The reality of the Great American Novel is that it puts the country and all its flaws under a microscope and that makes it all the more devourable. Without further ado, we’ve curated a selection ...

The writer whose own books are modern literary classics reveals the great works that inspired him ...

Dividing lines cover the vast North American continent, writing meanings and demarcations onto its previously unplotted space. The most famous line of all was the Mason-Dixon, surveyed and drawn ...

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 ...

Philip Roth’s novel is a powerful examination of family, identity, and the fragility of the American dream, cementing his place as one of the greatest American novelists. 8. 1984 – George ...

As "The Great Gatsby" marks its centennial, Long Island's Gold Coast continues to serve as a living testament to the novel's ...

Ralph Ellison is one of the greatest modern African American (or, as he would probably have preferred, American Negro) novelists. In 1952 he published his first novel, Invisible Man, a book startling ...

A quarter of “The Great Gatsby” has passed before, at one of his lavish parties, Jay Gatsby bumps into Nick Carraway, the ...

One of the greatest American novels of all time is coming to the stage – and you can be among the first to see it with Iliffe Tickets. Step into the glitz and glamour of the 1920s with the Great ...