Category:20th-century American literature

• 20th-century American novels (101 C)

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• Best American Poetry series (25 P, 5 F)
• Harlem Renaissance (170 P)
• Publishers Weekly bestselling novels series (14 P)
• Southern Agrarians (17 P)

A

• Novels by Oscar Zeta Acosta (2 P)
• Novels by Daniel Alarcón (2 P)
• Works by Lloyd Alexander (2 C)
• Works by Sherman Alexie (2 C, 2 P)
• Books by Samina Ali (1 P)
• Works by Woody Allen (5 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Julia Alvarez (3 P)
• Works by Poul Anderson (4 C, 7 P)
• Works by Maya Angelou (2 C, 4 P)
• Works by Gloria E. Anzaldúa (5 P)
• Novels by Reinaldo Arenas (1 C)
• Works by Isaac Asimov (3 C, 6 P)

B

• Works by Richard Bach (5 P)
• Plays by Jon Robin Baitz (3 P)
• Works by James Baldwin (4 C, 1 P)
• Short stories by Toni Cade Bambara (4 P)
• Plays by Amiri Baraka (2 P)
• Works by L. Frank Baum (1 C, 16 P)
• Novels by Saul Bellow (14 P)
• Novels by Hal Bennett (4 P)
• Works by Alfred Bester (3 C, 1 P)
• Black Arts Movement (1 C, 7 P)
• Novels by William Peter Blatty (6 P)
• Works by William Peter Blatty (4 C)
• Novels by Roark Bradford (1 P)
• Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1 C, 13 P)
• Works by Richard Brautigan (1 C, 14 P)
• Works by Michael Brodsky (1 C)
• Works by Gwendolyn Brooks (3 P)
• Works by Fredric Brown (3 C, 1 P)
• Books by Norman O. Brown (2 P)
• Works by Charles Bukowski (3 C, 3 P)
• Works by Edgar Rice Burroughs (3 C, 1 P, 1 F)
• Works by Octavia Butler (1 C, 3 P)

C

• Works by Erskine Caldwell (13 P)
• Novels by Lan Cao (2 P)
• Works by Truman Capote (8 C, 2 P)
• Works by Lin Carter (6 C, 1 P, 7 F)
• Plays by Steve Carter (playwright) (5 P)
• Works by Raymond Carver (3 C, 1 P)
• Works by Carlos Castaneda (4 P)
• Works by Michael Chabon (4 C, 1 P)
• Novels by Eileen Chang (6 P)
• Plays by Paddy Chayefsky (6 P)
• Works by John Cheever (2 C)
• Works by Charles W. Chesnutt (2 C)
• Works by Ted Chiang (1 C, 4 P)
• Works by Frank Chin (1 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Mary H.K. Choi (2 P)
• Books by Sandra Cisneros (1 C, 1 P)
• Novels by Michelle Cliff (2 P)
• Novels by Wendy Coakley-Thompson (1 P)
• Works by Ta-Nehisi Coates (1 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Mitch Cullin (1 C, 7 P)
• Works by E. E. Cummings (1 C, 5 P)

D

• Novels by Kavita Daswani (1 P)
• Books by Manuel DeLanda (2 P)
• Works by Samuel Delany (3 C)
• Novels by Anita Desai (6 P)
• Novels by Kiran Desai (2 P)
• Works by Philip K. Dick (6 C, 2 P)
• Works by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1 C, 1 P)
• Novels by E. L. Doctorow (9 P)
• Works by Hal Draper (3 P)
• Works by W. E. B. Du Bois (12 P)
• Novels by Tananarive Due (6 P)
• Works by Paul Laurence Dunbar (6 P)

E

• Books by Will Eisner (10 P)
• Works by Harlan Ellison (9 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Ralph Ellison (3 P)
• Works by Louise Erdrich (1 C, 3 P)

F

• Works by William Faulkner (3 C, 3 P, 1 F)
• Works by F. Scott Fitzgerald (5 C, 2 P)
• Novels by Jonathan Safran Foer (4 P)
• Plays by María Irene Fornés (4 P)

G

• Novels by Ernest J. Gaines (3 P)
• Novels by V. V. Ganeshananthan (1 P)
• Novels by Cristina García (2 P)
• Books by Kahlil Gibran (6 P)
• Works by Susan Glaspell (1 C, 2 P)
• Novels by Donald Goines (7 P)
• Plays by Jacob Gordin (6 P)
• Plays by Richard Greenberg (10 P)

H

• Novels by Jessica Hagedorn (3 P)
• Works by Alex Haley (1 C, 2 P)
• Books by Han Suyin (1 C, 4 P)
• Plays by Lorraine Hansberry (3 P)
• Works by Robert A. Heinlein (5 C, 5 P)
• Works by Joseph Heller (3 C, 2 P)
• Works by Lillian Hellman (2 C)
• Works by Ernest Hemingway (3 C, 5 P)
• Works by Patricia Highsmith (2 C, 1 P)
• Novels by Chester Himes (6 P)
• Plays by Israel Horovitz (3 P)
• Novels by Khaled Hosseini (4 P)
• Works by Robert E. Howard (5 C, 1 P)
• Works by Langston Hughes (3 C, 7 P)
• Works by Zora Neale Hurston (3 C, 6 P)
• Plays by David Henry Hwang (26 P)

J

• Books by Michael Jackson (2 P)
• Works by Shirley Jackson (4 C, 1 P)
• Books by Gish Jen (5 P)
• Works by Ha Jin (2 C, 3 P)
• Works by Clifton Johnson (author) (1 P)
• Works by Georgia Douglas Johnson (3 P)
• Works by James Weldon Johnson (3 P)
• Novels by Mat Johnson (3 P)
• Works by Edward P. Jones (2 P)
• Novels by Stephen Graham Jones (11 P)

K

• Novels by Cynthia Kadohata (2 P)
• Works by Jack Kerouac (4 C, 3 P)
• Works by Jamaica Kincaid (1 C, 2 P)
• Works by Martin Luther King Jr. (1 C, 8 P)
• Works by Thomas King (novelist) (2 C)
• Works by Maxine Hong Kingston (4 P)
• Works by Damon Knight (3 C, 5 P)
• Plays by Arthur Kopit (4 P)
• Works by Larry Kramer (2 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Nicole Krauss (5 P)
• Plays by Tony Kushner (7 P)

L

• Works by Jhumpa Lahiri (2 C)
• Novels by Laila Lalami (4 P)
• Works by Louis L'Amour (4 C)
• Works by John Howard Lawson (1 C)
• Books by David Leavitt (1 C)
• Novels by Chang-Rae Lee (3 P)
• Works by Fritz Leiber (4 C, 1 P)
• Works by Murray Leinster (1 C, 9 P)
• Works by Jonathan Lethem (2 C)
• Works by Jack London (5 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Audre Lorde (1 P, 1 F)
• Works by H. P. Lovecraft (3 C, 3 P)

M

• Works by Bernard Malamud (3 C)
• Works by Malcolm X (1 C, 2 P)
• Plays by Donald Margulies (5 P)
• Novels by Paule Marshall (2 P)
• Works by Mary McCarthy (1 C, 1 P)
• Novels by Terry McMillan (4 P)
• Works by Cynthia McQuillin (1 P)
• Works by H. L. Mencken (1 C, 2 P)
• Works by James A. Michener (3 C, 1 P)
• Works by Arthur Miller (4 C)
• Novels by Anchee Min (5 P)
• Works by N. Scott Momaday (3 P)
• Plays by Cherríe Moraga (3 P)
• Works by Toni Morrison (2 C, 10 P)
• Works by Bharati Mukherjee (2 C, 1 P)
• Novels by Pam Muñoz Ryan (3 P)
• Works by Walter Dean Myers (1 C)

N

• Works by Vladimir Nabokov (4 C, 2 P)
• Novels by Gina B. Nahai (4 P)
• Novels by Gloria Naylor (4 P)
• Works by John Neihardt (1 C, 1 P)
• Novels by Celeste Ng (3 P)
• Works by Anaïs Nin (5 C)
• Works by Marsha Norman (2 C)
• Plays by Lynn Nottage (7 P)
• Novels by James Welch (2 P)

O

• Works by Flannery O'Connor (3 C)
• Plays by Clifford Odets (13 P)
• Novels by Julie Otsuka (2 P)
• Novels by Ruth Ozeki (5 P)
• Works by Cynthia Ozick (1 C)

P

• Novels by Linda Sue Park (5 P)
• Works by Suzan-Lori Parks (2 C)
• Plays by Tyler Perry (17 P)
• Novels by Ann Petry (4 P)
• Novels by Marge Piercy (4 P)
• Works by H. Beam Piper (2 C, 3 P)
• Novels by Salvador Plascencia (1 P)
• Works by Chaim Potok (1 C, 1 P)
• Works by Ezra Pound (2 C, 4 P)
• Works by Fletcher Pratt (2 C, 11 P)

Q

• Works by Willard Van Orman Quine (2 P)

R

• Works by John Rawls (4 P)
• Novels by Ishmael Reed (5 P)
• Works by Adrienne Rich (3 P)
• Plays by José Rivera (2 P)
• Books by Philip Roth (1 C, 7 P)

S

• Works by Carl Sagan (16 P)
• Works by Edward Said (5 P)
• Works by J. D. Salinger (3 C)
• Works by Bienvenido Santos (4 P)
• Works by William Saroyan (2 C, 4 P)
• Novels by George Schuyler (2 P)
• Works by Lisa See (1 C, 1 P)
• Works by Ntozake Shange (2 C, 3 P)
• Works by Leslie Marmon Silko (1 C, 2 P)
• Novels by Mona Simpson (2 P)
• Works by Upton Sinclair (3 C)
• Works by Isaac Bashevis Singer (2 C, 2 P)
• Plays by Anna Deavere Smith (3 P)
• Works by Clark Ashton Smith (3 C, 2 P)
• Novels by Martin Cruz Smith (17 P)

T

• Works by Amy Tan (1 C, 5 P)

A

• Algonquin Round Table
• American Indian literary nationalism
• Armed Services Editions

B

• Beat Generation
• Biker poetry
• Black Arts Movement
• Black Mountain poets
• Black Renaissance in D.C.
• Blank Generation (literary)
• Book League of America
• Brat Pack (literary)

C

• Catholic literary revival
• Chicago school (literary criticism)
• Conceptual writing
• Confessional poetry

D

• Davenport Group
• Di Yunge
• Dirty realism

E

• Expansive Poetry

F

• From the Other Side of the Century
• Fugitives (poets)

H

• Harlem Renaissance

I

• Imagism

K

• Kmart realism

L

• Language poets
• Lost Generation

M

• Mahjar

N

• Native American Renaissance
• The New American Poetry 1945–1960
• New Criticism
• New Formalism
• New sincerity
• New York School (art)
• Nuyorican movement
• Nuyorican Poets Café

O

• Old Man Minick

P

• Performance poetry

S

• San Francisco Renaissance
• History of US science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950
• South Side Writers Group
• Southern Agrarians
• Southern Renaissance
• Spoken word
• Spoken word in Ghana

W

• What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?