57.82 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 966 (31.08 )|Google Scholar: 1157 (17.01)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 64 (8.00 ) | |||||
| 31 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Go Down, Moses | William Faulkner | 1942 | 57.26 |
Genres:NovelCollection of Short Stories Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1255 (35.43 )|Google Scholar: 443 (10.52)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 69 (8.31 ) | |||||
| 32 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sister Carrie | Theodore Dreiser | 1900 | 56.47 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1024 (32.00 )|Google Scholar: 714 (13.36)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 75 (8.66 ) | |||||
| 33 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | 1895 | 56.40 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1028 (32.06 )|Google Scholar: 530 (11.51)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 100 (10.00 ) | |||||
| 34 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bostonians | Henry James | 1886 | 56.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1115 (33.39 )|Google Scholar: 289 (8.50)|ALH: 20 (4.47 )|American Literature: 100 (10.00 ) | |||||
| 35 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Gravity's Rainbow | Thomas Pynchon | 1973 | 55.52 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 734 (27.09 )|Google Scholar: 1592 (19.95)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 34 (5.83 ) | |||||
| 36 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Typee | Herman Melville | 1846 | 55.13 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 916 (30.27 )|Google Scholar: 413 (10.16)|ALH: 17 (4.12 )|American Literature: 112 (10.58 ) | |||||
| 37 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Confidence-Man | Herman Melville | 1857 | 52.89 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 778 (27.89 )|Google Scholar: 519 (11.39)|ALH: 13 (3.61 )|American Literature: 100 (10.00 ) | |||||
| 38 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pudd'nhead Wilson | Mark Twain | 1894 | 52.55 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 879 (29.65 )|Google Scholar: 343 (9.26)|ALH: 16 (4.00 )|American Literature: 93 (9.64 ) | |||||
| 39 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 1957 | 52.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 740 (27.20 )|Google Scholar: 1522 (19.51)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 40 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The House of the Seven Gables | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1851 | 51.76 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 745 (27.29 )|Google Scholar: 696 (13.19)|ALH: 12 (3.46 )|American Literature: 61 (7.81 ) | |||||
| 41 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Song of Solomon | Toni Morrison | 1977 | 50.79 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 814 (28.53 )|Google Scholar: 851 (14.59)|ALH: 11 (3.32 )|American Literature: 19 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 42 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | 1876 | 50.77 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 791 (28.12 )|Google Scholar: 860 (14.66)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 33 (5.74 ) | |||||
| 43 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Awakening | Kate Chopin | 1899 | 50.52 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 644 (25.38 )|Google Scholar: 1012 (15.91)|ALH: 11 (3.32 )|American Literature: 35 (5.92 ) | |||||
| 44 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain | 1889 | 49.52 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 668 (25.85 )|Google Scholar: 716 (13.38)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 43 (6.56 ) | |||||
| 45 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The House of Mirth | Edith Wharton | 1905 | 48.53 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 970 (31.14 )|Google Scholar: 245 (7.83)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 43 (6.56 ) | |||||
| 46 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Requiem for a Nun | William Faulkner | 1951 | 48.45 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 666 (25.81 )|Google Scholar: 918 (15.15)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 37 (6.08 ) | |||||
| 47 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | In Our Time | Ernest Hemingway | 1925 | 48.25 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 861 (29.34 )|Google Scholar: 350 (9.35)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 57 (7.55 ) | |||||
| 48 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway | 1952 | 48.21 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 547 (23.39 )|Google Scholar: 1096 (16.55)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 47 (6.86 ) | |||||
| 49 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Washington Square | Henry James | 1880 | 48.20 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1067 (32.66 )|Google Scholar: 193 (6.95)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 47 (6.86 ) | |||||
| 50 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1869 | 48.17 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 642 (25.34 )|Google Scholar: 855 (14.62)|ALH: 11 (3.32 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 51 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tender is the Night | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1934 | 47.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 669 (25.87 )|Google Scholar: 645 (12.70)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 45 (6.71 ) | |||||
| 52 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Hamlet | William Faulkner | 1940 | 47.51 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1010 (31.78 )|Google Scholar: 198 (7.04)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 53 (7.28 ) | |||||
| 53 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mardi | Herman Melville | 1849 | 47.49 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 720 (26.83 )|Google Scholar: 221 (7.43)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 112 (10.58 ) | |||||
| 54 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Princess Casamassima | Henry James | 1886 | 47.12 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 766 (27.68 )|Google Scholar: 259 (8.05)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 80 (8.94 ) | |||||
| 55 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Daisy Miller | Henry James | 1878 | 47.08 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 918 (30.30 )|Google Scholar: 136 (5.83)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 69 (8.31 ) | |||||
| 56 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway | 1940 | 46.84 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 618 (24.86 )|Google Scholar: 815 (14.27)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 45 (6.71 ) | |||||
| 57 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Marble Faun | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1860 | 46.60 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 749 (27.37 )|Google Scholar: 263 (8.11)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 66 (8.12 ) | |||||
| 58 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Blithedale Romance | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1852 | 46.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 658 (25.65 )|Google Scholar: 358 (9.46)|ALH: 11 (3.32 )|American Literature: 59 (7.68 ) | |||||
| 59 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Babbitt | Sinclair Lewis | 1922 | 46.02 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 709 (26.63 )|Google Scholar: 414 (10.17)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 56 (7.48 ) | |||||
| 60 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | My Antonia | Willa Cather | 1918 | 45.83 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 933 (30.55 )|Google Scholar: 185 (6.80)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 50 (7.07 ) | |||||
| 61 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sula | Toni Morrison | 1973 | 44.56 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 818 (28.60 )|Google Scholar: 441 (10.50)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 62 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | White-Jacket | Herman Melville | 1850 | 44.51 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 631 (25.12 )|Google Scholar: 250 (7.91)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 72 (8.49 ) | |||||
| 63 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Main Street | Sinclair Lewis | 1920 | 44.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 734 (27.09 )|Google Scholar: 303 (8.70)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 44 (6.63 ) | |||||
| 64 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Paradise | Toni Morrison | 1997 | 44.05 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1315 (36.26 )|Google Scholar: 7 (1.32)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 65 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | All the King's Men | Robert Penn Warren | 1946 | 43.98 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 675 (25.98 )|Google Scholar: 315 (8.87)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 42 (6.48 ) | |||||
| 66 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Crying of Lot 49 | Thomas Pynchon | 1966 | 43.88 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 566 (23.79 )|Google Scholar: 773 (13.90)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 67 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Cane | Jean Toomer | 1923 | 43.76 |
Genres:NovelOther Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 794 (28.18 )|Google Scholar: 158 (6.28)|ALH: 12 (3.46 )|American Literature: 34 (5.83 ) | |||||
| 68 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton | 1920 | 42.95 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 704 (26.53 )|Google Scholar: 325 (9.01)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 41 (6.40 ) | |||||
| 69 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Redburn | Herman Melville | 1849 | 42.47 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 540 (23.24 )|Google Scholar: 235 (7.66)|ALH: 11 (3.32 )|American Literature: 68 (8.25 ) | |||||
| 70 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Roderick Hudson | Henry James | 1875 | 42.15 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 731 (27.04 )|Google Scholar: 55 (3.71)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 84 (9.17 ) | |||||
| 71 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Passing | Nella Larsen | 1929 | 41.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 641 (25.32 )|Google Scholar: 370 (9.62)|ALH: 11 (3.32 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 72 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | An American Tragedy | Theodore Dreiser | 1925 | 41.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 628 (25.06 )|Google Scholar: 238 (7.71)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 48 (6.93 ) | |||||
| 73 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Fable | William Faulkner | 1955 | 41.35 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 861 (29.34 )|Google Scholar: 34 (2.92)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 59 (7.68 ) | |||||
| 74 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Town | William Faulkner | 1957 | 41.10*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1731 (31.22 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 14 (1.87)|ALH: 12 (2.60 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 52 (5.41 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 75 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pioneers | James Fenimore Cooper | 1823 | 40.88 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 665 (25.79 )|Google Scholar: 156 (6.24)|ALH: 12 (3.46 )|American Literature: 29 (5.39 ) | |||||
| 76 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Benito Cereno | Herman Melville | 1855 | 40.62 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 591 (24.31 )|Google Scholar: 98 (4.95)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 58 (7.62 ) | |||||
| 77 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | U.S.A. | John Dos Passos | 1938 | 40.61 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 871 (29.51 )|Google Scholar: 15 (1.94)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 48 (6.93 ) | |||||
| 78 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Herzog | Saul Bellow | 1964 | 40.58 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 740 (27.20 )|Google Scholar: 201 (7.09)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 28 (5.29 ) | |||||
| 79 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sartoris | William Faulkner | 1929 | 40.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1055 (32.48 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 64 (8.00 ) | |||||
| 80 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dred | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1856 | 40.24 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 775 (27.84 )|Google Scholar: 102 (5.05)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 81 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger | 1951 | 40.09 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 307 (17.52 )|Google Scholar: 1234 (17.56)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 25 (5.00 ) | |||||
| 82 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Death Comes for the Archbishop | Willa Cather | 1927 | 40.00 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 528 (22.98 )|Google Scholar: 339 (9.21)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 41 (6.40 ) | |||||
| 83 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Winesburg, Ohio | Sherwood Anderson | 1919 | 39.86 |
Genres:NovelCollection of Short Stories Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 581 (24.10 )|Google Scholar: 220 (7.42)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 48 (6.93 ) | |||||
| 84 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Wise Blood | Flannery O'Connor | 1952 | 39.47 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 798 (28.25 )|Google Scholar: 90 (4.74)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 30 (5.48 ) | |||||
| 85 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 1936 | 39.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 447 (21.14 )|Google Scholar: 573 (11.97)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 86 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Intruder in the Dust | William Faulkner | 1948 | 39.13 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 665 (25.79 )|Google Scholar: 195 (6.98)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 87 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Octopus | Frank Norris | 1901 | 38.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 462 (21.49 )|Google Scholar: 279 (8.35)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 51 (7.14 ) | |||||
| 88 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Professor's House | Willa Cather | 1925 | 38.91 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 498 (22.32 )|Google Scholar: 221 (7.43)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 45 (6.71 ) | |||||
| 89 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pale Fire | Vladimir Nabokov | 1962 | 38.88 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 686 (26.19 )|Google Scholar: 285 (8.44)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 90 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Twice-Told Tales | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1837 | 38.41 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 434 (20.83 )|Google Scholar: 334 (9.14)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 45 (6.71 ) | |||||
| 91 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Look Homeward, Angel | Thomas Wolfe | 1929 | 38.41 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 539 (23.22 )|Google Scholar: 288 (8.49)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 28 (5.29 ) | |||||
| 92 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Prince and the Pauper | Mark Twain | 1881 | 38.14 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 566 (23.79 )|Google Scholar: 100 (5.00)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 58 (7.62 ) | |||||
| 93 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | 37.94 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 579 (24.06 )|Google Scholar: 129 (5.68)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 27 (5.20 ) | |||||
| 94 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Tragic Muse | Henry James | 1890 | 37.85 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 612 (24.74 )|Google Scholar: 51 (3.57)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 66 (8.12 ) | |||||
| 95 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Jungle | Upton Sinclair | 1906 | 37.81 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 358 (18.92 )|Google Scholar: 769 (13.87)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 96 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Europeans | Henry James | 1878 | 37.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 739 (27.18 )|Google Scholar: 39 (3.12)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 32 (5.66 ) | |||||
| 97 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sacred Fount | Henry James | 1901 | 37.30 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 563 (23.73 )|Google Scholar: 65 (4.03)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 66 (8.12 ) | |||||
| 98 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ceremony | Leslie Marmon Silko | 1977 | 37.24*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 559 (19.09 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 806 (14.20)|ALH: 6 (1.98 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 6 (1.98 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 99 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | What Maisie Knew | Henry James | 1897 | 37.07 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 712 (26.68 )|Google Scholar: 6 (1.22)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 60 (7.75 ) | |||||
| 100 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Omoo | Herman Melville | 1847 | 36.96 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 513 (22.65 )|Google Scholar: 68 (4.12)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 67 (8.19 ) | |||||
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 101 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | V | Thomas Pynchon | 1963 | 36.66*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1453 (26.05 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 53 (3.64)|ALH: 7 (1.81 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 57 (5.16 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 102 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut | 1969 | 36.60 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 373 (19.31 )|Google Scholar: 781 (13.97)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 103 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Beast in the Jungle | Henry James | 1903 | 36.53 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 574 (23.96 )|Google Scholar: 117 (5.41)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 38 (6.16 ) | |||||
| 104 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | McTeague | Frank Norris | 1899 | 36.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 505 (22.47 )|Google Scholar: 105 (5.12)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 35 (5.92 ) | |||||
| 105 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Rise of Silas Lapham | William Dean Howells | 1885 | 36.31 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 456 (21.35 )|Google Scholar: 169 (6.50)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 28 (5.29 ) | |||||
| 106 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | White Noise | Don DeLillo | 1985 | 36.23 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 368 (19.18 )|Google Scholar: 591 (12.16)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 107 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Virginian | Owen Wister | 1902 | 36.05 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 517 (22.74 )|Google Scholar: 219 (7.40)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 108 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Go Tell It on the Mountain | James Baldwin | 1953 | 35.92 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 457 (21.38 )|Google Scholar: 310 (8.80)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 109 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Prairie | James Fenimore Cooper | 1827 | 35.83 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 595 (24.39 )|Google Scholar: 27 (2.60)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 26 (5.10 ) | |||||
| 110 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Wild Palms | William Faulkner | 1939 | 35.81 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 665 (25.79 )|Google Scholar: 43 (3.28)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 33 (5.74 ) | |||||
| 111 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Good Man Is Hard to Find | Flannery O'Connor | 1955 | 35.74 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 609 (24.68 )|Google Scholar: 147 (6.06)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 112 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Spoils of Poynton | Henry James | 1897 | 35.61 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 559 (23.64 )|Google Scholar: 59 (3.84)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 66 (8.12 ) | |||||
| 113 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | This Side of Paradise | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1920 | 35.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 472 (21.73 )|Google Scholar: 231 (7.60)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 114 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Quicksand | Nella Larsen | 1928 | 35.31 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 402 (20.05 )|Google Scholar: 370 (9.62)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 115 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros | 1984 | 35.28 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 257 (16.03 )|Google Scholar: 1037 (16.10)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 116 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Clotel | William Wells Brown | 1853 | 35.28 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 357 (18.89 )|Google Scholar: 306 (8.75)|ALH: 20 (4.47 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 117 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Unvanquished | William Faulkner | 1938 | 35.02 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 581 (24.10 )|Google Scholar: 82 (4.53)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 29 (5.39 ) | |||||
| 118 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | O Pioneers! | Willa Cather | 1913 | 34.93 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 510 (22.58 )|Google Scholar: 161 (6.34)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 119 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Mansion | William Faulkner | 1959 | 34.77 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 611 (24.72 )|Google Scholar: 56 (3.74)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 120 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 1960 | 34.75 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 227 (15.07 )|Google Scholar: 1397 (18.69)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 121 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Making of Americans | Gertrude Stein | 1925 | 34.55 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 470 (21.68 )|Google Scholar: 182 (6.75)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 122 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Hazard of New Fortunes | William Dean Howells | 1889 | 34.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 430 (20.74 )|Google Scholar: 120 (5.48)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 31 (5.57 ) | |||||
| 123 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | 1963 | 34.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 344 (18.55 )|Google Scholar: 534 (11.55)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 124 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | LETTERS | John Barth | 1979 | 34.32*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1465 (24.05 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 48 (3.46)|ALH: 5 (1.40 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 74 (5.40 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 125 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller | 1934 | 34.23 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 399 (19.97 )|Google Scholar: 301 (8.67)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 126 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tar Baby | Toni Morrison | 1981 | 34.15 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 482 (21.95 )|Google Scholar: 214 (7.31)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 127 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Nightwood | Djuna Barnes | 1936 | 34.04 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 521 (22.83 )|Google Scholar: 208 (7.21)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 128 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth | 1969 | 33.93 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 333 (18.25 )|Google Scholar: 546 (11.68)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 129 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Robert M. Pirsig | 1974 | 33.90 |
Genres:OtherScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 54 (7.35 )|Google Scholar: 2820 (26.55)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 130 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Virginia | Ellen Glasgow | 1913 | 33.86*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1373 (23.04 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 12 (1.73)|ALH: 6 (1.52 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 148 (7.57 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 131 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Meridian | Alice Walker | 1976 | 33.79 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 451 (21.24 )|Google Scholar: 182 (6.75)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 132 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Aspern Papers | Henry James | 1888 | 33.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 520 (22.80 )|Google Scholar: 100 (5.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 35 (5.92 ) | |||||
| 133 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Awkward Age | Henry James | 1899 | 33.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 505 (22.47 )|Google Scholar: 32 (2.83)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 55 (7.42 ) | |||||
| 134 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Violent Bear It Away | Flannery O'Connor | 1960 | 33.54 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 599 (24.47 )|Google Scholar: 73 (4.27)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 23 (4.80 ) | |||||
| 135 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ethan Frome | Edith Wharton | 1911 | 33.04 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 541 (23.26 )|Google Scholar: 68 (4.12)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 32 (5.66 ) | |||||
| 136 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Another Country | James Baldwin | 1962 | 32.94 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 453 (21.28 )|Google Scholar: 161 (6.34)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 137 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man | James Weldon Johnson | 1912 | 32.91 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 277 (16.64 )|Google Scholar: 565 (11.88)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 138 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Three Lives | Gertrude Stein | 1909 | 32.53 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 485 (22.02 )|Google Scholar: 78 (4.42)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 19 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 139 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck | 1937 | 32.46 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 397 (19.92 )|Google Scholar: 283 (8.41)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 140 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Outsider | Richard Wright | 1953 | 32.44 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 453 (21.28 )|Google Scholar: 104 (5.10)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 141 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Song of the Lark | Willa Cather | 1915 | 32.42 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 432 (20.78 )|Google Scholar: 128 (5.66)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 142 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | House Made of Dawn | N. Scott Momaday | 1968 | 32.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 330 (18.17 )|Google Scholar: 458 (10.70)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 143 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Underworld | Don DeLillo | 1997 | 32.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 373 (19.31 )|Google Scholar: 377 (9.71)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 144 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Gilded Age | Charles Dudley Warner | 1873 | 32.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 368 (19.18 )|Google Scholar: 197 (7.02)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 145 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Catch-22 | Joseph Heller | 1961 | 32.14 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 354 (18.81 )|Google Scholar: 710 (13.32)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 146 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Call of the Wild | Jack London | 1903 | 32.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 312 (17.66 )|Google Scholar: 294 (8.57)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 147 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Soldier's Pay | William Faulkner | 1926 | 31.85 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 532 (23.07 )|Google Scholar: 31 (2.78)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 25 (5.00 ) | |||||
| 148 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Lost Lady | Willa Cather | 1923 | 31.83 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 420 (20.49 )|Google Scholar: 57 (3.77)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 34 (5.83 ) | |||||
| 149 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson | 1884 | 31.78 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 444 (21.07 )|Google Scholar: 96 (4.90)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 150 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | American Pastoral | Philip Roth | 1997 | 31.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 381 (19.52 )|Google Scholar: 294 (8.57)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 151 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Custom of the Country | Edith Wharton | 1913 | 31.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 428 (20.69 )|Google Scholar: 102 (5.05)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 25 (5.00 ) | |||||
| 152 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Love | Toni Morrison | 2003 | 31.70*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 5298 (23.68 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 25 (2.50)|ALH: 76 (2.84 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 68 (2.68 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 153 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Blood Meridian | Cormac McCarthy | 1985 | 31.68 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 379 (19.47 )|Google Scholar: 329 (9.07)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 154 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Reivers | William Faulkner | 1962 | 31.41 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 440 (20.98 )|Google Scholar: 75 (4.33)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 26 (5.10 ) | |||||
| 155 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Manhattan Transfer | John Dos Passos | 1925 | 31.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 337 (18.36 )|Google Scholar: 263 (8.11)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 156 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lost in the Funhouse | John Barth | 1968 | 31.32 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 306 (17.49 )|Google Scholar: 340 (9.22)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 157 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand | 1957 | 31.29 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 309 (17.58 )|Google Scholar: 752 (13.71)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 158 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Arrowsmith | Sinclair Lewis | 1925 | 30.97 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 329 (18.14 )|Google Scholar: 170 (6.52)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 159 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Miss Lonelyhearts | Nathanael West | 1933 | 30.89 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 277 (16.64 )|Google Scholar: 256 (8.00)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 160 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Henderson the Rain King | Saul Bellow | 1959 | 30.87 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 366 (19.13 )|Google Scholar: 163 (6.38)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 19 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 161 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ken Kesey | 1962 | 30.73 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 185 (13.60 )|Google Scholar: 862 (14.68)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 162 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Open Boat | Stephen Crane | 1898 | 30.47 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 380 (19.49 )|Google Scholar: 36 (3.00)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 43 (6.56 ) | |||||
| 163 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Spy | James Fenimore Cooper | 1821 | 30.40 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 349 (18.68 )|Google Scholar: 84 (4.58)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 164 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Foundation | Isaac Asimov | 1951 | 30.22*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 802 (21.69 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 291 (8.53)|ALH: 0 (0.00 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 165 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Actual | Saul Bellow | 1997 | 30.18 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 586 (24.21 )|Google Scholar: 12 (1.73)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 166 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Summer | Edith Wharton | 1917 | 30.16*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2171 (20.71 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 34 (2.92)|ALH: 17 (1.83 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 112 (4.70 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 167 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Confessions of Nat Turner | William Styron | 1967 | 30.12 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 325 (18.03 )|Google Scholar: 270 (8.22)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 168 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | You Can't Go Home Again | Thomas Wolfe | 1940 | 30.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 311 (17.64 )|Google Scholar: 256 (8.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 169 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Victim | Saul Bellow | 1947 | 30.10 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 504 (22.45 )|Google Scholar: 37 (3.04)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 170 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Moviegoer | Walker Percy | 1961 | 30.07 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 383 (19.57 )|Google Scholar: 169 (6.50)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 171 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Love Medicine | Louise Erdrich | 1984 | 30.02 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 307 (17.52 )|Google Scholar: 289 (8.50)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 172 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Country of the Pointed Firs | Sarah Orne Jewett | 1896 | 29.88 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 305 (17.46 )|Google Scholar: 125 (5.59)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 173 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | In America | Susan Sontag | 1999 | 29.77*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1261 (24.75 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 13 (2.51 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 13 (2.51 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 174 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Genius | Theodore Dreiser | 1915 | 29.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 444 (21.07 )|Google Scholar: 17 (2.06)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 27 (5.20 ) | |||||
| 175 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Storyteller | Leslie Marmon Silko | 1981 | 29.69 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesOther Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 357 (18.89 )|Google Scholar: 234 (7.65)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 176 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Goodbye, Columbus | Philip Roth | 1959 | 29.57 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 398 (19.95 )|Google Scholar: 190 (6.89)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 177 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Israel Potter | Herman Melville | 1855 | 29.46 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 292 (17.09 )|Google Scholar: 58 (3.81)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 40 (6.32 ) | |||||
| 178 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Day of the Locust | Nathanael West | 1939 | 29.38 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 245 (15.65 )|Google Scholar: 256 (8.00)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 179 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Last Tycoon | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1941 | 29.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 326 (18.06 )|Google Scholar: 77 (4.39)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 180 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | One of Ours | Willa Cather | 1922 | 29.35 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 404 (20.10 )|Google Scholar: 57 (3.77)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 181 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Naked and the Dead | Norman Mailer | 1948 | 29.06 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 321 (17.92 )|Google Scholar: 214 (7.31)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 182 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Maggie: A Girl of the Streets | Stephen Crane | 1893 | 29.00 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 276 (16.61 )|Google Scholar: 116 (5.39)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 19 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 183 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ghosts | Edith Wharton | 1937 | 28.88 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 545 (23.35 )|Google Scholar: 5 (1.12)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 184 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Optimist's Daughter | Eudora Welty | 1972 | 28.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 400 (20.00 )|Google Scholar: 47 (3.43)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 185 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Martin Eden | Jack London | 1909 | 28.69 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 298 (17.26 )|Google Scholar: 92 (4.80)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 186 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Across the River and into the Trees | Ernest Hemingway | 1950 | 28.62 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 284 (16.85 )|Google Scholar: 153 (6.18)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 187 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Arthur Mervyn | Charles Brockden Brown | 1800 | 28.61 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 321 (17.92 )|Google Scholar: 45 (3.35)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 22 (4.69 ) | |||||
| 188 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Focus | Arthur Miller | 1945 | 28.52*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2356 (22.64 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 21 (2.29)|ALH: 9 (1.40 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 22 (2.19 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 189 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mumbo Jumbo | Ishmael Reed | 1972 | 28.44 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 325 (18.03 )|Google Scholar: 193 (6.95)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 190 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pylon | William Faulkner | 1935 | 28.38 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 467 (21.61 )|Google Scholar: 14 (1.87)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 191 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Herland | Charlotte Perkins Gilman | 1915 | 28.35 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 289 (17.00 )|Google Scholar: 252 (7.94)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 192 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Uncle Tom's Children | Richard Wright | 1938 | 28.12 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 282 (16.79 )|Google Scholar: 121 (5.50)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 193 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Joy Luck Club | Amy Tan | 1989 | 28.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 163 (12.77 )|Google Scholar: 814 (14.27)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 194 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | East of Eden | John Steinbeck | 1952 | 27.97 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 331 (18.19 )|Google Scholar: 175 (6.61)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 195 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Philip K. Dick | 1968 | 27.88 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 181 (13.45 )|Google Scholar: 832 (14.42)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 196 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Of Time and the River | Thomas Wolfe | 1935 | 27.79 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 304 (17.44 )|Google Scholar: 132 (5.74)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 197 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pit | Frank Norris | 1903 | 27.77 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 239 (15.46 )|Google Scholar: 95 (4.87)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 27 (5.20 ) | |||||
| 198 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pnin | Vladimir Nabokov | 1957 | 27.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 377 (19.42 )|Google Scholar: 119 (5.45)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 199 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Human Stain | Philip Roth | 2000 | 27.64 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 273 (16.52 )|Google Scholar: 352 (9.38)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 200 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | Edgar Allan Poe | 1838 | 27.61 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 296 (17.20 )|Google Scholar: 36 (3.00)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 201 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper | 1841 | 27.58 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 282 (16.79 )|Google Scholar: 96 (4.90)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 202 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Modern Instance | William Dean Howells | 1882 | 27.53 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 323 (17.97 )|Google Scholar: 22 (2.35)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 30 (5.48 ) | |||||
| 203 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Complete Stories | Flannery O'Connor | 1971 | 27.50 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 268 (16.37 )|Google Scholar: 255 (7.98)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 204 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 2003 | 27.49 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 118 (10.86 )|Google Scholar: 926 (15.22)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 205 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Almanac of the Dead | Leslie Marmon Silko | 1991 | 27.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 209 (14.46 )|Google Scholar: 402 (10.02)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 206 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Natural | Bernard Malamud | 1952 | 27.46 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 333 (18.25 )|Google Scholar: 86 (4.64)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 207 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Naked Lunch | William S. Burroughs | 1959 | 27.44 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 232 (15.23 )|Google Scholar: 398 (9.97)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 208 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 1953 | 27.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 225 (15.00 )|Google Scholar: 611 (12.36)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 209 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jennie Gerhardt | Theodore Dreiser | 1911 | 27.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 361 (19.00 )|Google Scholar: 33 (2.87)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 210 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Couples | John Updike | 1968 | 27.26 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 311 (17.64 )|Google Scholar: 48 (3.46)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 211 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lucy | Jamaica Kincaid | 1990 | 27.25 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 273 (16.52 )|Google Scholar: 230 (7.58)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 212 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien | 1990 | 27.24 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 164 (12.81 )|Google Scholar: 722 (13.44)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 213 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Losing Battles | Eudora Welty | 1970 | 27.16 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 456 (21.35 )|Google Scholar: 17 (2.06)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 214 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sophie's Choice | William Styron | 1979 | 27.08 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 162 (12.73 )|Google Scholar: 350 (9.35)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 215 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mr. Sammler's Planet | Saul Bellow | 1970 | 26.98 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 284 (16.85 )|Google Scholar: 194 (6.96)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 216 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Salmagundi | Washington Irving | 1808 | 26.97 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 352 (18.76 )|Google Scholar: 16 (2.00)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 217 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Clansman | Thomas Dixon | 1905 | 26.96 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 212 (14.56 )|Google Scholar: 235 (7.66)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 218 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | China Men | Maxine Hong Kingston | 1980 | 26.95 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesOther Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 227 (15.07 )|Google Scholar: 299 (8.65)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 219 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Financier | Theodore Dreiser | 1912 | 26.89 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 287 (16.94 )|Google Scholar: 67 (4.09)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 220 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Call It Sleep | Henry Roth | 1934 | 26.75 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 267 (16.34 )|Google Scholar: 117 (5.41)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 221 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Cannery Row | John Steinbeck | 1945 | 26.75 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 328 (18.11 )|Google Scholar: 107 (5.17)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 222 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Roots | Alex Haley | 1976 | 26.73*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 340 (14.31 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 617 (12.42)|ALH: 0 (0.00 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 223 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Shadows on the Rock | Willa Cather | 1931 | 26.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 289 (17.00 )|Google Scholar: 61 (3.91)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 23 (4.80 ) | |||||
| 224 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Adventures of Augie March | Saul Bellow | 1953 | 26.64 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 295 (17.18 )|Google Scholar: 176 (6.63)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 225 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Libra | Don DeLillo | 1988 | 26.40 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 264 (16.25 )|Google Scholar: 179 (6.69)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 226 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Marrow of Tradition | Charles Chesnutt | 1901 | 26.37 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 220 (14.83 )|Google Scholar: 151 (6.14)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 227 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Fountainhead | Ayn Rand | 1943 | 26.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 236 (15.36 )|Google Scholar: 484 (11.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 228 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | All the Pretty Horses | Cormac McCarthy | 1992 | 26.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 247 (15.72 )|Google Scholar: 208 (7.21)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 229 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Deception | Philip Roth | 1990 | 26.20 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 384 (19.60 )|Google Scholar: 60 (3.87)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 230 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Old New York | Edith Wharton | 1924 | 26.15 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 356 (18.87 )|Google Scholar: 14 (1.87)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 231 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | To Have and Have Not | Ernest Hemingway | 1937 | 26.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 263 (16.22 )|Google Scholar: 133 (5.77)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 232 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Deliverance | James Dickey | 1970 | 26.09 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 304 (17.44 )|Google Scholar: 82 (4.53)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 233 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Human Nature | Edith Wharton | 1933 | 26.04 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 448 (21.17 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 234 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Counterlife | Philip Roth | 1986 | 25.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 317 (17.80 )|Google Scholar: 153 (6.18)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 235 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sense of the Past | Henry James | 1917 | 25.98 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 335 (18.30 )|Google Scholar: 21 (2.29)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 29 (5.39 ) | |||||
| 236 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jubilee | Margaret Walker | 1966 | 25.96 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 245 (15.65 )|Google Scholar: 200 (7.07)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 237 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Home to Harlem | Claude McKay | 1928 | 25.96 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 259 (16.09 )|Google Scholar: 109 (5.22)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 238 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Life in the Iron Mills | Rebecca Harding Davis | 1861 | 25.81 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 211 (14.53 )|Google Scholar: 89 (4.72)|ALH: 14 (3.74 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 239 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Seize the Day | Saul Bellow | 1956 | 25.78 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 326 (18.06 )|Google Scholar: 52 (3.61)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 240 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | America Is in the Heart | Carlos Bulosan | 1946 | 25.78 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 174 (13.19 )|Google Scholar: 350 (9.35)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 241 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Big Sleep | Raymond Chandler | 1939 | 25.77 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 226 (15.03 )|Google Scholar: 196 (7.00)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 242 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Carson McCullers | 1940 | 25.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 249 (15.78 )|Google Scholar: 184 (6.78)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 243 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Little Men | Louisa May Alcott | 1871 | 25.65 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 116 (10.77 )|Google Scholar: 521 (11.41)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 244 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Monster | Stephen Crane | 1899 | 25.62 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 294 (17.15 )|Google Scholar: 16 (2.00)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 245 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Operation Shylock | Philip Roth | 1993 | 25.61 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 298 (17.26 )|Google Scholar: 192 (6.93)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 246 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sot-Weed Factor | John Barth | 1960 | 25.58 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 284 (16.85 )|Google Scholar: 117 (5.41)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 247 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Enormous Room | E. E. Cummings | 1922 | 25.55 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 266 (16.31 )|Google Scholar: 86 (4.64)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 248 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sea Wolf | Jack London | 1904 | 25.55 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 244 (15.62 )|Google Scholar: 70 (4.18)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 249 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sanctuary | Edith Wharton | 1903 | 25.48 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 341 (18.47 )|Google Scholar: 5 (1.12)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 250 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Way to Rainy Mountain | N. Scott Momaday | 1969 | 25.37 |
Genres:OtherScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 194 (13.93 )|Google Scholar: 326 (9.03)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 251 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Ivory Tower | Henry James | 1917 | 25.37 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 363 (19.05 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 252 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Praisesong for the Widow | Paule Marshall | 1983 | 25.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 184 (13.56 )|Google Scholar: 320 (8.94)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 253 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya | 1972 | 25.26 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 176 (13.27 )|Google Scholar: 367 (9.58)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 254 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Corregidora | Gayl Jones | 1975 | 25.22 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 226 (15.03 )|Google Scholar: 181 (6.73)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 255 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin | 1969 | 25.20 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 183 (13.53 )|Google Scholar: 456 (10.68)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 256 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dangling Man | Saul Bellow | 1944 | 25.17 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 277 (16.64 )|Google Scholar: 66 (4.06)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 257 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Wide, Wide World | Susan Warner | 1850 | 25.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 168 (12.96 )|Google Scholar: 142 (5.96)|ALH: 15 (3.87 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 258 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Vineland | Thomas Pynchon | 1990 | 25.01 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 210 (14.49 )|Google Scholar: 170 (6.52)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 259 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Names | Don DeLillo | 1982 | 24.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 279 (16.70 )|Google Scholar: 86 (4.64)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 260 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Road | Cormac McCarthy | 2006 | 24.91*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 393 (11.80 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 411 (10.14)|ALH: 9 (1.79 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 4 (1.19 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 261 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pierre: or The Ambiguities | Herman Melville | 1852 | 24.87 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 225 (15.00 )|Google Scholar: 17 (2.06)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 31 (5.57 ) | |||||
| 262 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Charlotte's Web | E. B. White | 1952 | 24.84 |
Genres:NovelOther Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 130 (11.40 )|Google Scholar: 619 (12.44)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 263 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Brown Girl, Brownstones | Paule Marshall | 1959 | 24.79 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 184 (13.56 )|Google Scholar: 261 (8.08)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 264 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway | 1986 | 24.78 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 224 (14.97 )|Google Scholar: 124 (5.57)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 265 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pearl | John Steinbeck | 1947 | 24.74 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 274 (16.55 )|Google Scholar: 115 (5.36)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 266 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Work of Art | Sinclair Lewis | 1934 | 24.71 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 406 (20.15 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 267 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tracks | Louise Erdrich | 1988 | 24.68*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 345 (14.67 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 212 (7.28)|ALH: 3 (1.37 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 3 (1.37 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 268 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Curtain of Green | Eudora Welty | 1941 | 24.65 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 350 (18.71 )|Google Scholar: 62 (3.94)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 269 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon | Washington Irving | 1819 | 24.56 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 158 (12.57 )|Google Scholar: 216 (7.35)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 270 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Canada | Richard Ford | 2012 | 24.56 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 555 (23.56 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 271 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | In the Cage | Henry James | 1898 | 24.54 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 287 (16.94 )|Google Scholar: 27 (2.60)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 272 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Contending Forces | Pauline Hopkins | 1900 | 24.51 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 194 (13.93 )|Google Scholar: 152 (6.16)|ALH: 9 (3.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 273 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lancelot | Walker Percy | 1977 | 24.44 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 308 (17.55 )|Google Scholar: 51 (3.57)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 274 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Real Life of Sebastian Knight | Vladimir Nabokov | 1941 | 24.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 273 (16.52 )|Google Scholar: 191 (6.91)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 275 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Banjo | Claude McKay | 1929 | 24.39 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 231 (15.20 )|Google Scholar: 123 (5.55)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 276 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Barren Ground | Ellen Glasgow | 1925 | 24.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 247 (15.72 )|Google Scholar: 34 (2.92)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 22 (4.69 ) | |||||
| 277 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Elmer Gantry | Sinclair Lewis | 1926 | 24.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 248 (15.75 )|Google Scholar: 51 (3.57)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 278 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Nigger Heaven | Carl Van Vechten | 1926 | 24.30 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 207 (14.39 )|Google Scholar: 94 (4.85)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 279 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ship of Fools | Katherine Anne Porter | 1962 | 24.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 275 (16.58 )|Google Scholar: 45 (3.35)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 280 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Bend Sinister | Vladimir Nabokov | 1947 | 24.15 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 285 (16.88 )|Google Scholar: 111 (5.27)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 281 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sapphira and the Slave Girl | Willa Cather | 1940 | 24.12 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 259 (16.09 )|Google Scholar: 55 (3.71)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 282 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Giles Goat-Boy | John Barth | 1966 | 24.07 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 240 (15.49 )|Google Scholar: 84 (4.58)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 283 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Bread Givers | Anzia Yezierska | 1925 | 24.02 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 168 (12.96 )|Google Scholar: 186 (6.82)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 284 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Everything that Rises Must Converge | Flannery O'Connor | 1965 | 23.98 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 220 (14.83 )|Google Scholar: 121 (5.50)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 285 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Plot Against America | Philip Roth | 2004 | 23.97 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 172 (13.11 )|Google Scholar: 297 (8.62)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 286 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mao II | Don DeLillo | 1991 | 23.91 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 196 (14.00 )|Google Scholar: 206 (7.18)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 287 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1900 | 23.91 |
Genres:NovelOther Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 69 (8.31 )|Google Scholar: 740 (13.60)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 288 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Maltese Falcon | Dashiell Hammett | 1930 | 23.88 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 177 (13.30 )|Google Scholar: 246 (7.84)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 289 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Giovanni's Room | James Baldwin | 1956 | 23.86 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 178 (13.34 )|Google Scholar: 184 (6.78)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 290 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Damnation of Theron Ware | Harold Frederic | 1896 | 23.85 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 192 (13.86 )|Google Scholar: 86 (4.64)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 19 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 291 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The House Behind the Cedars | Charles Chesnutt | 1900 | 23.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 183 (13.53 )|Google Scholar: 168 (6.48)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 292 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Web and the Rock | Thomas Wolfe | 1939 | 23.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 208 (14.42 )|Google Scholar: 107 (5.17)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 293 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Rise of David Levinsky | Abraham Cahan | 1917 | 23.69 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 151 (12.29 )|Google Scholar: 227 (7.53)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 294 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Boston | Upton Sinclair | 1928 | 23.68*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 642 (15.50 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 18 (2.12)|ALH: 5 (1.37 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 59 (4.70 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 295 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Assistant | Bernard Malamud | 1957 | 23.64 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 230 (15.17 )|Google Scholar: 80 (4.47)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 296 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin | 1974 | 23.57 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 176 (13.27 )|Google Scholar: 425 (10.31)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 297 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Death in the Family | James Agee | 1957 | 23.55 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 186 (13.64 )|Google Scholar: 191 (6.91)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 298 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ragtime | E. L. Doctorow | 1975 | 23.53 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 167 (12.92 )|Google Scholar: 162 (6.36)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 299 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Encantadas | Herman Melville | 1854 | 23.52 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 177 (13.30 )|Google Scholar: 61 (3.91)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 24 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 300 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Humboldt's Gift | Saul Bellow | 1975 | 23.49 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 209 (14.46 )|Google Scholar: 138 (5.87)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 301 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Iron Heel | Jack London | 1908 | 23.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 190 (13.78 )|Google Scholar: 93 (4.82)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 302 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Bastard Out of Carolina | Dorothy Allison | 1991 | 23.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 159 (12.61 )|Google Scholar: 315 (8.87)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 303 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Collected Stories | Katherine Anne Porter | 1965 | 23.42 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 231 (15.20 )|Google Scholar: 109 (5.22)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 304 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson | 1992 | 23.40 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 66 (8.12 )|Google Scholar: 934 (15.28)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 305 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Lesson of the Master | Henry James | 1888 | 23.38 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 253 (15.91 )|Google Scholar: 31 (2.78)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 22 (4.69 ) | |||||
| 306 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Cat's Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut | 1963 | 23.38 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 171 (13.08 )|Google Scholar: 260 (8.06)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 307 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | American Psycho | Bret Easton Ellis | 1991 | 23.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 123 (11.09 )|Google Scholar: 364 (9.54)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 308 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Breakfast of Champions | Kurt Vonnegut | 1973 | 23.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 164 (12.81 )|Google Scholar: 249 (7.89)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 309 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Last Gentleman | Walker Percy | 1966 | 23.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 278 (16.67 )|Google Scholar: 87 (4.66)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 310 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Love in the Ruins | Walker Percy | 1971 | 23.33 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 233 (15.26 )|Google Scholar: 126 (5.61)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 311 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Oil! | Upton Sinclair | 1927 | 23.29 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 277 (16.64 )|Google Scholar: 28 (2.65)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 312 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Woman Hollering Creek | Sandra Cisneros | 1991 | 23.27 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 136 (11.66 )|Google Scholar: 390 (9.87)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 313 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | In Dubious Battle | John Steinbeck | 1936 | 23.25 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 227 (15.07 )|Google Scholar: 89 (4.72)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 314 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Great American Novel | William Carlos Williams | 1923 | 23.22 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 243 (15.59 )|Google Scholar: 21 (2.29)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 315 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Grandissimes | George Washington Cable | 1880 | 23.19 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 157 (12.53 )|Google Scholar: 90 (4.74)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 316 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tortilla Flat | John Steinbeck | 1935 | 23.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 248 (15.75 )|Google Scholar: 63 (3.97)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 317 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | An American Dream | Norman Mailer | 1965 | 23.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 217 (14.73 )|Google Scholar: 144 (6.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 318 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Iola Leroy | Frances Harper | 1892 | 23.14 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 110 (10.49 )|Google Scholar: 274 (8.28)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 319 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tripmaster Monkey | Maxine Hong Kingston | 1989 | 23.04 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 157 (12.53 )|Google Scholar: 236 (7.68)|ALH: 8 (2.83 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 320 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Member of the Wedding | Carson McCullers | 1946 | 23.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 199 (14.11 )|Google Scholar: 179 (6.69)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 321 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Robber Bridegroom | Eudora Welty | 1942 | 23.03 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 338 (18.38 )|Google Scholar: 28 (2.65)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 322 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Ponder Heart | Eudora Welty | 1954 | 22.98 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 320 (17.89 )|Google Scholar: 28 (2.65)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 323 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lie Down in Darkness | William Styron | 1951 | 22.94 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 211 (14.53 )|Google Scholar: 46 (3.39)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 324 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Kindred | Octavia Butler | 1979 | 22.79 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 218 (14.76 )|Google Scholar: 175 (6.61)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 325 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tobacco Road | Erskine Caldwell | 1932 | 22.75 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 251 (15.84 )|Google Scholar: 56 (3.74)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 326 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1859 | 22.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 163 (12.77 )|Google Scholar: 81 (4.50)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 327 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Big Money | John Dos Passos | 1936 | 22.73 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 180 (13.42 )|Google Scholar: 64 (4.00)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 328 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Vandover and the Brute | Frank Norris | 1914 | 22.59 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 205 (14.32 )|Google Scholar: 29 (2.69)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 329 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Great American Novel | Philip Roth | 1973 | 22.50 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 199 (14.11 )|Google Scholar: 82 (4.53)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 330 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Alexander's Bridge | Willa Cather | 1912 | 22.49 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 185 (13.60 )|Google Scholar: 41 (3.20)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 22 (4.69 ) | |||||
| 331 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina Garcia | 1991 | 22.45 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 117 (10.82 )|Google Scholar: 340 (9.22)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 332 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Rabbit, Run | John Updike | 1960 | 22.45 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 260 (16.12 )|Google Scholar: 10 (1.58)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 333 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Children | Edith Wharton | 1928 | 22.43*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 633 (16.40 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 11 (1.66)|ALH: 2 (0.92 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 28 (3.45 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 334 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper | 1840 | 22.42 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 203 (14.25 )|Google Scholar: 51 (3.57)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 335 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Home | Toni Morrison | 2012 | 22.39*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 5542 (16.88 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 10 (1.58)|ALH: 88 (2.13 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 63 (1.80 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 336 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Conjure Woman | Charles Chesnutt | 1899 | 22.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 153 (12.37 )|Google Scholar: 161 (6.34)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 337 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Paradise | Donald Barthelme | 1986 | 22.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 305 (17.46 )|Google Scholar: 10 (1.58)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 338 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ruth Hall | Fanny Fern | 1854 | 22.34 |
Genres:OtherScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 167 (12.92 )|Google Scholar: 68 (4.12)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 339 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mama Day | Gloria Naylor | 1988 | 22.30 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 176 (13.27 )|Google Scholar: 175 (6.61)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 340 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sheltering Sky | Paul Bowles | 1949 | 22.28 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 176 (13.27 )|Google Scholar: 153 (6.18)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 341 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dodsworth | Sinclair Lewis | 1929 | 22.24 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 197 (14.04 )|Google Scholar: 34 (2.92)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 342 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ragged Dick | Horatio Alger | 1868 | 22.20 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 199 (14.11 )|Google Scholar: 76 (4.36)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 343 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Crossing | Cormac McCarthy | 1994 | 22.19 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 202 (14.21 )|Google Scholar: 124 (5.57)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 344 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Chimera | John Barth | 1972 | 22.00 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 196 (14.00 )|Google Scholar: 100 (5.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 345 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Flight to Canada | Ishmael Reed | 1976 | 21.98 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 183 (13.53 )|Google Scholar: 146 (6.04)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 346 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dharma Bums | Jack Kerouac | 1958 | 21.98 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 161 (12.69 )|Google Scholar: 199 (7.05)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 347 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Watch and Ward | Henry James | 1871 | 21.97 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 212 (14.56 )|Google Scholar: 15 (1.94)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 30 (5.48 ) | |||||
| 348 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Tom Wolfe | 1987 | 21.96 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 92 (9.59 )|Google Scholar: 612 (12.37)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 349 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Winter in the Blood | James Welch | 1974 | 21.92 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 162 (12.73 )|Google Scholar: 142 (5.96)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 350 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Annie John | Jamaica Kincaid | 1985 | 21.92 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 176 (13.27 )|Google Scholar: 234 (7.65)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 351 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Titan | Theodore Dreiser | 1914 | 21.86 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 238 (15.43 )|Google Scholar: 29 (2.69)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 352 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jasmine | Bharati Mukherjee | 1989 | 21.85 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 118 (10.86 )|Google Scholar: 266 (8.15)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 353 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Fixer | Bernard Malamud | 1966 | 21.84 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 164 (12.81 )|Google Scholar: 99 (4.97)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 354 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Indian Summer | William Dean Howells | 1886 | 21.82 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 223 (14.93 )|Google Scholar: 8 (1.41)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 355 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury | 1950 | 21.66 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 178 (13.34 )|Google Scholar: 214 (7.31)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 356 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tom Sawyer Abroad | Mark Twain | 1894 | 21.49 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 253 (15.91 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 21 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 357 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Players | Don DeLillo | 1977 | 21.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 213 (14.59 )|Google Scholar: 28 (2.65)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 358 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Islands in the Stream | Ernest Hemingway | 1970 | 21.47 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 156 (12.49 )|Google Scholar: 72 (4.24)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 359 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Second Coming | Walker Percy | 1980 | 21.39 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 216 (14.70 )|Google Scholar: 72 (4.24)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 360 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Book of Daniel | E. L. Doctorow | 1971 | 21.39 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 114 (10.68 )|Google Scholar: 180 (6.71)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 361 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace | 1996 | 21.31 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 182 (13.49 )|Google Scholar: 186 (6.82)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 362 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pilot | James Fenimore Cooper | 1800 | 21.31 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 210 (14.49 )|Google Scholar: 15 (1.94)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 363 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Rabbit Redux | John Updike | 1971 | 21.30 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 167 (12.92 )|Google Scholar: 123 (5.55)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 364 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Americana | Don DeLillo | 1971 | 21.19 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 182 (13.49 )|Google Scholar: 63 (3.97)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 365 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Three Soldiers | John Dos Passos | 1921 | 21.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 192 (13.86 )|Google Scholar: 49 (3.50)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 366 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | My Life as a Man | Philip Roth | 1974 | 21.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 199 (14.11 )|Google Scholar: 100 (5.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 367 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | Junot Diaz | 2007 | 21.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 74 (8.60 )|Google Scholar: 383 (9.79)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 368 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Remembering | Wendell Berry | 1988 | 21.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 295 (17.18 )|Google Scholar: 2 (0.71)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 369 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Middle Passage | Charles Johnson | 1990 | 21.01 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 258 (16.06 )|Google Scholar: 98 (4.95)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 370 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Moses, Man of the Mountain | Zora Neale Hurston | 1939 | 20.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 164 (12.81 )|Google Scholar: 68 (4.12)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 371 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Monkey Wrench Gang | Edward Abbey | 1975 | 20.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 75 (8.66 )|Google Scholar: 361 (9.50)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 372 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Player Piano | Kurt Vonnegut | 1952 | 20.95 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 122 (11.05 )|Google Scholar: 206 (7.18)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 373 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dawn | Elie Wiesel | 1961 | 20.95 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 344 (18.55 )|Google Scholar: 23 (2.40)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 374 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Mark Twain | 1896 | 20.91 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 156 (12.49 )|Google Scholar: 99 (4.97)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 375 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis | 1935 | 20.89 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 123 (11.09 )|Google Scholar: 141 (5.94)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 376 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Our Nig | Harriet E. Wilson | 1859 | 20.87 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 106 (10.30 )|Google Scholar: 240 (7.75)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 377 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hobomok | Lydia Maria Child | 1824 | 20.83 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 160 (12.65 )|Google Scholar: 79 (4.44)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 378 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Home as Found | James Fenimore Cooper | 1800 | 20.81 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 167 (12.92 )|Google Scholar: 27 (2.60)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 379 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dune | Frank Herbert | 1965 | 20.77 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 151 (12.29 )|Google Scholar: 224 (7.48)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 380 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Housekeeping | Marilynne Robinson | 1980 | 20.76 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 177 (13.30 )|Google Scholar: 119 (5.45)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 381 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | World Enough and Time | Robert Penn Warren | 1950 | 20.75 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 231 (15.20 )|Google Scholar: 20 (2.24)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 382 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Other Voices, Other Rooms | Truman Capote | 1948 | 20.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 168 (12.96 )|Google Scholar: 86 (4.64)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 383 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Julia Alvarez | 1991 | 20.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 129 (11.36 )|Google Scholar: 352 (9.38)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 384 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Third Life of Grange Copeland | Alice Walker | 1970 | 20.73 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 158 (12.57 )|Google Scholar: 152 (6.16)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 385 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Poor White | Sherwood Anderson | 1920 | 20.67 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 194 (13.93 )|Google Scholar: 14 (1.87)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 15 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 386 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | From Here to Eternity | James Jones | 1951 | 20.65 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 132 (11.49 )|Google Scholar: 100 (5.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 387 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Winter of Our Discontent | John Steinbeck | 1961 | 20.63 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 166 (12.88 )|Google Scholar: 84 (4.58)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 10 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 388 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Chosen Place, the Timeless People | Paule Marshall | 1969 | 20.62 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 142 (11.92 )|Google Scholar: 112 (5.29)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 389 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Centaur | John Updike | 1963 | 20.60 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 217 (14.73 )|Google Scholar: 37 (3.04)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 390 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Not Without Laughter | Langston Hughes | 1930 | 20.59 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 186 (13.64 )|Google Scholar: 58 (3.81)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 391 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hope Leslie | Catharine Maria Sedgwick | 1827 | 20.56 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 101 (10.05 )|Google Scholar: 160 (6.32)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 392 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Recognitions | William Gaddis | 1955 | 20.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 167 (12.92 )|Google Scholar: 67 (4.09)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 393 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A River Runs Through It | Norman Maclean | 1976 | 20.35 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 95 (9.75 )|Google Scholar: 268 (8.19)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 394 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Man in the High Castle | Philip K. Dick | 1962 | 20.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 144 (12.00 )|Google Scholar: 192 (6.93)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 395 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | My Mortal Enemy | Willa Cather | 1926 | 20.34 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 187 (13.67 )|Google Scholar: 17 (2.06)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 396 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Possessing the Secret of Joy | Alice Walker | 1992 | 20.33 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 82 (9.06 )|Google Scholar: 344 (9.27)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 397 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jonah's Gourd Vine | Zora Neale Hurston | 1934 | 20.28 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 143 (11.96 )|Google Scholar: 138 (5.87)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 398 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Reef | Edith Wharton | 1912 | 20.26 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 231 (15.20 )|Google Scholar: 20 (2.24)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 399 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Everyman | Philip Roth | 2006 | 20.23 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 185 (13.60 )|Google Scholar: 96 (4.90)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 400 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The New York Trilogy | Paul Auster | 1987 | 20.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 108 (10.39 )|Google Scholar: 383 (9.79)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 401 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner | 1971 | 20.14 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 120 (10.95 )|Google Scholar: 76 (4.36)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 402 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | No-No Boy | John Okada | 1957 | 20.13 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 104 (10.20 )|Google Scholar: 154 (6.20)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 403 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Malcolm | James Purdy | 1959 | 20.13 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 207 (14.39 )|Google Scholar: 4 (1.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 404 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Luck of Roaring Camp | Bret Harte | 1870 | 20.12 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 179 (13.38 )|Google Scholar: 30 (2.74)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 405 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Women of Brewster Place | Gloria Naylor | 1982 | 20.08 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 124 (11.14 )|Google Scholar: 227 (7.53)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 406 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Corrections | Jonathan Franzen | 2001 | 20.06 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 98 (9.90 )|Google Scholar: 196 (7.00)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 407 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | I, Robot | Isaac Asimov | 1950 | 20.05 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 57 (7.55 )|Google Scholar: 625 (12.50)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 408 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A New Life | Bernard Malamud | 1961 | 20.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 177 (13.30 )|Google Scholar: 43 (3.28)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 409 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Long Dream | Richard Wright | 1958 | 20.02 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 152 (12.33 )|Google Scholar: 35 (2.96)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 410 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Man Made of Words | N. Scott Momaday | 1997 | 20.01 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 101 (10.05 )|Google Scholar: 228 (7.55)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 411 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Going After Cacciato | Tim O'Brien | 1978 | 19.94 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 122 (11.05 )|Google Scholar: 190 (6.89)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 412 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Snow White | Donald Barthelme | 1967 | 19.92 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 156 (12.49 )|Google Scholar: 108 (5.20)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 413 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | I Married a Communist | Philip Roth | 1998 | 19.91 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 211 (14.53 )|Google Scholar: 116 (5.39)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 414 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Suttree | Cormac McCarthy | 1979 | 19.90 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 208 (14.42 )|Google Scholar: 66 (4.06)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 415 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sut Lovingood | George Washington Harris | 1867 | 19.90 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 196 (14.00 )|Google Scholar: 21 (2.29)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 13 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 416 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Double Indemnity | James M. Cain | 1943 | 19.86 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 173 (13.15 )|Google Scholar: 55 (3.71)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 417 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | No Country for Old Men | Cormac McCarthy | 2005 | 19.78 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 133 (11.53 )|Google Scholar: 170 (6.52)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 418 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Plum Bun | Jessie Fauset | 1928 | 19.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 129 (11.36 )|Google Scholar: 98 (4.95)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 419 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Yonnondio | Tillie Olsen | 1974 | 19.72 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 124 (11.14 )|Google Scholar: 94 (4.85)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 420 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Just Above My Head | James Baldwin | 1979 | 19.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 162 (12.73 )|Google Scholar: 72 (4.24)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 421 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sheltered Life | Ellen Glasgow | 1932 | 19.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 163 (12.77 )|Google Scholar: 29 (2.69)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 422 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pale Horse, Pale Rider | Katherine Anne Porter | 1939 | 19.69 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 196 (14.00 )|Google Scholar: 29 (2.69)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 423 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Farewell, My Lovely | Raymond Chandler | 1940 | 19.67 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 110 (10.49 )|Google Scholar: 131 (5.72)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 424 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Female Man | Joanna Russ | 1975 | 19.66 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 165 (12.85 )|Google Scholar: 186 (6.82)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 425 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | ...y no se lo tragó la tierra | Tomás Rivera | 1971 | 19.60 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 108 (10.39 )|Google Scholar: 163 (6.38)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 426 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Native Speaker | Chang-rae Lee | 1995 | 19.59 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 114 (10.68 )|Google Scholar: 140 (5.92)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 427 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Juneteenth | Ralph Ellison | 1999 | 19.58 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 170 (13.04 )|Google Scholar: 67 (4.09)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 428 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The American Claimant | Mark Twain | 1892 | 19.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 159 (12.61 )|Google Scholar: 23 (2.40)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 20 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 429 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jurgen | James Branch Cabell | 1919 | 19.48 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 159 (12.61 )|Google Scholar: 26 (2.55)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 430 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | In Country | Bobbie Ann Mason | 1985 | 19.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 127 (11.27 )|Google Scholar: 118 (5.43)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 431 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | White Fang | Jack London | 1906 | 19.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 165 (12.85 )|Google Scholar: 39 (3.12)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 432 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Night Rider | Robert Penn Warren | 1939 | 19.39 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 230 (15.17 )|Google Scholar: 6 (1.22)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 433 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Moon is Down | John Steinbeck | 1942 | 19.36 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 167 (12.92 )|Google Scholar: 52 (3.61)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 434 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sylvia | Upton Sinclair | 1913 | 19.33 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 186 (13.64 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 22 (4.69 ) | |||||
| 435 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dawn | Octavia Butler | 1987 | 19.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 182 (13.49 )|Google Scholar: 78 (4.42)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 436 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tell Me a Riddle | Tillie Olsen | 1961 | 19.31 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 141 (11.87 )|Google Scholar: 130 (5.70)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 437 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Thornton Wilder | 1927 | 19.24 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 144 (12.00 )|Google Scholar: 110 (5.24)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 438 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | Mark Twain | 1869 | 19.22 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 173 (13.15 )|Google Scholar: 20 (2.24)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 439 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Slow Learner | Thomas Pynchon | 1984 | 19.21 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 103 (10.15 )|Google Scholar: 147 (6.06)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 440 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Floating Opera | John Barth | 1956 | 19.18 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 183 (13.53 )|Google Scholar: 128 (5.66)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 441 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Collected Stories of William Faulkner | William Faulkner | 1950 | 19.13 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 246 (15.68 )|Google Scholar: 0 (0.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 442 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | If He Hollers Let Him Go | Chester Himes | 1945 | 19.07 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 122 (11.05 )|Google Scholar: 101 (5.02)|ALH: 4 (2.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 443 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith | 1944 | 19.07 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 136 (11.66 )|Google Scholar: 40 (3.16)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 444 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bulwark | Theodore Dreiser | 1946 | 19.06 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 151 (12.29 )|Google Scholar: 5 (1.12)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 18 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 445 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Separate Peace | John Knowles | 1960 | 19.03 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 117 (10.82 )|Google Scholar: 143 (5.98)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 446 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Sherman Alexie | 1993 | 18.99 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 103 (10.15 )|Google Scholar: 246 (7.84)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 447 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Cave | Robert Penn Warren | 1959 | 18.96 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 237 (15.39 )|Google Scholar: 5 (1.12)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 448 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Mark Twain | 1896 | 18.95 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 162 (12.73 )|Google Scholar: 6 (1.22)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 16 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 449 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Parable of the Sower | Octavia Butler | 1993 | 18.89 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 119 (10.91 )|Google Scholar: 195 (6.98)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 450 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Franny and Zooey | J. D. Salinger | 1961 | 18.88 |
Genres:NovelCollection of Short Stories Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 74 (8.60 )|Google Scholar: 176 (6.63)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 451 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Zuckerman Unbound | Philip Roth | 1981 | 18.86 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 145 (12.04 )|Google Scholar: 93 (4.82)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 452 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mother Night | Kurt Vonnegut | 1961 | 18.85 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 107 (10.34 )|Google Scholar: 201 (7.09)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 453 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Set This House on Fire | William Styron | 1960 | 18.82 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 148 (12.17 )|Google Scholar: 34 (2.92)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 14 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 454 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Middle of the Journey | Lionel Trilling | 1947 | 18.77 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 124 (11.14 )|Google Scholar: 44 (3.32)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 455 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | No Telephone to Heaven | Michelle Cliff | 1987 | 18.74 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 126 (11.22 )|Google Scholar: 170 (6.52)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 456 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Carson McCullers | 1951 | 18.73 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 165 (12.85 )|Google Scholar: 80 (4.47)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 457 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Oldtown Folks | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1869 | 18.73 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 148 (12.17 )|Google Scholar: 34 (2.92)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 5 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 458 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Professor of Desire | Philip Roth | 1977 | 18.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 151 (12.29 )|Google Scholar: 64 (4.00)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 459 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Something Happened | Joseph Heller | 1974 | 18.70 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 85 (9.22 )|Google Scholar: 168 (6.48)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 460 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Thanatos Syndrome | Walker Percy | 1987 | 18.69 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 139 (11.79 )|Google Scholar: 107 (5.17)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 461 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Beet Queen | Louise Erdrich | 1986 | 18.68 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 139 (11.79 )|Google Scholar: 80 (4.47)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 462 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | City of Night | John Rechy | 1963 | 18.58 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 96 (9.80 )|Google Scholar: 142 (5.96)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 463 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Men without Women | Ernest Hemingway | 1927 | 18.56 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 137 (11.70 )|Google Scholar: 65 (4.03)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 464 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Leopard's Spots | Thomas Dixon | 1902 | 18.55 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 92 (9.59 )|Google Scholar: 135 (5.81)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 465 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | 2008 | 18.52 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 45 (6.71 )|Google Scholar: 468 (10.82)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 466 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Blake, or The Huts of America | Martin Delany | 1859 | 18.51 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 67 (8.19 )|Google Scholar: 152 (6.16)|ALH: 10 (3.16 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 467 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Godfather | Mario Puzo | 1969 | 18.51 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 84 (9.17 )|Google Scholar: 192 (6.93)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 468 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Of One Blood | Pauline Hopkins | 1903 | 18.47 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 150 (12.25 )|Google Scholar: 58 (3.81)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 469 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Public Burning | Robert Coover | 1977 | 18.46 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 111 (10.54 )|Google Scholar: 108 (5.20)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 470 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Group | Mary McCarthy | 1963 | 18.44*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 307 (11.85 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 83 (4.56)|ALH: 1 (0.68 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 4 (1.35 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 471 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mary | Sholem Asch | 1949 | 18.44 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 205 (14.32 )|Google Scholar: 5 (1.12)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 472 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Mercy | Toni Morrison | 2008 | 18.43 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 101 (10.05 )|Google Scholar: 151 (6.14)|ALH: 5 (2.24 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 473 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Anatomy Lesson | Philip Roth | 1983 | 18.41 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 165 (12.85 )|Google Scholar: 69 (4.15)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 474 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Traveler from Altruria | William Dean Howells | 1894 | 18.38 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 106 (10.30 )|Google Scholar: 54 (3.67)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 9 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 475 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Letting Go | Philip Roth | 1962 | 18.35 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 222 (14.90 )|Google Scholar: 24 (2.45)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 476 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Cities of the Plain | Cormac McCarthy | 1998 | 18.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 127 (11.27 )|Google Scholar: 102 (5.05)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 477 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Second Skin | John Hawkes | 1964 | 18.32 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 169 (13.00 )|Google Scholar: 16 (2.00)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 478 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Outcry | Henry James | 1911 | 18.30 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 171 (13.08 )|Google Scholar: 10 (1.58)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 479 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Fear of Flying | Erica Jong | 1973 | 18.29 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 122 (11.05 )|Google Scholar: 210 (7.25)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 480 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Heirs of Columbus | Gerald Vizenor | 1991 | 18.28 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 118 (10.86 )|Google Scholar: 100 (5.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 481 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The End of the Road | John Barth | 1958 | 18.25 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 173 (13.15 )|Google Scholar: 104 (5.10)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 482 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Look at the Harlequins! | Vladimir Nabokov | 1974 | 18.25 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 157 (12.53 )|Google Scholar: 89 (4.72)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 483 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Invisible | Paul Auster | 2009 | 18.24 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 178 (13.34 )|Google Scholar: 24 (2.45)|ALH: 6 (2.45 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 484 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque | Edgar Allan Poe | 1839 | 18.22 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 128 (11.31 )|Google Scholar: 38 (3.08)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 485 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lucy Gayheart | Willa Cather | 1935 | 18.21 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 149 (12.21 )|Google Scholar: 19 (2.18)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 486 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert Heinlein | 1961 | 18.21 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 64 (8.00 )|Google Scholar: 339 (9.21)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 487 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Red Pony | John Steinbeck | 1933 | 18.19 |
Genres:NovellaScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 164 (12.81 )|Google Scholar: 30 (2.74)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 488 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The 42nd Parallel | John Dos Passos | 1930 | 18.11 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 130 (11.40 )|Google Scholar: 55 (3.71)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 489 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Salt Eaters | Toni Cade Bambara | 1980 | 18.08 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 134 (11.58 )|Google Scholar: 121 (5.50)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 490 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Frances Hodgson Burnett | 1886 | 18.02 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 97 (9.85 )|Google Scholar: 101 (5.02)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 2 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 491 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dark Laughter | Sherwood Anderson | 1925 | 18.00 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 132 (11.49 )|Google Scholar: 24 (2.45)|ALH: 2 (1.41 )|American Literature: 7 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 492 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ada or Ardor | Vladimir Nabokov | 1969 | 17.99 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 98 (9.90 )|Google Scholar: 262 (8.09)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 493 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hawaii | James Michener | 1959 | 17.93 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 164 (12.81 )|Google Scholar: 68 (4.12)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 494 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Madame de Mauves | Henry James | 1874 | 17.89 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 149 (12.21 )|Google Scholar: 7 (1.32)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 19 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 495 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sketches New and Old | Mark Twain | 1875 | 17.87 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 130 (11.40 )|Google Scholar: 16 (2.00)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 12 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 496 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Ways of White Folks | Langston Hughes | 1934 | 17.85 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 127 (11.27 )|Google Scholar: 84 (4.58)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 497 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Sloan Wilson | 1955 | 17.83 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 53 (7.28 )|Google Scholar: 311 (8.82)|ALH: 3 (1.73 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 498 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | At Heaven's Gate | Robert Penn Warren | 1943 | 17.82 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 169 (13.00 )|Google Scholar: 9 (1.50)|ALH: 0 (0.00 )|American Literature: 11 (3.32 ) | |||||
| 499 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Falling Man | Don DeLillo | 2007 | 17.81 |
Genres:Score Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 41 (6.40 )|Google Scholar: 307 (8.76)|ALH: 7 (2.65 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 500 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri | 1999 | 17.80 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 67 (8.19 )|Google Scholar: 297 (8.62)|ALH: 1 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0 (0.00 ) | |||||
N-gram Frequency Correction.
Titles consisting of words or phrases that are exceedingly common in the English language corpus (such as Stephen King's It or Joyce Carol Oates's them) tend to be overrepresented in search results, thus resulting in an articially inflated citation count. To counteract this tendency, Metacanon adjusts the scores for these works accordingly. Scores subjected to n-gram frequency correction are estimates only and are marked with an asterisk. N-gram freqencies are drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary American English.
We apply a slightly different n-gram frequency correction to New York Times citation counts. These are marked with a dagger, where applicable.
Non-unique author Correction.
Books by authors with a non-unique name (for example "Winston Churchill," the American novelist) tend to be overrepresented in search results, thus resulting in an articially inflated citation count. To counteract this tendency, Metacanon adjusts the scores for these works accordingly. Scores subjected to non-unique author correction are estimates only and are marked with a double dagger.