In tracking pieces of great American literature from the 19th-21st century, we can identify an overwhelming sense of the loss of true purpose, disembodiment, and dislocation that is rather fitting ...

The book is strange, wise, funny and profound and widely considered to be one of the greatest American novels. 2. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (736 pages) This Man Booker Prize shortlisted ...

The book is strange, wise, funny and profound and widely considered to be one of the greatest American novels. 2. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (736 pages) This Man Booker Prize shortlisted ...

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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 ...

enlightening and influential young-adult books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s Firekeeper's Daughter ...