@DanRossGoodman That’s not quite the point. It’s characterised negatively here as a “high school book” because it’s a set text that is liable to put readers off it as a result. This unfortunately happens often, and it can be a genuine pleasure to rediscover works that carried that stigma.
The Rabbit Tetralogy (this counts as one in the Updike-endorsed Everyman's edition)
American Pastoral - Philip Roth
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Toole
Creation - Gore Vidal
The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
A bit of a sausage-fest, I realise.
I'm seeing a lot of people sharing 5 American authors they admire. What about 5 American novels?
My choices would perhaps be:
- Moby-Dick (Melville)
- East of Eden (Steinbeck)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
- The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
- The House of the Seven Gables (Hawthorne)
- The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner)
Yes, I can count, but I couldn't leave Faulkner out of the list.
@lazylucyowo@ceilt_og The result of which will be what I already know: a mix.
To reduce yourself to a single tribal category is absurd; to decide for others is presumptuous and insulting.