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If you loved Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) and FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL.

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The Battle Ground — Ellen Glasgow

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics) — Thornton Wilder

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Bellefleur (1st Edition) — Joyce Carol Oates

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The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck

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Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) • FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL

The Smithsonian Institution — Gore Vidal

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Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) • FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL

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Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) • FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL

Vineland (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) — Thomas Pynchon

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Signet Classics) — Anonymous

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Signet Classics)

Themes: FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL

The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire — Erckmann-Chatrian

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Themes: FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL

The Sun Also Rises The Hemingway Library Edition — Ernest Hemingway

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Themes: FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL

Great Short Works of Henry James — Henry James

Great Short Works of Henry James

Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Native Son, And, How “Bigger” was Born — Richard Wright

Native Son, And, How “Bigger” was Born

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When the Emperor Was Divine — Julie Otsuka

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If Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR), FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by John Updike, Ellen Glasgow, Thornton Wilder, Stephen Crane, and others.

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