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Ten American novels
American PastoralAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
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It's magnificent, all his others are flawed in comparison
Winesburg, Ohio (Penguin Twentieth-century Classics)Winesburg, Ohio (Penguin Twentieth-century Classics) by Sherwood Anderson
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Read it again and again
The Annotated LolitaThe Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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If you love language and have unaccountably failed to read this, then buy the annotated version
Gravity's RainbowGravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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Set aside at least a month, and take a big run-up
The CorrectionsThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
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Maligned by envious critics but this is a cracking read
The SportswriterThe Sportswriter by Richard Ford
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A rambling masterpiece - deadpan dialogue interwoven with searching commentary
Herzog (Penguin Classics)Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow
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Dazzling but also poignant, which you have to take when you can get it with Bellow
The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics)The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics) by F.Scott Fitzgerald
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Even more beautifully written than Gatsby
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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One of a kind - burn the 'sequel'
Slaughterhouse 5: The Children's Crusade - A Dirty-dance with DeathSlaughterhouse 5: The Children's Crusade - A Dirty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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Quicker to read than to summarise