American Literature after 1900
Scroll through the suggested novels and plays below.
Click on a cover to see the summary and availability in Destiny Discover.
Visit the LMC during your study hall or before/after school to browse the books in person.
DO NOT CHOOSE A BOOK THAT HAS A RED "OUT" ICON ON THE COVER IN DESTINY DISCOVER.
Report your choice to Mr. Worthington immediately. He has the final approval for your choice.
Holds will be filled on a first-person-requested basis.
Deliveries to A111 will begin on Tuesday, March 12.
Return your book to the LMC by Monday, May 20 for inventory.
Don't see the American Classic that you'd like to read? If you have a public library card, see what's on the shelves at Creston-Dement Public Library or Flagg-Rochelle Public Library by searching PrairieCat.
Novel: realistic fiction, family, taking risks, Travel
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Novel: realistic fiction, Texas, adventure, journey, love, ranch life
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Novel: realistic fiction, death in the family, Mississippi, many narrators
Novel: science fiction, adventure, capitalism, philosophy
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Novel: realistic fiction, New York, alcoholism, marriage, self-destruction, socialites
Novel: historical fiction, post-Civil War, slavery, women
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Novel: Gothic fiction, psychological, multiple personalities
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Novel: mystery fiction, Los Angeles, private investigators
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Novel: realistic fiction, Maine, traffic accident, based on real events
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Novel: horror fiction, bullying, psychokinesis, revenge
Play: realistic drama, Mississippi, fathers and sons, inheritance
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Novel: realistic fiction, airmen, humor, madness, satire, WWII
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Novel: realistic fiction, New York City, loneliness, runaway teenage boy
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Novel: realistic fiction, Maine, abortion, orphanage, physician
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Novel: realistic fiction, Georgia, domestic abuse, letter writing, sisters
Play: historical drama, guilt by association, Salem witch trials
Novel: realistic fiction, Chicago, WWII, freedom and choice, relationships
Novel: realistic fiction, Tennessee, death, family relationships, grief
Novel: realistic fiction, New Mexico, Catholicism, priests, Native Americans
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Play: realistic drama, depression, father and sons, marriage
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Novel: realistic fiction, Baltimore, American identity, assimilation, families, international adoption
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Novel: horror fiction, Maine, murder investigation, suspicious death
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Novel: science fiction, book burning, censorship, satire, totalitarianism
Novel: science fiction, mission inside the human body
Novel: realistic fiction, WWI, Italy, ambulance driver, nurse, relationships
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Novel: horror fiction, government, pyrokinesis
Novel: realistic fiction, courage, Spanish Civil War, relationships
Novel: realistic fiction, architect, idealism, philosophy, relationships
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Novel: realistic fiction, Louisiana, murder, racial tension
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Play: realistic drama, St. Louis, disability, family, mother and daughter
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Novel: realistic fiction, Harlem--New York City, abuse, identity, racism, religion, step-parent and teenager
Novel: realistic fiction, Great Depression, family, Oklahoma-to California journey, migrant workers
Novel: realistic fiction, small Southern town, deafness, misfits, racism, secrets, suicide
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Novel: realistic fiction, false imprisonment, family, love, teen pregnancy
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Novel: political fiction, Vermont, dictator, fascism, media, President, U.S. government
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Novel: realistic, marriage, missing persons, politician, Vietnam War
Novel: realistic fiction, coming of age in the South, New York City, racism
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Novel: science fiction, artificial intelligence, humanity, psychology, robots
Novel: realistic fiction, Chinese immigrants, generational conflict, mothers and daughters, wisdom
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Novel: science fiction, amusement park, dinosaurs, genetic engineering
Novel: realistic fiction, two men--two different paths, death row, heroism, resistance
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Novel: realistic fiction, gossip, greed, marriage, satire, small town Life
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Novel: science fiction, Mars, doomed Earth, space colonies
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Novel: realistic fiction, San Francisco, greed, marriage, murder
Novel: realistic fiction, families, brother-sister, 12-year-old girl, weddings
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Novel: horror fiction, author, fan, obsession, traffic accident
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Novel: science fiction, Moon colony, prison, artificial intelligence, free will
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Novel: Israel, Nazis, WWII, war crimes, trial, innocence and guilt
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Novel: realistic fiction, Nebraska, farm life, immigrants, poverty, teenagers, women
Novel: realistic fiction, Chicago, choices, crime, poverty, prison, race
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Novel: realistic fiction, Texas, drug traffic, mystery, sheriff, treasure
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Novel: realistic fiction, Mississippi, family history, father and daughter, reunions, search for truth
Play: realistic drama, the American Dream, family conflicts and history, identity, siblings, race
Novel: realistic fiction, Congo, faith, family, missionaries, religion, multiple narrators
Novel: realistic fiction, Mississippi, family conflict, gossip, greed, heirs, philanthropy, murder
Novel: New Hampshire, faith, friendship, humor, predestination, tragedy
Novel: realistic fiction, Appalachia, farm life, feuds, loneliness, love, nature
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Novel: realistic fiction, basketball, identity, love, marriage, quest for happiness
Play: realistic drama, Chicago, family conflicts, the American dream, race
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Novel: dystopian fiction, father and son, journey, survival skills
Novel: realistic fiction, Baltimore, death, faith, family, guilt, love
Novel: realistic fiction, New Hampshire, boarding school, death, teen boys, WWII.
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Novel: science fiction, hope, prisoners of war, WWII
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Novel: realistic, four generations of one family, identity, the American Dream
Novel: realistic fiction, Colorado, ambition, artists, love, music
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Novel: science fiction, action, life on other planets, space warfare
Novel: horror fiction, biological warfare, mutant flu, survival
Play: realistic drama, New Orleans, family, loss, madness, rape
Novel: realistic fiction, Ohio, childhood friends, divergent paths, hatred, conformity, rebellion
Novel: realistic fiction, Americans in Europe, disillusionment, love, post-WWI, wildness
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Novel: Gothic fiction, apocalypse, family conflict, fantasy
Novel: realistic fiction, Americans in France, love, moral values, psychology, wealth
Novel: realistic fiction, men-women relationships, race, feminism
Play: realistic drama, Brooklyn, family conflicts, forbidden love, self-delusion, undocumented immigrants
Novel: realistic fiction, faith, family conflicts, prophecy, religion, satire
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Novel: realistic fiction, family secrets, guilt, psychology, success, rape, trauma