Great American Novels

Créée à partir du mot-clé
Great American Novel
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Catch 22
de Joseph Heller
39,989 membres
524 critiques
4.1
Rang global 27
8 Members
aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, Amalie_Nymphenburg, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, Brando26,magnumpigg ,Bluewolf0411
4
Les extraordinaires aventures de Kavalier & Clay
de Michael Chabon
18,768 membres
412 critiques
4.2
Rang global 36
7 Members
kiwiflowa, aulsmith, sturlington, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Brando26,kageeh ,Bluewolf0411
5
Sur la route
de Jack Kerouac
27,925 membres
385 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 22
10 Members
kiwiflowa, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Bretzky1, jeffza, griffinas, Brando26, hotblack43, FranzK72,sturlington ,ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963 : Tried to read it but the sexism was so pronounced that I stopped, repelled.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
de James Baldwin
5,745 membres
112 critiques
3.9
Rang global 58
4 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, amanda4242, alex68
9
La conquête du courage
de Stephen Crane
11,136 membres
128 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 29
7 Members
aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72
10
Elmer Gantry
de Sinclair Lewis
1,536 membres
44 critiques
4
Rang global 72
3 Members
aulsmith, barbharper, Bretzky1
11
Homme invisible, pour qui chantes-tu?
de Ralph Ellison
16,352 membres
212 critiques
4
Rang global 16
10 Members
lahochstetler, kiwiflowa, aulsmith, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Brando26, FranzK72,merrystar
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CliffsNotes on Melville's Moby-Dick
de Stanley P. Baldwin
193 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
Rang global 156
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City of Words: American Fiction, 1950-70
de Tony Tanner
44 membres
1 critique
½ 4.4
Rang global 152
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Baltimore
de David Simon
2,192 membres
45 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 123
2 Members
kageeh, birder4106,aulsmith ,
Explications
: this is non-fiction--sorry
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En route vers l'Ouest
de Jim Harrison
400 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 141
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Une paix séparée
de John Knowles
12,771 membres
190 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 80
5 Members
kageeh, kiwiflowa, barbharper, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,enrique_molinero ,aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith : I always found this too contrived.
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Autant en emporte le vent
de Margaret Mitchell
23,421 membres
441 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 17
10 Members
kageeh, sjmccreary, amanda4242, merrystar, Amalie_Nymphenburg, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, JGKC, griffinas, FlorianKarpfinger,eromsted ,aulsmith ,magnumpigg
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Chroniques martiennes
de Ray Bradbury
16,599 membres
322 critiques
4.1
Rang global 132
2 Members
Bretzky1, ahef1963,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington : Short stories.
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Des fleurs pour Algernon
de Daniel Keyes
15,764 membres
381 critiques
4.1
Rang global 133
2 Members
cej1027, ahef1963,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington
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Un cantique pour Leibowitz
de Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,730 membres
306 critiques
3.9
Rang global 90
4 Members
barbharper, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Brando26,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explications
aulsmith : Too episodic to be a "great novel".
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American Gods
de Neil Gaiman
33,585 membres
931 critiques
4.1
Rang global 147
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington ,jeffza
Explications
sturlington : Hmm. Neil Gaiman is not American, so I don't think this book quite qualifies.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Novels and Stories (Library of America)
de Zora Neale Hurston
449 membres
5 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 148
Member
LisaMaria_C,aulsmith ,sturlington ,Bretzky1
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The Sound and the Fury [Norton Critical Edition]
de William Faulkner
1,858 membres
21 critiques
4.1
Rang global 151
Member
kiwiflowa,aulsmith ,sturlington ,LisaMaria_C
Explications
sturlington : Duplicate.
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Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
31,681 membres
559 critiques
4.1
Rang global 91
6 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,sturlington ,JGKC ,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027
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Le coeur est un chasseur solitaire
de Carson McCullers
10,703 membres
243 critiques
4
Rang global 75
5 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bretzky1
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The Annotated Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
2,377 membres
43 critiques
½ 4.5
Rang global 153
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Las Vegas parano
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,391 membres
192 critiques
4
Rang global 130
2 Members
kiwiflowa, ahef1963,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : Not really a novel.
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Watchmen
de Alan Moore
19,130 membres
493 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 155
Member
ahef1963, ,aulsmith ,amanda4242 ,merrystar ,sturlington ,Bretzky1 ,cej1027 ,
Explications
amanda4242 : Good book, but it's not American.
: Moore is British, very much so
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Le Tour d'écrou
de Henry James
8,085 membres
247 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 89
6 Members
roby72, ncgraham, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,amanda4242 ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington : This is an English style ghost story; doesn't seem that American to me.
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La Chambre de Giovanni
de James Baldwin
5,511 membres
126 critiques
4.2
Rang global 84
3 Members
eromsted, amanda4242, barbharper,aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith : Set in France and really much more about ex-pats than the average American