Without further ado, we’ve curated a selection of the greatest American novels of all time to sink your teeth into. An epic re-telling of Cane and Abel through the lens of the Great Depression ...

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My colleagues and I felt this way over the past few months as we undertook the challenging, thrilling task of assembling a ...

And while it’s widely regarded as one of Twain’s finest novels (and one of the greatest American novels of all time), challenges to the book have been persistent since its publication.

The Great American Read was an eight-part series with viewer participation to select America’s favorite novel, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. It investigated ...

Novels require the intellect and imagination ... The Puritanical streak still runs loudly and colorfully through American culture, and it pressures most social critics to frame every question ...

Offering new views of American classics, it also breaks new ground to show the role of popular genres – such as science fiction and mystery novels – in the creation of the literary tradition. One of ...

S.J., who knew his way around novels and religion both, commented in the magazine that “Her death has removed from the American literary scene something we can sorely afford to lose—a truly ...