I just went to our library and they don't have $hit when it comes to American Lit. What are some of your suggestions on good literatures ?
My 2 favorites so far are The Grapes of Wrath & To Kill A Mockingbird
2006-07-19 09:49:17 · 14 answers · asked by sarcasm_rulez_all 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Try Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston or The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
2006-07-19 09:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sun Also Rises, Catcher in the Rye, Poisonwood Bible, Farewell to Arms, Tender is the Night, Great Gatsby, Outsiders, Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Native Speaker, Joy Luck Club, Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Color Purple, Confessions of Nat Turner, World According to Garp, Prayer for Owen Meany, Counterlife,
2006-07-19 10:04:58 · answer #2 · answered by Lucy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the following novels.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: The early civil rights struggle.
All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren: Southern politics.
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Insurgent Mexico by John Reed: Mr. Reed was one of the first investigative reporters.
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara: Describes the class structure in early to mid 20th century America.
For a different genre try:
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam: A sports book which documents American life in the forties.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: A classic American Western.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote: May have been the first non-fiction novel. Influenced many of today's crime novelists.
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith: There was a reason Alfred Hitchcock made this crime/mystery novel into a movie.
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett: Classic crime novel.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: Science Fiction
2006-07-20 06:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Midst of Life - Ambrose Bierce
Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
2006-07-19 11:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Dramafreak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catcher in the Rye, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Bell Jar and I think the Edgar Allen Poes short stories should be mentioned - Such as the The Fall of the House of Usher.
2006-07-19 14:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by Gemini 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Mark Twain, O. Henry, John Steinbeck, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, and Henry Wadworth Longfellow.
2006-07-19 09:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by kcchaplain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great gatsby!!!
it's probably the most annoying book in the world because of some of the characters, and the overall plot. but there are so many themes and it is written beautifully. check it out yo!
also i know why the caged bird sings is pretty good. it's a narrative so it's extremely readable.
it's not a classic, but also try "ishmael" which is more of a philosophy book which is about a talking gorilla that explains his views on humans.
have fun!
2006-07-19 09:56:00 · answer #7 · answered by meestawombat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sula and Beloved by Toni Morrisson
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (though I didn't eat meat for a month after reading that)
2006-07-19 14:04:17 · answer #8 · answered by Marien 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to read some great American Literature check these two sites for free novels:
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://bibliomania.com/
2006-07-19 14:22:33 · answer #9 · answered by Sniggly_Snew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely they must have something!!! Have you ever read Emerson's essays, anything by Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and moving on, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, etc.??? And after that there is even more to delve into, such as the recent authors Updike and Roth. Or DeLillo, or Flannery O'Connor. I could go on...
2006-07-19 09:55:57 · answer #10 · answered by Snickles 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋