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AMERICAN FICTION 1800-1899
| # | Title | Author | Year | Score | |
| 1 | ◯ Add to wishlist. | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | 113.36 |
Genres:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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:Score 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.