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AMERICAN FICTION 1800-1899
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 1 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | 113.36 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 3030.00 (55.05 )|Google Scholar: 4181.00 (32.33)|ALH: 48.00 (6.93 )|American Literature: 363.00 (19.05 ) | |||||
| 2 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1850 | 89.95 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2233.00 (47.25 )|Google Scholar: 2307.00 (24.02)|ALH: 25.00 (5.00 )|American Literature: 187.00 (13.67 ) | |||||
| 3 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | 1884 | 83.87 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1888.00 (43.45 )|Google Scholar: 2760.00 (26.27)|ALH: 16.00 (4.00 )|American Literature: 103.00 (10.15 ) | |||||
| 4 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Portrait of a Lady | Henry James | 1881 | 77.35 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1927.00 (43.90 )|Google Scholar: 1160.00 (17.03)|ALH: 12.00 (3.46 )|American Literature: 168.00 (12.96 ) | |||||
| 5 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1852 | 76.13 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1365.00 (36.95 )|Google Scholar: 2216.00 (23.54)|ALH: 48.00 (6.93 )|American Literature: 76.00 (8.72 ) | |||||
| 6 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Turn of the Screw | Henry James | 1898 | 65.56 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1541.00 (39.26 )|Google Scholar: 757.00 (13.76)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 124.00 (11.14 ) | |||||
| 7 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Billy Budd | Herman Melville | 1891 | 61.93 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1198.00 (34.61 )|Google Scholar: 446.00 (10.56)|ALH: 15.00 (3.87 )|American Literature: 166.00 (12.88 ) | |||||
| 8 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The House of the Seven Gables | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1851 | 58.54 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1077.00 (32.82 )|Google Scholar: 736.00 (13.56)|ALH: 10.00 (3.16 )|American Literature: 81.00 (9.00 ) | |||||
| 9 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | 1895 | 57.14 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1054.00 (32.47 )|Google Scholar: 540.00 (11.62)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 117.00 (10.82 ) | |||||
| 10 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Typee | Herman Melville | 1846 | 55.91 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 916.00 (30.27 )|Google Scholar: 430.00 (10.37)|ALH: 14.00 (3.74 )|American Literature: 133.00 (11.53 ) | |||||
| 11 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Bostonians | Henry James | 1886 | 55.85 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1102.00 (33.20 )|Google Scholar: 298.00 (8.63)|ALH: 15.00 (3.87 )|American Literature: 103.00 (10.15 ) | |||||
| 12 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Confidence-Man | Herman Melville | 1857 | 55.24 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 823.00 (28.69 )|Google Scholar: 550.00 (11.73)|ALH: 15.00 (3.87 )|American Literature: 120.00 (10.95 ) | |||||
| 13 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Awakening | Kate Chopin | 1899 | 52.46 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 734.00 (27.09 )|Google Scholar: 1055.00 (16.24)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 42.00 (6.48 ) | |||||
| 14 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Blithedale Romance | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1852 | 51.92 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 909.00 (30.15 )|Google Scholar: 361.00 (9.50)|ALH: 10.00 (3.16 )|American Literature: 83.00 (9.11 ) | |||||
| 15 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Marble Faun | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1860 | 51.87 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 984.00 (31.37 )|Google Scholar: 261.00 (8.08)|ALH: 8.00 (2.83 )|American Literature: 92.00 (9.59 ) | |||||
| 16 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | 1876 | 50.66 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 774.00 (27.82 )|Google Scholar: 911.00 (15.09)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 33.00 (5.74 ) | |||||
| 17 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mardi | Herman Melville | 1849 | 49.67 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 764.00 (27.64 )|Google Scholar: 228.00 (7.55)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 140.00 (11.83 ) | |||||
| 18 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain | 1889 | 48.97 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 666.00 (25.81 )|Google Scholar: 740.00 (13.60)|ALH: 9.00 (3.00 )|American Literature: 43.00 (6.56 ) | |||||
| 19 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pudd'nhead Wilson | Mark Twain | 1894 | 48.53 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 963.00 (31.03 )|Google Scholar: 88.00 (4.69)|ALH: 10.00 (3.16 )|American Literature: 93.00 (9.64 ) | |||||
| 20 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Princess Casamassima | Henry James | 1886 | 48.43 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 840.00 (28.98 )|Google Scholar: 266.00 (8.15)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 82.00 (9.06 ) | |||||
| 21 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Washington Square | Henry James | 1880 | 47.70 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 1008.00 (31.75 )|Google Scholar: 197.00 (7.02)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 48.00 (6.93 ) | |||||
| 22 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Daisy Miller | Henry James | 1878 | 47.53 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 964.00 (31.05 )|Google Scholar: 144.00 (6.00)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 72.00 (8.49 ) | |||||
| 23 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Looking Backward | Edward Bellamy | 1888 | 46.78 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 381.00 (19.52 )|Google Scholar: 1748.00 (20.90)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 19.00 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 24 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1869 | 46.30 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 589.00 (24.27 )|Google Scholar: 904.00 (15.03)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 25.00 (5.00 ) | |||||
| 25 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | White-Jacket | Herman Melville | 1850 | 45.75 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 612.00 (24.74 )|Google Scholar: 319.00 (8.93)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 89.00 (9.43 ) | |||||
| 26 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Roderick Hudson | Henry James | 1875 | 45.27 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 828.00 (28.77 )|Google Scholar: 109.00 (5.22)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 86.00 (9.27 ) | |||||
| 27 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Benito Cereno | Herman Melville | 1855 | 44.21 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 678.00 (26.04 )|Google Scholar: 133.00 (5.77)|ALH: 12.00 (3.46 )|American Literature: 80.00 (8.94 ) | |||||
| 28 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Redburn | Herman Melville | 1849 | 41.99 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 506.00 (22.49 )|Google Scholar: 242.00 (7.78)|ALH: 9.00 (3.00 )|American Literature: 76.00 (8.72 ) | |||||
| 29 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The American | Henry James | 1877 | 41.84*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 780.65 (27.94 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 62.00 (3.94)|ALH: 8.65 (2.94 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 49.35 (7.02 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 30 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Tragic Muse | Henry James | 1890 | 40.09 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 649.00 (25.48 )|Google Scholar: 118.00 (5.43)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 67.00 (8.19 ) | |||||
| 31 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Prince and the Pauper | Mark Twain | 1881 | 39.84 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 585.00 (24.19 )|Google Scholar: 159.00 (6.30)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 58.00 (7.62 ) | |||||
| 32 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Omoo | Herman Melville | 1847 | 38.79 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 506.00 (22.49 )|Google Scholar: 127.00 (5.63)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 75.00 (8.66 ) | |||||
| 33 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | McTeague | Frank Norris | 1899 | 38.46 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 528.00 (22.98 )|Google Scholar: 192.00 (6.93)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 43.00 (6.56 ) | |||||
| 34 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Spoils of Poynton | Henry James | 1897 | 38.31 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 604.00 (24.58 )|Google Scholar: 123.00 (5.55)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 67.00 (8.19 ) | |||||
| 35 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Rise of Silas Lapham | William Dean Howells | 1885 | 38.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 476.00 (21.82 )|Google Scholar: 250.00 (7.91)|ALH: 8.00 (2.83 )|American Literature: 31.00 (5.57 ) | |||||
| 36 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pioneers | James Fenimore Cooper | 1823 | 38.04 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 460.00 (21.45 )|Google Scholar: 242.00 (7.78)|ALH: 10.00 (3.16 )|American Literature: 32.00 (5.66 ) | |||||
| 37 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Twice-Told Tales | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1837 | 37.93 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 551.00 (23.47 )|Google Scholar: 131.00 (5.72)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 49.00 (7.00 ) | |||||
| 38 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Aspern Papers | Henry James | 1888 | 37.49 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 575.00 (23.98 )|Google Scholar: 174.00 (6.60)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 35.00 (5.92 ) | |||||
| 39 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | What Maisie Knew | Henry James | 1897 | 37.13 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 793.00 (28.16 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 60.00 (7.75 ) | |||||
| 40 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Clotel | William Wells Brown | 1853 | 36.31 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 375.00 (19.36 )|Google Scholar: 403.00 (10.04)|ALH: 14.00 (3.74 )|American Literature: 10.00 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 41 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Hazard of New Fortunes | William Dean Howells | 1889 | 35.96 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 418.00 (20.45 )|Google Scholar: 225.00 (7.50)|ALH: 6.00 (2.45 )|American Literature: 31.00 (5.57 ) | |||||
| 42 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Prairie | James Fenimore Cooper | 1827 | 35.94 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 452.00 (21.26 )|Google Scholar: 136.00 (5.83)|ALH: 12.00 (3.46 )|American Literature: 29.00 (5.39 ) | |||||
| 43 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Awkward Age | Henry James | 1899 | 35.73 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 562.00 (23.71 )|Google Scholar: 80.00 (4.47)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 57.00 (7.55 ) | |||||
| 44 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Europeans | Henry James | 1878 | 35.49 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 584.00 (24.17 )|Google Scholar: 62.00 (3.94)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 32.00 (5.66 ) | |||||
| 45 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | 35.36 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 448.00 (21.17 )|Google Scholar: 139.00 (5.89)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 32.00 (5.66 ) | |||||
| 46 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Dred | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1856 | 35.24 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 467.00 (21.61 )|Google Scholar: 166.00 (6.44)|ALH: 11.00 (3.32 )|American Literature: 15.00 (3.87 ) | |||||
| 47 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | Edgar Allan Poe | 1838 | 35.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 400.00 (20.00 )|Google Scholar: 256.00 (8.00)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 20.00 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 48 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pierre: or The Ambiguities | Herman Melville | 1852 | 34.88 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 261.00 (16.16 )|Google Scholar: 459.00 (10.71)|ALH: 6.00 (2.45 )|American Literature: 31.00 (5.57 ) | |||||
| 49 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Gilded Age | Charles Dudley Warner | 1873 | 31.67 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 281.00 (16.76 )|Google Scholar: 319.00 (8.93)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 18.00 (4.24 ) | |||||
| 50 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Israel Potter | Herman Melville | 1855 | 31.62 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 315.00 (17.75 )|Google Scholar: 97.00 (4.92)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 45.00 (6.71 ) | |||||
| 51 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Country of the Pointed Firs | Sarah Orne Jewett | 1896 | 31.46 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 309.00 (17.58 )|Google Scholar: 234.00 (7.65)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 16.00 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 52 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Open Boat | Stephen Crane | 1898 | 31.39 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 416.00 (20.40 )|Google Scholar: 71.00 (4.21)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 46.00 (6.78 ) | |||||
| 53 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Arthur Mervyn | Charles Brockden Brown | 1800 | 30.66 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 288.00 (16.97 )|Google Scholar: 172.00 (6.56)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 24.00 (4.90 ) | |||||
| 54 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Modern Instance | William Dean Howells | 1882 | 29.31 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 326.00 (18.06 )|Google Scholar: 67.00 (4.09)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 33.00 (5.74 ) | |||||
| 55 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Maggie: A Girl of the Streets | Stephen Crane | 1893 | 29.10 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 277.00 (16.64 )|Google Scholar: 114.00 (5.34)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 20.00 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 56 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Iola Leroy | Frances Harper | 1892 | 28.87 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 163.00 (12.77 )|Google Scholar: 493.00 (11.10)|ALH: 9.00 (3.00 )|American Literature: 4.00 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 57 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper | 1841 | 28.78 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 261.00 (16.16 )|Google Scholar: 154.00 (6.20)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 22.00 (4.69 ) | |||||
| 58 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Spy | James Fenimore Cooper | 1821 | 28.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 272.00 (16.49 )|Google Scholar: 92.00 (4.80)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 26.00 (5.10 ) | |||||
| 59 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Life in the Iron Mills | Rebecca Harding Davis | 1861 | 27.36 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 235.00 (15.33 )|Google Scholar: 165.00 (6.42)|ALH: 6.00 (2.45 )|American Literature: 10.00 (3.16 ) | |||||
| 60 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | In the Cage | Henry James | 1898 | 27.28 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 338.00 (18.38 )|Google Scholar: 57.00 (3.77)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 17.00 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 61 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Wide, Wide World | Susan Warner | 1850 | 27.27 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 172.00 (13.11 )|Google Scholar: 344.00 (9.27)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 5.00 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 62 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Monster | Stephen Crane | 1899 | 26.96 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 325.00 (18.03 )|Google Scholar: 22.00 (2.35)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 21.00 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 63 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson | 1884 | 26.16 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 186.00 (13.64 )|Google Scholar: 186.00 (6.82)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 12.00 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 64 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tom Sawyer Abroad | Mark Twain | 1894 | 25.63 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 266.00 (16.31 )|Google Scholar: 56.00 (3.74)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 21.00 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 65 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Encantadas | Herman Melville | 1854 | 25.59 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 195.00 (13.96 )|Google Scholar: 93.00 (4.82)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 29.00 (5.39 ) | |||||
| 66 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Conjure Woman | Charles Chesnutt | 1899 | 25.15 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 226.00 (15.03 )|Google Scholar: 163.00 (6.38)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 4.00 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 67 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Confidence | Henry James | 1879 | 24.87*Corpus frequency correction applied. |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 323.34 (17.98 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|Google Scholar: 13.00 (1.80)|ALH: 2.85 (1.69 *Corpus frequency correction applied. )|American Literature: 11.54 (3.40 *Corpus frequency correction applied. ) | |||||
| 68 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Lesson of the Master | Henry James | 1888 | 24.76 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 295.00 (17.18 )|Google Scholar: 36.00 (3.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 21.00 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 69 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Damnation of Theron Ware | Harold Frederic | 1896 | 24.62 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 190.00 (13.78 )|Google Scholar: 119.00 (5.45)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 29.00 (5.39 ) | |||||
| 70 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper | 1840 | 23.79 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 193.00 (13.89 )|Google Scholar: 95.00 (4.87)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 13.00 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 71 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Grandissimes | George Washington Cable | 1880 | 23.54 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 179.00 (13.38 )|Google Scholar: 88.00 (4.69)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 14.00 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 72 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Salmagundi | Washington Irving | 1808 | 23.52 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 212.00 (14.56 )|Google Scholar: 28.00 (2.65)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 21.00 (4.58 ) | |||||
| 73 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ruth Hall | Fanny Fern | 1854 | 22.96 |
Genres:OtherScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 154.00 (12.41 )|Google Scholar: 103.00 (5.07)|ALH: 8.00 (2.83 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 74 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hope Leslie | Catharine Maria Sedgwick | 1827 | 22.87 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 128.00 (11.31 )|Google Scholar: 265.00 (8.14)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 4.00 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 75 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Watch and Ward | Henry James | 1871 | 22.87 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 222.00 (14.90 )|Google Scholar: 23.00 (2.40)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 31.00 (5.57 ) | |||||
| 76 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Mark Twain | 1896 | 22.63 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 186.00 (13.64 )|Google Scholar: 105.00 (5.12)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 6.00 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 77 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Indian Summer | William Dean Howells | 1886 | 22.62 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 219.00 (14.80 )|Google Scholar: 15.00 (1.94)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 20.00 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 78 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Our Nig | Harriet E. Wilson | 1859 | 22.58 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 112.00 (10.58 )|Google Scholar: 336.00 (9.17)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 79 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1859 | 21.76 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 124.00 (11.14 )|Google Scholar: 106.00 (5.15)|ALH: 7.00 (2.65 )|American Literature: 8.00 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 80 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hobomok | Lydia Maria Child | 1824 | 21.73 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 148.00 (12.17 )|Google Scholar: 136.00 (5.83)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 81 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Blake, or The Huts of America | Martin Delany | 1859 | 21.69 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 85.00 (9.22 )|Google Scholar: 287.00 (8.47)|ALH: 9.00 (3.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 82 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pilot | James Fenimore Cooper | 1800 | 21.28 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 168.00 (12.96 )|Google Scholar: 40.00 (3.16)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 14.00 (3.74 ) | |||||
| 83 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sut Lovingood | George Washington Harris | 1867 | 20.96 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 194.00 (13.93 )|Google Scholar: 47.00 (3.43)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 13.00 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 84 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The American Claimant | Mark Twain | 1892 | 20.56 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 166.00 (12.88 )|Google Scholar: 41.00 (3.20)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 20.00 (4.47 ) | |||||
| 85 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ragged Dick | Horatio Alger | 1868 | 20.54 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 119.00 (10.91 )|Google Scholar: 168.00 (6.48)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 86 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque | Edgar Allan Poe | 1839 | 20.02 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 151.00 (12.29 )|Google Scholar: 61.00 (3.91)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8.00 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 87 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Home as Found | James Fenimore Cooper | 1800 | 19.99 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 125.00 (11.18 )|Google Scholar: 37.00 (3.04)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 19.00 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 88 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Mark Twain | 1896 | 19.01 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 177.00 (13.30 )|Google Scholar: 2.00 (0.71)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 16.00 (4.00 ) | |||||
| 89 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Reverberator | Henry James | 1888 | 19.00 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 142.00 (11.92 )|Google Scholar: 35.00 (2.96)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17.00 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 90 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Madame de Mauves | Henry James | 1874 | 18.82 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 162.00 (12.73 )|Google Scholar: 12.00 (1.73)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 19.00 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 91 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Oldtown Folks | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1869 | 18.66 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 115.00 (10.72 )|Google Scholar: 60.00 (3.87)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 92 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Lamplighter | Maria Cummins | 1854 | 18.60 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 100.00 (10.00 )|Google Scholar: 153.00 (6.18)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 93 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Sketches New and Old | Mark Twain | 1875 | 18.56 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 126.00 (11.22 )|Google Scholar: 33.00 (2.87)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 12.00 (3.46 ) | |||||
| 94 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Luck of Roaring Camp | Bret Harte | 1870 | 18.48 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 123.00 (11.09 )|Google Scholar: 31.00 (2.78)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 13.00 (3.61 ) | |||||
| 95 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Traveler from Altruria | William Dean Howells | 1894 | 18.13 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 82.00 (9.06 )|Google Scholar: 87.00 (4.66)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 9.00 (3.00 ) | |||||
| 96 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Wife of His Youth | Charles Chesnutt | 1899 | 17.99 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 132.00 (11.49 )|Google Scholar: 81.00 (4.50)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 97 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | Mark Twain | 1869 | 17.92 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 163.00 (12.77 )|Google Scholar: 7.00 (1.32)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 8.00 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 98 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Other House | Henry James | 1896 | 17.90 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 132.00 (11.49 )|Google Scholar: 21.00 (2.29)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 17.00 (4.12 ) | |||||
| 99 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Frances Hodgson Burnett | 1886 | 17.83 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 81.00 (9.00 )|Google Scholar: 144.00 (6.00)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 100 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon | Washington Irving | 1819 | 17.74 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 141.00 (11.87 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 101 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Passionate Pilgrim | Henry James | 1871 | 17.56 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 119.00 (10.91 )|Google Scholar: 21.00 (2.29)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 19.00 (4.36 ) | |||||
| 102 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings | Joel Chandler Harris | 1880 | 17.32 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 81.00 (9.00 )|Google Scholar: 125.00 (5.59)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 103 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Country Doctor | Sarah Orne Jewett | 1884 | 17.17 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 81.00 (9.00 )|Google Scholar: 82.00 (4.53)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 104 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Old Creole Days | George Washington Cable | 1879 | 17.13 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 94.00 (9.70 )|Google Scholar: 48.00 (3.46)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 5.00 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 105 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Morgesons | Elizabeth Stoddard | 1862 | 16.92 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 105.00 (10.25 )|Google Scholar: 54.00 (3.67)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4.00 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 106 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Red Rover | James Fenimore Cooper | 1800 | 15.63 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 90.00 (9.49 )|Google Scholar: 29.00 (2.69)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 6.00 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 107 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Little Men | Louisa May Alcott | 1871 | 15.56 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 116.00 (10.77 )|Google Scholar: 17.00 (2.06)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 108 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Squatter and the Don | Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton | 1885 | 15.49 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 76.00 (8.72 )|Google Scholar: 39.00 (3.12)|ALH: 5.00 (2.24 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 109 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Margaret | Sylvester Judd | 1845 | 15.10 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 124.00 (11.14 )|Google Scholar: 7.00 (1.32)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 110 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Quaker City | George Lippard | 1845 | 15.05 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 80.00 (8.94 )|Google Scholar: 43.00 (3.28)|ALH: 2.00 (1.41 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 111 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | At Fault | Kate Chopin | 1890 | 14.81 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 105.00 (10.25 )|Google Scholar: 12.00 (1.73)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 8.00 (2.83 ) | |||||
| 112 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Work: A Story of Experience | Louisa May Alcott | 1873 | 14.55 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 57.00 (7.55 )|Google Scholar: 73.00 (4.27)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 113 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | 1877 | 14.42 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 78.00 (8.83 )|Google Scholar: 125.00 (5.59)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 114 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Edward Eggleston | 1871 | 13.88 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 39.00 (6.24 )|Google Scholar: 86.00 (4.64)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 4.00 (2.00 ) | |||||
| 115 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Margret Howth | Rebecca Harding Davis | 1862 | 13.24 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 52.00 (7.21 )|Google Scholar: 10.00 (1.58)|ALH: 4.00 (2.00 )|American Literature: 6.00 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 116 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jo's Boys | Louisa May Alcott | 1886 | 13.16 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 60.00 (7.75 )|Google Scholar: 36.00 (3.00)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 117 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Imperium in Imperio | Sutton E. Griggs | 1899 | 13.06 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 56.00 (7.48 )|Google Scholar: 59.00 (3.84)|ALH: 3.00 (1.73 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 118 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A New England Nun | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 1891 | 13.00 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 72.00 (8.49 )|Google Scholar: 31.00 (2.78)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 119 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hyperion | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1839 | 12.69 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 92.00 (9.59 )|Google Scholar: 3.00 (0.87)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5.00 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 120 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Eight Cousins | Louisa May Alcott | 1875 | 12.67 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 54.00 (7.35 )|Google Scholar: 44.00 (3.32)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 121 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Nick of the Woods | Robert Montgomery Bird | 1837 | 12.51 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 65.00 (8.06 )|Google Scholar: 4.00 (1.00)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 6.00 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 122 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Democracy: An American Novel | Henry Adams | 1880 | 12.38 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 35.00 (5.92 )|Google Scholar: 102.00 (5.05)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 123 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A London Life | Henry James | 1888 | 12.19 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 91.00 (9.54 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 124 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Hidden Hand | E. D. E. N. Southworth | 1888 | 12.03 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 45.00 (6.71 )|Google Scholar: 61.00 (3.91)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 125 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pearl of Orr's Island | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1862 | 11.78 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 48.00 (6.93 )|Google Scholar: 18.00 (2.12)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 126 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Story of a Country Town | E. W. Howe | 1883 | 10.99 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 33.00 (5.74 )|Google Scholar: 27.00 (2.60)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 127 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Ambrose Bierce | 1891 | 10.98 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 42.00 (6.48 )|Google Scholar: 25.00 (2.50)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 128 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Revolt of Mother | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 1891 | 10.96 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 46.00 (6.78 )|Google Scholar: 24.00 (2.45)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 129 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Fool's Errand | Albion Tourgee | 1879 | 10.53 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 28.00 (5.29 )|Google Scholar: 32.00 (2.83)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 130 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ | Lew Wallace | 1880 | 10.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 25.00 (5.00 )|Google Scholar: 68.00 (4.12)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 131 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mark Twain's Library of Humor | Mark Twain | 1888 | 10.07 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 58.00 (7.62 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 6.00 (2.45 ) | |||||
| 132 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Modern Mephistopheles | Louisa May Alcott | 1877 | 10.02 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 43.00 (6.56 )|Google Scholar: 12.00 (1.73)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 133 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Hans Brinker | Mary Mapes Dodge | 1865 | 9.83 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 49.00 (7.00 )|Google Scholar: 32.00 (2.83)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 134 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Jason Edwards | Hamlin Garland | 1892 | 9.79 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 35.00 (5.92 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 7.00 (2.65 ) | |||||
| 135 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Market Place | Harold Frederic | 1899 | 9.76 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 48.00 (6.93 )|Google Scholar: 8.00 (1.41)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 136 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County | Joseph Kirkland | 1887 | 9.68 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 29.00 (5.39 )|Google Scholar: 17.00 (2.06)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5.00 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 137 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Rose in Bloom | Louisa May Alcott | 1876 | 9.59 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 39.00 (6.24 )|Google Scholar: 22.00 (2.35)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 138 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Pembroke | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 1894 | 9.27 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 40.00 (6.32 )|Google Scholar: 2.00 (0.71)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 5.00 (2.24 ) | |||||
| 139 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | St. Elmo | Augusta Jane Evans | 1866 | 9.01 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 53.00 (7.28 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 140 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A New-England Tale | Catharine Maria Sedgwick | 1822 | 8.95 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 32.00 (5.66 )|Google Scholar: 21.00 (2.29)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 141 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | For the Major | Constance Fenimore Woolson | 1883 | 8.74 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 35.00 (5.92 )|Google Scholar: 8.00 (1.41)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 142 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Richard Carvel | Winston Churchill | 1899 | 8.71 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 28.00 (5.29 )|Google Scholar: 4.00 (1.00)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 143 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The ?1,000,000 Bank Note | Mark Twain | 1893 | 8.21 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 35.00 (5.92 )|Google Scholar: 21.00 (2.29)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 144 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Alone | Mary Virginia Terhune | 1855 | 8.16 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 33.00 (5.74 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 145 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty | John W. De Forest | 1867 | 8.04 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 10.00 (3.16 )|Google Scholar: 60.00 (3.87)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 146 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Under the Lilacs | Louisa May Alcott | 1878 | 8.00 |
Genres:OtherScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 27.00 (5.20 )|Google Scholar: 13.00 (1.80)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 147 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Struggling Upward | Horatio Alger | 1890 | 7.80 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 25.00 (5.00 )|Google Scholar: 13.00 (1.80)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 148 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Merry Tales | Mark Twain | 1892 | 7.66 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 39.00 (6.24 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 149 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Leavenworth Case | Anna Katharine Green | 1878 | 7.52 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 13.00 (3.61 )|Google Scholar: 34.00 (2.92)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 150 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Infidel | Robert Montgomery Bird | 1835 | 7.10 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 15.00 (3.87 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 151 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A White Heron and Other Stories | Sarah Orne Jewett | 1886 | 7.01 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 11.00 (3.32 )|Google Scholar: 29.00 (2.69)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 152 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Long Fatal Love Chase | Louisa May Alcott | 1866 | 6.69 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 9.00 (3.00 )|Google Scholar: 29.00 (2.69)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 153 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | When Knighthood Was in Flower | Charles Major | 1898 | 6.58 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 10.00 (3.16 )|Google Scholar: 8.00 (1.41)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 154 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Free Quaker | S. Weir Mitchell | 1897 | 6.47 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 14.00 (3.74 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 155 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There | Timothy Shay Arthur | 1854 | 6.45 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 6.00 (2.45 )|Google Scholar: 36.00 (3.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 156 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Horse-Shoe Robinson | John P. Kennedy | 1835 | 6.36 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 8.00 (2.83 )|Google Scholar: 13.00 (1.80)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 3.00 (1.73 ) | |||||
| 157 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | John Brent | Theodore Winthrop | 1862 | 6.24 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 13.00 (3.61 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 158 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan | James Kirke Paulding | 1812 | 6.23 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 10.00 (3.16 )|Google Scholar: 11.00 (1.66)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 159 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | John Ward, Preacher | Margaret Deland | 1888 | 6.02 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 13.00 (3.61 )|Google Scholar: 8.00 (1.41)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 160 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | A Voyage to the Moon | George Tucker | 1827 | 5.97 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 14.00 (3.74 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 161 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man | Catharine Maria Sedgwick | 1836 | 5.25 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 11.00 (3.32 )|Google Scholar: 15.00 (1.94)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 162 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Gates Ajar | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward | 1868 | 5.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 17.00 (4.12 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 163 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Virginia Comedians | John Esten Cooke | 1854 | 5.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 16.00 (4.00 )|Google Scholar: 5.00 (1.12)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 164 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Live and Let Live | Catharine Maria Sedgwick | 1837 | 5.11 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 13.00 (3.61 )|Google Scholar: 9.00 (1.50)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 165 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Down-Easters | John Neal | 1833 | 5.02 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 13.00 (3.61 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 166 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Violets | Alice Dunbar-Nelson | 1895 | 5.00 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 25.00 (5.00 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 167 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Peterkin Papers | Lucretia P. Hale | 1883 | 5.00 |
Genres:Collection of Short StoriesScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 4.00 (2.00 )|Google Scholar: 10.00 (1.58)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 168 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf | Joseph Holt Ingraham | 1836 | 4.87 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 7.00 (2.65 )|Google Scholar: 6.00 (1.22)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 169 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Green Mountain Boys | Daniel Pierce Thompson | 1840 | 4.86 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 6.00 (2.45 )|Google Scholar: 4.00 (1.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 2.00 (1.41 ) | |||||
| 170 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Yamassee | William Gilmore Simms | 1835 | 4.81 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2.00 (1.41 )|Google Scholar: 46.00 (3.39)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 171 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Rudder Grange | Frank R. Stockton | 1899 | 4.74 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 14.00 (3.74 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 172 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Five Little Peppers and How They Grew | Margaret Sidney | 1881 | 4.70 |
Genres:OtherScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 8.00 (2.83 )|Google Scholar: 14.00 (1.87)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 173 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | To Whom This May Come | Edward Bellamy | 1888 | 4.65 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 7.00 (2.65 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 1.00 (1.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 174 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Saracinesca | Francis Marion Crawford | 1887 | 3.85 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 3.00 (1.73 )|Google Scholar: 5.00 (1.12)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 175 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Champions of Freedom | Samuel Woodworth | 1816 | 3.56 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 5.00 (2.24 )|Google Scholar: 7.00 (1.32)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 176 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Barriers Burned Away | Edward Payson Roe | 1872 | 3.39 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 3.00 (1.73 )|Google Scholar: 11.00 (1.66)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 177 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Kavanagh | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow | 1849 | 3.12 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2.00 (1.41 )|Google Scholar: 2.00 (0.71)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 1.00 (1.00 ) | |||||
| 178 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance | Mark Twain | 1871 | 2.00 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 4.00 (2.00 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 179 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Young Lucretia | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 1892 | 1.91 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 2.00 (1.41 )|Google Scholar: 1.00 (0.50)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 180 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Pot of Gold | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 1892 | 1.73 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 3.00 (1.73 )|Google Scholar: 0.00 (0.00)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (0.00 ) | |||||
| 181 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | The Tales of the Argonauts | Bret Harte | 1875 | 1.50 |
Genres:NovelScore Breakdown:JSTOR Language and Literature: 0.00 (0.00 )|Google Scholar: 9.00 (1.50)|ALH: 0.00 (0.00 )|American Literature: 0.00 (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 artificially 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 frequencies 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 artificially 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.