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Explore 24 books like The Smithsonian Institution by Gore Vidal — a handpicked selection united by AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) and FICTION_HISTORICAL_GENERAL.

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The Battle Ground — Ellen Glasgow

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Against the Day — Thomas Pynchon

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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The Enormous Room — E. E. Cummings

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The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War — Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War

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Bellefleur (1st Edition) — Joyce Carol Oates

Bellefleur (1st Edition)

Joyce Carol Oates

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The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck

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The Waterworks — E.L. Doctorow

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1876: A Novel — Gore Vidal

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Crittenden: A Kentucky Story Of Love And War — John Fox

Crittenden: A Kentucky Story Of Love And War

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The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath

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Great Short Works of Henry James — Henry James

Great Short Works of Henry James

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In Danger’s Path (Corps #8) — W.E.B. Griffin

In Danger’s Path (Corps #8)

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The Last of the Savages — Jay McInerney

The Last of the Savages

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The Girl at the Lion d’Or — Sebastian Faulks

The Girl at the Lion d’Or

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A Hazard Of New Fortunes, Part 2 — William Dean Howells

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Great short works Ed., with an introd., by Frederick C. Crews — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Great short works Ed., with an introd., by Frederick C. Crews

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The Mammoth Hunters: Earth’s Children, Book Three — Jean M. Auel

The Mammoth Hunters: Earth’s Children, Book Three

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The Sun Also Rises The Hemingway Library Edition — Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises The Hemingway Library Edition

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The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories — Jack London

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