Greatest American Novel project

A couple months back I mentioned a poll regarding the greatest American novel. Since then I've read a few of them and am planning on tackling the rest over the next few years. Here's the list:
  • Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
  • Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • James, Portrait of a Lady
  • Cather, My Antonia
  • Wharton, The Age of Innocence
  • Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
  • Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
  • Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
  • Warren, All the King's Men
  • Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March
  • Ellison, Invisible Man
  • Chandler, The Long Goodbye
  • Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
  • Updike, Rabbit, Run
  • Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor
  • Heller, Catch-22
  • Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
  • Nabokov, Pale Fire
  • Roth, The Great American Novel
  • Melville, Moby-Dick
  • Twain, Huckleberry Finn

And I want to add a couple of others.
  • Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath
  • Mailer, Of a Fire on the Moon
Which makes 23. Any other suggestions? And is anyone else interested in joining in? I can give a few weeks heads up about which book is next if you'd like. What think?

Comments

carrster said…
GRAPES OF WRATH is my all time favorite novel...I'd love to particpate with you - as my reading schedule dictates (I'm so strict!) so keep me posted. :-)
11:14 AM
carrster said…
I forgot to add that I WILL NOT be reading any more Hawthorne though - snoozeville....(IMHO)
11:14 AM
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