Anonymous
7/19/2025, 1:56:36 PM No.24564021
What are the greatest American novels in your opinion? I want to read them before I kick the bucket.
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Great American Novels - /lit/ (#24564021) [Archived: 138 hours ago]
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 2:21:17 PM No.24564062
Moby Dick
You can skip the rest
You can skip the rest
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Anonymous
7/19/2025, 2:24:23 PM No.24564068
>>24564062
This. And it's not a novel, but Edgar Allen Poe's stories. In particular: Usher, Tell-tale Heart, Pit and Pendulum, and if it hasnt been spoiled for you yet, Rue Morgue.
This. And it's not a novel, but Edgar Allen Poe's stories. In particular: Usher, Tell-tale Heart, Pit and Pendulum, and if it hasnt been spoiled for you yet, Rue Morgue.
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 2:35:47 PM No.24564091
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 2:55:00 PM No.24564132
Now that I think about America doesn’t have great novelists. There’s a number of "well-known" ones, but those of legendary status I can only think of short story writers such as Poe (and the greatest of them all, Lovecraft) and contemporary horror / thriller writers like Clancy and maybe King.
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Anonymous
7/19/2025, 2:56:09 PM No.24564135
Raymond Chandler
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 2:59:05 PM No.24564142
>>24564062
Oh shit I forgot about Moby Dick, probably the only great American novel.
Oh shit I forgot about Moby Dick, probably the only great American novel.
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 4:21:29 PM No.24564322
Alright, I'll read some more Poe. Have read Steinbeck and Hemingway.
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 5:12:39 PM No.24564448
>>24564132
>America doesn’t have great novelists
You could spend a lifetime on 20th century American novelists and never run out of good ones. America's novelistic output is competitive with any European tradition you like. Pic related for instance is a perfect 10 and hardly anyone even knows it exists.
>America doesn’t have great novelists
You could spend a lifetime on 20th century American novelists and never run out of good ones. America's novelistic output is competitive with any European tradition you like. Pic related for instance is a perfect 10 and hardly anyone even knows it exists.
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 5:20:50 PM No.24564476
>>24564425
Lol. Lonesome dove is bad dickens set in the west. It couldn't be further from the other two
Lol. Lonesome dove is bad dickens set in the west. It couldn't be further from the other two
Anonymous
7/19/2025, 6:11:30 PM No.24564598
>>24564040
Only the gayest cucks read that.
Only the gayest cucks read that.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 12:13:01 AM No.24565705
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 12:18:59 AM No.24565727
O Lost
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:22:41 AM No.24566465
Just read East of Eden.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:25:19 AM No.24566469
>>24564021 (OP)
Harry Potter, Discworld, and A Song of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter, Discworld, and A Song of Ice and Fire
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:55:43 AM No.24566512
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:01:42 AM No.24566522
>>24564021 (OP)
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:32:44 AM No.24566583
Read Poe, then Lovecraft and you will understand America better than anyone who worships Moby Dick
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:37:00 AM No.24566587
>>24566513
I do wish our countries would unite, i don't mean america taking over canada, I mean us, becoming one great nation together.
I do wish our countries would unite, i don't mean america taking over canada, I mean us, becoming one great nation together.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:27:48 AM No.24566631
>>24565751
Blood meridian? Yes
Blood meridian? Yes
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 4:09:17 PM No.24567191
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:08:43 AM No.24568213
>>24564040
Eh8
Eh8
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:24:19 AM No.24568250
Whatever you do, do NOT read The Great Gatsby or anything by Steinbeck
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:26:45 AM No.24568254
>>24564021 (OP)
The Golden Bowl by Henry James is a strong contender.
The Golden Bowl by Henry James is a strong contender.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:33:25 AM No.24568605