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This is a list of novelists from the United States. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

A

Edward Abbey (1927 – 1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang
Walter Abish (born 1931), How German Is It
Kathy Acker (1947 – 1997), Blood and Guts in High School
Alice Adams (1926 – 1999), Beautiful Girl
Henry Adams (1838 – 1918),
George Ade (1866 – 1944), The Slim Princess
Renata Adler (born 1938), Speedboat
Warren Adler (born 1927), The War of the Roses
James Agee (1909 – 1955), A Death in the Family
Jonis Agee (born 1943), Strange Angels
Conrad Aiken (1889 – 1973), Blue Voyage
Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888), Little Women
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 – 1907), Prudence Palfrey
Lloyd Alexander (born 1924), The Black Cauldron
Sherman Alexie (born 1966), Reservation Blues
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832 – 1899), Ragged Dick
Nelson Algren (1909 – 1981), The Man With the Golden Arm
Edward Allen (born 1948), Mustang Sally
Hervey Allen (1889 – 1949), Anthony Adverse
Dorothy Allison (born 1949), Bastard Out of Carolina
Lisa Alther (born 1944), Kinflicks
Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 – 1919), The Young Trailers
Julia Alvarez (born 1950), How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Rudolfo Anaya (born 1937), Bless Me, Ultima
Poul Anderson (1926 – 2001), Tau Zero
Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 1941), Winesburg, Ohio
V. C. Andrews (1923 – 1986), Flowers in the Attic
Tina McElroy Ansa (born 1949), Baby of the Family
A. Manette Ansay (born 1964), Vinegar Hill
Donald Antrim (born 1959), The Hundred Brothers
Allen Appel (born 1945), Time After Time
Benjamin Appel (1907 – 1979), Brain Guy
Max Apple (born 1941),
Harriette Arnow (1908 – 1986), The Dollmaker
Elizabeth Arthur (born 1953), Antarctic Navigation
Timothy Shay Arthur (1809 – 1885), Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There
Sholem Asch (1880 – 1957), The Nazarene
Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992), The Gods Themselves
Rilla Askew (born 1951), The Mercy Seat
Robert Asprin (born 1946), Another Fine Myth
Gertrude Atherton (1857 – 1948), The Conqueror
William Attaway (1911 – 1986), Blood on the Forge
Louis Auchincloss (born 1917), The Rector of Justin
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984), In the Forests of the Night
Jean M. Auel (born 1936), The Clan of the Cave Bear
Paul Auster (born 1947), New York Trilogy
Mary Austin (1868 – 1934), Isidro

B

Richard Bach (born 1936), Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Irving Bacheller (1859 – 1950), A Man for the Ages
Dorothy Baker (1907 – 1968), Young Man with a Horn
Nicholson Baker (born 1957), Vox
Kirsten Bakis (born 1968), Lives of the Monster Dogs
Faith Baldwin, (1893 – 1978), The Heart Has Wings
James Baldwin (1924 – 1987), Go Tell It on the Mountain
John Ball (1911 – 1988), In the Heat of the Night
Toni Cade Bambara (1939 – 1995), The Salt Eaters
Russell Banks (born 1940), The Sweet Hereafter
Margaret Culkin Banning (1891 – 1982), Country Club People
Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) (born 1934), The System of Dante's Hell
John Franklin Bardin (1916 – 1981), Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly
Joel Barlow (1754 – 1812), The Columbiad
Djuna Barnes (1892 – 1982), Nightwood
Linda Barnes (born 1949), A Trouble of Fools
Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886 – 1967), Years of Grace
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831 – 1919), Jan Vedder's Wife
Nevada Barr (born 1952), Track of the Cat
Andrea Barrett (born 1964), The Voyage of the Narwhal
John Barth (born 1930), Giles Goat-Boy
Donald Barthelme (1931 – 1989), Snow White
Frederick Barthelme (born 1943), Chroma
Rick Bass (born 1958), Where the Sea Used to Be
Hamilton Basso (1904 – 1964), The View from Pompey's Head
Richard Bausch (born 1945), The Last Good Time
Robert Bausch (born 1945), Almighty Me
Charles Baxter (born 1947), Shadow Play
Peter S. Beagle (born 1939), The Last Unicorn
Ann Beattie, (born 1947), Chilly Scenes of Winter
Louis Begley (born 1933), About Schmidt
Madison Smartt Bell (born 1957), All Souls' Rising
Edward Bellamy (1850 – 1898),
Saul Bellow (1915 – 2005), Henderson the Rain King
Peter Benchley (1940 – 2006), Jaws
Aimee Bender (born 19??), An Invisible Sign of My Own
Pinckney Benedict (born 1964), Dogs of God
Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 – 1943), Spanish Bayonet
Sandra Benitez (born 1941), A Place Where the Sea Remembers
Thomas Berger (born 1924), Little Big Man
Gina Berriault (1926 – 1999), The Descent
Don Berry (1931 – 2001), Trask
R. M. Berry (born 19??), Leonardo's Horse
Wendell Berry (born 1934), A Place on Earth
Alfred Bester (1913 – 1987), The Demolished Man
Dorris Betts (born 1932), Souls Raised from the Dead
Earl Derr Biggers (1884 – 1933), The Chinese Parrot
Robert Montgomery Bird (1803 – 1854), The Infidel
Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914?), The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
William Peter Blatty (born 1928), The Exorcist
Robert Bloch (1917 – 1994), Psycho
Lawrence Block (born 1938), Eight Million Ways to Die
Amy Bloom (born 1953), Love Invents Us
Judy Blume (born 1938), Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
Chris Bohjalian (born 1960), The Law of Similars
Arna Bontemps (1902 – 1973), God Sends Sunday
Robert Boswell (born 1953), Mystery Ride
Anthony Boucher (1911 – 1968), The Case of the Seven of Calvary
Vance Bourjaily (born 1922), The Man Who Knew Kennedy
Ben Bova (born 1932), The Starcrossed
Jane Bowles (1917 – 1973), Two Serious Ladies
Paul Bowles (1910 – 1999), The Sheltering Sky
David Bowman (born 1957), Let the Dog Drive
Blanche McCrary Boyd (born 1945), The Revolution of Little Girls
Brendan Boyd (born 19??), Blue Ruin
James Boyd (1888 – 1944), Drums
Jennifer Finney Boylan (previously James Finney Boylan) (born 1958), The Planets
Kay Boyle (1902 – 1992), Death of a Man
T.C. Boyle (born 1948), The Road to Wellville
Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748 – 1816), Modern Chivalry
Leigh Brackett (1915 – 1978), The Secret of Sinharat
Ray Bradbury (born 1920), The Illustrated Man
David Bradley (born 1950), The Chaneysville Incident
John Ed Bradley (born 1959), Tupelo Nights
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 – 1999), The Mists of Avalon
Billy Lee Brammer (1929 – 1978), The Gay Place
Max Brand (1892 – 1944), Destry Rides Again
Richard Brautigan (1935 – 1984), Trout Fishing in America
Kate Braverman (born 1950), Lithium for Medea
Harold Brodkey (1930 – 1996), The Runaway Soul
Louis Bromfield (1896 – 1956), The Rains Came
Terry Brooks (born 1944) The Sword of Shannara
Alice Brown (1857 – 1948), Fools of Nature
Charles Brockden Brown (1771 – 1810), Wieland
Dan Brown (born 1964), The Da Vinci Code
Harry Brown (1917 – 1986), A Place in the Sun
Larry Brown (1951 – 2004), Dirty Work
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), Rubyfruit Jungle
Rosellen Brown (born 1939), Before and After
William Hill Brown (1756 – 1793), The Power of Sympathy
Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973), The Good Earth
Frederick Buechner (born 1926), Godric
Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1994), Factotum
Edward Bunker (1933 – 2005), Little Boy Blue
Eugene Burdick (1918 – 1965), The Ugly American (See also: William Lederer)
James Lee Burke (born 1936), The Neon Rain
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849 – 1924), Little Lord Fauntleroy
William R. Burnett (1899 – 1982), Little Caesar
Olive Ann Burns (1924 – 1990), Cold Sassy Tree
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950), Tarzan of the Apes
William S. Burroughs (1914 – 1997), Naked Lunch
Janet Burroway (born 1936), The Buzzards
Frederick Busch (1941 – 2006), Harry and Catherine
Octavia E. Butler (1947 – 2006), Patternmaster
Robert Olen Butler (born 1945), A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

C

James Branch Cabell (1879 – 1958), Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice
George Washington Cable (1844 – 1925), The Grandissimes
Abraham Cahan (1860 – 1951), The Rise of David Levinsky
James M. Cain (1892 – 1977), The Postman Always Rings Twice
Erskine Caldwell (1903 – 1987), God's Little Acre
Taylor Caldwell (1900 – 1985), Answer as a Man
Hortense Calisher (born 1911), False Entry
Bebe Moore Campbell (born 1959), Singing in the Comeback Choir
John W. Campbell (1910 – 1971), The Mightiest Machine
Dorothy Canfield (1879 – 1958), Understood Betsy
Ethan Canin (born 1960), For Kings and Planets
Robert Cantwell (1908 – 1978), The Land of Plenty
Kevin Canty (born 195?), Nine Below Zero
Truman Capote (1924 – 1984), Other Voices, Other Rooms
Philip Caputo (born 1941), Delcorso's Gallery
Orson Scott Card (born 1951), Ender's Game
Ron Carlson (born 1947), Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Don Carpenter (born 1931), Hard Rain Falling
Caleb Carr (born 1955), The Alienist
John Dickson Carr (1906 – 1977), The Crooked Hinge
Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904 – 1999), As the Earth Turns
Jonathan Carroll (born 1949), The Land of Laughs
Forrest Carter (1925 – 1979), The Education of Little Tree
Lin Carter (1930 – 1988), Sky Pirates of Callisto
William Alexander Caruthers (1802 – 1846), ''The Knights of the Golden Horse-Shoe
John Casey (born 1939), Spartina
R. V. Cassill (1919 – 2002), Dr. Cobb's Game
Elena Castedo (born 1937), Paradise
Ana Castillo (born 1953), So Far From God
Willa Cather (1873 – 1947), My Ántonia
Mary Catherwood (1847 – 1902), The Romance of Dollard
Michael Chabon (born 1964), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Jack L. Chalker (1944 – 2005), Midnight at the Well of Souls
Robert W. Chambers (1865 – 1933), In the Quarter
Raymond Chandler (1888 – 1959), The Big Sleep
Fred Chappell (born 1936), ''Dagon
Jerome Charyn (born 1937), Blue Eyes
Mary Ellen Chase (1887 – 1973), Mary Peters
John Cheever (1912 – 1982), The Wapshot Chronicle
Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), American Heaven
Kelly Cherry (born 1940), My Life and Dr. Joyce Brothers
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), Cyteen
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858 – 1932), The Marrow of Tradition
Alan Cheuse (born 1940), The Grandmother's Club
Lydia Maria Child (1802 – 1880), Hobomok
Mark Childress (born 1957), Crazy in Alabama
Kate Chopin (1851 – 1904), The Awakening
Winston Churchill (1871 – 1947), Richard Carvel
Carolyn Chute (born 1947), The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), The House on Mango Street
Maxine Clair (born 1939), October Suite
Tom Clancy (born 1947), The Hunt for Red October
Eleanor Clark (1913 – 1996), Baldur's Gate
Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927), A Stranger is Watching
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909 – 1971), The Ox-Bow Incident
Jeremiah Clemens (1814 – 1865), Tobias Wilson
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (See: Mark Twain)
Hal Clement (1922 – 2003), Mission of Gravity
Michelle Cliff (born 1946), Abeng
Robert M. Coates (1897 – 1973), The Eater of Darkness
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. (1823 – 1887), The Gunmaker of Moscow
Harlan Coben (born 1962), Deal Breaker
Laurie Colwin (1944 – 1992), Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
Richard Condon (1915 – 1996), The Manchurian Candidate
Evan S. Connell (born 1924), Mrs. Bridge
Michael Connelly (born 1956), Blood Work
Frank Conroy (1936 – 2005), Body & Soul
Pat Conroy (born 1945), The Prince of Tides
Robin Cook (born 1940), Coma
John Esten Cooke (1830 – 1886), The Virginia Comedians
Joe Coomer (born 1958), A Flatland Fable
J. California Cooper (born 1966), Some People, Some Other Place
James Fenimore Cooper (1789 – 1851), The Last of the Mohicans
Robert Coover (born 1932), The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
Edwin Corle (1906 – 1956), Fig Tree John
Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), Postmortem
Thomas B. Costain (1885 – 1965), The Silver Chalice
George Harmon Coxe (1901 – 1984), Silent Are the Dead
James Gould Cozzens (1903 – 1978), Guard of Honor
Robert Crais (born 1953?), Hostage
Stephen Crane (1871 – 1900), The Red Badge of Courage
Margaret Craven (1901 – 1980), I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909), Saracinesca
Michael Crichton (born 1942), Jurassic Park
Robert Crichton (1925 – 1993), The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Harry Crews (born 1935), Scar Lover
Amanda Cross (1926 – 2003), The James Joyce Murder
John Crowley (born 1942), Little, Big
Maria Susanna Cummins (1827 – 1866), The Lamplighter
Michael Cunningham (born 1952), The Hours
James Oliver Curwood (1878 – 1927), The Grizzly King
Clive Cussler (born 1931), Raise the Titanic!

D

Edward Dahlberg (1900 – 1977), Bottom Dogs
Mark Z. Danielewski (born 1966), House of Leaves
Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), Breath, Eyes, Memory
Janice Daugharty (born 1944), Dark of the Moon
Guy Davenport (1927 – 2005), Da Vinci's Bicycle
Marcia Davenport (1903 – 1994), East Side, West Side
Avram Davidson (1923 – 1993), The Phoenix and the Mirror
Clyde Brion Davis (1894 – 1962), Nebraska Coast
Dorothy Salisbury Davis (born 1916), Death of an Old Sinner
H. L. Davis (1896 – 1960), Honey in the Horn
Richard Harding Davis (1864 – 1916), Soldiers of Fortune
Thulani Davis (born 1949), Maker of Saints
Jeffrey Deaver (born 1950), The Bone Collector
L. Sprague de Camp (1907 – 2000), Lest Darkness Fall
John William De Forest (1826 – 1926), Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Margaret Deland (1857 – 1945), John Ward, Preacher
Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), Dhalgren
Nicholas Delbanco (born 1942), In the Middle Distance
Don DeLillo (born 1936), White Noise
Viña Delmar (1903 – 1990), Bad Girl
Lester del Rey (1915 – 1993), Attack From Atlantis
Rick DeMarinis (born 1934), The Year of the Zinc Penny
William Demby (born 1922), Beetlecreek
Patrick Dennis (1921 – 1976), Auntie Mame
August Derleth (1909 – 1971), The Memoirs of Solar Pons
Peter De Vries (1910 – 1993), Reuben, Reuben
Robb Forman Dew (born 1946), Dale Loves Sophie to Death
Pete Dexter (born 1943), Paris Trout
Philip K. Dick (1928 – 1982), Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
James Dickey (1923 – 1997), Deliverance
Charles Dickinson (born 1951), A Shortcut in Time
Joan Didion (born 1934), Play It As It Lays
Thomas M. Disch (born 1940), Camp Concentration
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), The Mistress of Spices
Melvin Dixon (1950 – 1992), Trouble the Water
Stephen Dixon (born 1936), Frog
Thomas Dixon (1864 – 1946), The Clansman
Stephen Dobyns (born 1941), The Wrestler's Cruel Study
E. L. Doctorow (born 1931), Ragtime
Mary Mapes Dodge (1831 – 1905), Hans Brinker
Harriet Doerr (1910 – 2002), Stones for Ibarra
Ivan Doig (born 1939), Ride With Me, Mariah Montana
Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947), ''Lord Foul's Bane
J. P. Donleavy (born 1926), The Ginger Man
Richard Dooling (born 1954), White Man's Grave
Hilda Doolittle (1886 – 1961), Palimpsest
Michael Dorris (1945 – 1997), A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
John Dos Passos (1896 – 1970), U.S.A.
Ellen Douglas (born 1921), Apostles of Light
Lloyd C. Douglas (1877 – 1951), Magnificent Obsession
Theodore Dreiser (1871 – 1945), Sister Carrie
Allen Drury (1918 – 1998), Advise and Consent
Tom Drury (born 1956), The End of Vandalism
Andre Dubus III (born 1959), House of Sand and Fog
John Dufresne (born 1948), Louisiana Power and Light
David James Duncan (born 1952), The Brothers K
Katherine Dunn (born 1945), Geek Love
John Gregory Dunne (1932 – 2003), True Confessions
John Dunning (born 1942), Booked to Die
Pam Durban (born 1947), The Laughing Place

E

Tony Earley (born 1961), Jim the Boy
William Eastlake (1917 – 1997), The Bamboo Bed
Mignon G. Eberhart (1899 –1996), The Patient in Room 18
David Eddings (born 1931), Pawn of Prophecy
Clyde Edgerton (born 1944), Walking Across Egypt
Walter D. Edmonds (1903 – 1998), Drums Along the Mohawk
George Alec Effinger (1947 – 2002), When Gravity Fails
Jennifer Egan (born 1962), Look at Me
Dave Eggers (born 1970), You Shall Know Our Velocity
Edward Eggleston (1837 – 1902), The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Stanley Elkin (1930 – 1995), Mrs. Ted Bliss
Aaron Elkins (born 1935), Old Bones
Stanley Ellin (1916 – 1986), The Eighth Circle
George P. Elliott (1918 – 1980), Parktilden Village
Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American Psycho
Trey Ellis (born 1962), Right Here, Right Now
Edward S. Ellis (1840 – 1916), Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier
Ralph Ellison (1914 – 1994), Invisible Man
James Ellroy (born 1948), L.A. Confidential
Carol Emshwiller (born 1921), Carmen Dog
Seymour Epstein (born 1917), Looking for Fred Schmidt
Louise Erdrich (born 1954), Love Medicine
Steve Erickson (born 1950), Arc d'X
Loren D. Estleman (born 1952), Motor City Blue
Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), The Virgin Suicides
Janet Evanovich (born 1943), One For the Money
Augusta Jane Evans (1835 – 1909), St. Elmo
Frederick Exley (1929 – 1992), A Fan's Notes

F

Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878/9? – 1951), The Bright Land
John Fante (1909 – 1983), Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Richard Fariña (1937 – 1966), Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Philip José Farmer (born 1918), To Your Scattered Bodies Go
James T. Farrell (1904 – 1979), Young Lonigan
Howard Fast (1914 – 2003), April Morning
William Faulkner (1897 – 1962), Light in August
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882 – 1961),
Kenneth Fearing (1902 – 1961), The Big Clock
Raymond Federman (born 1928), The Twofold Vibration
Peter S. Feibleman (born 1930), A Place Without Twilight
Raymond E. Feist (born 1945), Magician
Edna Ferber (1885 – 1968), So Big
Harvey Fergusson (1890 – 1971), The Conquest of Don Pedro
Lucy Ferriss (born 1954), The Misconceiver
Rachel Field (1894 – 1942), All This, and Heaven Too
Irving Fineman (1893 – 1976), Doctor Addams
Martha Farquharson Finley (1828 – 1909), Elsie Dinsmore
Jack Finney (1911 – 1995), Time and Again
Vardis Fisher (1895 – 1968), Children of God
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940), The Great Gatsby
Louise Fitzhugh (1928 – 1974), Harriet the Spy
Thomas Flanagan (1923 – 2002), The Year of the French
Martin Flavin (1883 – 1967), Journey in the Dark
Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977), Everything Is Illuminated
Mary Hallock Foote (1847 – 1938), The Chosen Valley
Shelby Foote (1916 – 2005), Shiloh
Esther Forbes (1891 – 1967), Johnny Tremain
Jesse Hill Ford (1928 – 1996), The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones
Paul Leicester Ford (1865 – 1902), The Honorable Peter Stirling
Richard Ford (born 1944), Independence Day
Leon Forrest (1937 – 1997), There Is a Tree More Ancient Than Eden
Robert Forward (1932 – 2002), Dragon's Egg
Alan Dean Foster (born 1946), Midworld
Hannah Webster Foster (1758/9? – 1840), The Coquette
Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), The Jane Austen Book Club
John Fox, Jr. (1862 – 1919), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Paula Fox (born 1923), Desperate Characters
William Price Fox (born 1926), Ruby Red
Waldo Frank (1889 – 1967), Holiday
Jonathan Franzen (born 1959), The Corrections
Charles Frazier (born 1950), Cold Mountain
Harold Frederic (1856 – 1898), The Damnation of Theron Ware
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852 – 1930), Pembroke
Albert French (born 1943), Billy
Marilyn French (born 1929), The Women's Room
Bruce Jay Friedman (born 1930), Stern
Kinky Friedman (born 1944), Greenwich Killing Time
Abby Frucht (born 1957), Polly's Ghost
Daniel Fuchs (1909 – 1993), Summer in Williamsburg
Henry Blake Fuller (1857 – 1929), The Cliff-Dwellers
Alan Furst (born 1941), Night Soldiers

G

William Gaddis (1922 – 1998), The Recognitions
Ernest Gaines (born 1933), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Mary Gaitskill (born 1954), Two Girls, Fat and Thin
Zona Gale (1874 – 1938), Miss Lulu Bett
Paul Gallico (1897 – 1976), The Poseidon Adventure
Ernest K. Gann (1910 – 1991), The High and the Mighty
Cristina Garcia (born 1958), Dreaming in Cuban
John Reynolds Gardiner (1944 – 2006), Stone Fox
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889 – 1970), The Case of the Velvet Claws
John Gardner (1933 – 1982), Grendel
Leonard Gardner (born 1934), Fat City
Hamlin Garland (1860 – 1940), A Daughter of the Middle Border
George Garrett (born 1929), Death of the Fox
William Gass (born 1924), Omensetter's Luck
David Gates (born 1947), Jernigan
Kaye Gibbons (born 1960), Ellen Foster
William Gibson (born 1948), Neuromancer
Barry Gifford (born 1946), Wild at Heart
Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), Starcarbon
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 – 1935), Herland
Fred Gipson (1908 – 1973), Old Yeller
Ellen Glasgow (1873 – 1945), Virginia
Julia Glass (born 1956), Three Junes
Gail Godwin (born 1937), A Mother and Two Daughters
Herbert Gold (born 1924), The Man Who Was Not With It
Myla Goldberg (born 1972), Bee Season
Arthur Golden (born 1957), Memoirs of a Geisha
Marita Golden (born 1950), Long Distance Life
Francisco Goldman (born 1954), The Long Night of White Chickens
William Goldman (born 1931), The Princess Bride
Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950), The Mind-Body Problem
David Goodis (1917 – 1967), Down There
Allegra Goodman (born 1967), The Family Markowitz
Paul Goodman (1911 – 1972), Making Do
Marcus Goodrich (1897 – 1991), Delilah
Caroline Gordon (1895 – 1981), Aleck Maury, Sportsman
Mary Gordon (born 1949), Final Payments
Ron Goulart (born 1933), After Things Fell Apart
William Goyen (1915 – 1983), The Fair Sister
Sue Grafton (born 1940), "A" is for Alibi
Robert Grant (1852 – 1940), Unleavened Bread
Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929), The Keepers of the House
Anna Katharine Green (1846 – 1935), The Leavenworth Case
Anne Green (1899 – 1979), Reader, I Married Him
Julien Green (1900 – 1998), Léviathan (The Dark Journey)
Eric Rolfe Greenberg (born 1945), The Celebrant
Sam Greenlee (born 1930), The Spook Who Sat By The Door
Andrew Sean Greer (born 1970), The Confessions of Max Tivoli
William Lindsay Gresham (1909 – 1962), Nightmare Alley
Zane Grey (1872 – 1939), Riders of the Purple Sage
Sutton E. Griggs (1872 – 1933), The Hindered Hand
Martha Grimes (born 195?), The Old Contemptibles
John Grisham (born 1955), The Firm
Winston Groom (born 1944), Forrest Gump
Davis Grubb (1919 – 1980), The Night of the Hunter
Judith Guest (born 1936), Ordinary People
Archibald Clavering Gunter (1847 – 1907), Mr. Barnes of New York
Allan Gurganus (born 1947), Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
David Guterson (born 1956), Snow Falling on Cedars
A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901 – 1991), The Big Sky

H

Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Dogeaters
Jennifer Haigh (born 1968), Mrs. Kimble
Joe Haldeman (born 1943), The Forever War
Alex Haley (1921 – 1992),
Baynard Rush Hall (1798 – 1863), Frank Freeman's Barber Shop
James Norman Hall (1887 – 1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (See also: Charles Nordhoff)
James W. Hall (born 1947), Mean High Tide
Oakley Hall (born 1920), Warlock
Brett Halliday (1904 – 1977), Dividend on Death
Jane Hamilton (born 1957), The Book of Ruth
Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963), Guilty Pleasures
Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961), The Maltese Falcon
Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) (born 1970), Watch Your Mouth
Barry Hannah (born 1942), Geromino Rex
Joseph Hansen (1923 – 2004), Fadeout
Ron Hansen (born 1947), Mariette in Ecstasy
Elizabeth Hardwick (born 1916), Sleepless Nights
Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847 – 1930), The Wind of Destiny
Donald Harington (born 1935), The Cockroaches of Stay More
Henry Harland (1861 – 1905), The Cardinal's Snuff-box
Charles L. Harness (1915 – 2005), The Paradox Men
E. Lynn Harris (born 1955), Invisible Life
MacDonald Harris (1921 – 1993), The Baloonist
Mark Harris (born 1922), Bang the Drum Slowly
Thomas Harris (born 1940), The Silence of the Lambs
Harry Harrison (born 1925), Make Room! Make Room!
Jim Harrison (born 1937), Legends of the Fall
Joseph C. Hart (1798 – 1855), Miriam Coffin
Kent Haruf (born 1943), Plainsong
Jon Hassler (born 1933), Staggerford
John Hawkes (1925 – 1998), The Lime Twig
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864), The Scarlet Letter
Ernest Haycox (1899 – 1950), Bugles in the Afternoon
David Haynes (born 1955), Somebody Else's Mama
Donald Hays (born 1947), The Dixie Association
Shirley Hazzard (born 1931), The Great Fire
Shelby Hearon (born 1931), Owning Jolene
Peter Hedges (born 1962), What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ursula Hegi (born 1946), Stones from the River
Scott Heim (born 1966), Mysterious Skin
Larry Heinemann (born 1944), Paco's Story
Robert A. Heinlein (1907 – 1988), Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert Hellenga (born 1941), The Sixteen Pleasures
Joseph Heller (1923 – 1999), Catch-22
Mark Helprin (born 1947), Winter's Tale
Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961), A Farewell to Arms
Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), Nowhere Man
Paul Hemphill (born 1936), Long Gone
Patrica Henley (born 1950), Hummingbird House
Frank Herbert (1920 – 1986), Dune
Joseph Hergesheimer (1880 – 1954), Linda Condon
Robert Herrick (1868 – 1938), Web of Life
John Hersey (1914 – 1993), A Bell for Adano
DuBose Heyward (1885 – 1940), Porgy
Carl Hiaasen (born 1953), Sick Puppy
George V. Higgins (1939 – 1999), The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Patricia Highsmith (1921 – 1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley
Oscar Hijuelos (born 1951), The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Tony Hillerman (born 1925), The Blessing Way
Chester Himes (1909 –1984), If He Hollers Let Him Go
S. E. Hinton (born 1948), The Outsiders
Russell Hoban (born 1925), Riddley Walker
Laura Z. Hobson (1900 – 1986), Gentleman's Agreement
Alice Hoffman (born 1952), Practical Magic
Allen Hoffman (born 19??), Big League Dreams
Craig Holden (born 19??), Four Corners of Night
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 – 1881), The Bay-Path
Sheri Holman (born 1966), The Mammoth Cheese
Mary Jane Holmes (1825 – 1907), Lena Rivers
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894), Elsie Venner
A. M. Homes (born 1961), The End of Alice
Ann Hood (born 1956), Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), The Kite Runner
Silas House (born 1971), A Parchment of Leaves
Blanche Willis Howard (1847 – 1898),
Maureen Howard (born 1930), Natural History
E. W. Howe (1853 – 1937), The Story of a Country Town
William Dean Howells (1837 – 1920), The Rise of Silas Lapham
David Huddle (born 1942), La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967), Not Without Laughter
William Humphrey (1924 – 1997), Farther Off from Heaven
Josephine Humphreys (born 1945), Rich in Love
Evan Hunter (1926 – 2005), The Blackboard Jungle
Stephen Hunter (born 1946), Point of Impact
Fannie Hurst (1885 – 1968), Imitation of Life
Zora Neale Hurston (1891 – 1960), Their Eyes Were Watching God
Siri Hustvedt (born 1955), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl
James Hynes (born 1955), The Lecturer's Tale

I

Greg Iles (born 1960), The Quiet Game
Gary Indiana (born 1950), ''Resentment
Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809 – 1860),
John Irving (born 1942), The World According to Garp
Susan Isaacs (born 1943), Compromising Positions
Christopher Isherwood (1904 – 1986) A Meeting by the River

J

Charles R. Jackson (1902 – 1968), The Lost Weekend
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830 – 1885), Ramona
Shirley Jackson (1916 – 1965), The Haunting of Hill House
Randall Jarrell (1914 – 1965), Pictures from an Institution
Henry James (1843 – 1916), Washington Square
Will James (1892 – 1942), Smoky the Cow Horse
Tama Janowitz (born 1957), By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee
Gish Jen (born 1956), Typical American
Jerry B. Jenkins (born 1949), Left Behind (See also: Tim LaHaye)
Gary Jennings (1928 – 1999), Aztec
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 – 1909), The Country of the Pointed Firs
Ha Jin (born 1956), Waiting
Adam Johnson (born 1967) Parasites Like Us
Charles R. Johnson (born 1948), Middle Passage
Denis Johnson (born 1949), Fiskadoro
Diane Johnson (born 1934), Le Divorce
James Weldon Johnson (1871 – 1938), The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910 – 1990), Now in November
Joyce Johnson (born 1935), In the Night Café
Owen Johnson (1878 – 1952), Stover at Yale
Mary Johnston (1870 – 1936), To Have and to Hold
Edward P. Jones (born 1951), The Known World
Gayl Jones (born 1949), Corregidora
James Jones (1921 – 1977), From Here to Eternity
John Beauchamp Jones (1810 – 1866), Wild Western Scenes
Louis B. Jones (born 19??), California's Over
LeRoi Jones (See: Amiri Baraka)
Matthew F. Jones (born 19??), A Single Shot
Erica Jong (born 1942), Fear of Flying
Sylvester Judd (1813 – 1853), Margaret
Heidi Julavits (born 1968), The Mineral Palace
Ward Just (born 1935), Jack Gance

K

Jan Karon (born 1937)
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795 – 1870)
William Kennedy (born 1928), Ironweed
Jack Kerouac (1922 – 1969), On the Road
Ken Kesey (1935 – 2001), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Michael Kimball (born 1967), "The Way the Family Got Away" and "How Much of Us There Was"
Haven Kimmel (born 1965),
Stephen King (born 1947), It and The Green Mile
Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), The Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer
Joseph Kirkland (1830 – 1894)
Jerzy Kosinski (1933 – 1991), The Painted Bird
Chris Kreski (1962 – 2005)

L

Tim LaHaye (born 1926), Left Behind (See also: Jerry B. Jenkins)
Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake
Anne Lamott (born 1954)
Sidney Lanier (1842 – 1881)
Nella Larsen (1891 – 1964), Quicksand and Passing.
Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)
Harper Lee (born 1926), To Kill a Mockingbird
Dennis Lehane (born 1966) Mystic River
Murray Leinster (born 1896)
JT LeRoy (born c. 1980), Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jonathan Lethem (born 1964), Gun, with Occasional Music and Motherless Brooklyn
Ira Levin (born 1929)
Steven Levy (born 1951)
Alfred Henry Lewis (1857 – 1914) Wolfville
Sinclair Lewis (1885 – 1951), Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Main Street
George Lippard (1822 - 1854)
Jack London (1876 – 1916), The Sea Wolf
H. P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937)
Tim Lucas (born 1956)
Robert Ludlum (1927 – 2001)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836 – 1870), The Hasheesh Eater

M

John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
Norman Maclean (1902-1990), A River Runs Through It
Norman Mailer (born 1923), The Naked and the Dead
Charles Major 1856-1913
Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)
Richard Malcolm
Juventino Manzano (born 1969)
Jorge Majfud (born 1969)
Anthony Marais, (born 1966), The Cure
Hans J. Massaquoi (born 1926), Destined to Witness
Cotton Mather (1664-1728), Magnalia
Armistead Maupin (born 1944), Tales of the City
William Starbuck Mayo
Nathan McCall
Cormac McCarthy (born 1933), All the Pretty Horses
Carson McCullers (1917-1967)
George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928)
Bill McKibben
Larry McMurtry (born 1936)
Herman Melville (1819-1891), Moby-Dick
Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951)
James A. Michener (1907-1997), Tales of the South Pacific
Jack Miles
Henry Miller (1891-1980), Tropic of Cancer
Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)
Isaac Mitchell
S. Weir Mitchell
Christopher Moore
Toni Morrison, (born 1931), Beloved
John F. Murray Smart Tennis
Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940), Jasmine

N

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Lolita
John Neal (1793-1876), The Down-Easters
Bob Newman (1958- ), Trenches and Hard-Points (A Gulf War Novel)
Charles Nordhoff (1887 – 1947), Mutiny on the Bounty (See also: James Norman Hall)
Frank Norris (1870-1902), McTeague

O

Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
Tim O'Brien (born 1946), The Things They Carried
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
Chris Offutt (born 1958)
Stewart O'Nan (born 1961)
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

P

Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1952)
Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962), Fight Club and Choke
Ann Patchett (born 1963), Bel Canto
James Kirk(e) Paulding (1778-1860)
Paul JJ Payack
T. R. Pearson (born 1956)
Walker Percy (1916-1990)
Frank E. Peretti (born 1951)
David Graham Phillips (1867-1911)
Marge Piercy (born 1936)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Arthur Porges (born 1915)
Richard Powers (born 1957)
Dawn Powell (1896-1965)
Phillip Pullman "The Golden Compass"
Thomas Pynchon (born 1937), The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, and V.

Q

Julia Quinn (born 1969)

R

Ayn Rand (1905-1982), Atlas Shrugged, and The Fountainhead
Anne Rice (born 1941), Interview with the Vampire
Harold Robbins (1916-1997)
Tom Robbins (born 1936)
Marilynne Robinson (born 1947), Housekeeping and Gilead
Lucia St. Clair Robson
Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888)
Philip Roth (born 1933), Portnoy's Complaint, and The Human Stain
Susan Rowson

S

J. D. Salinger (born 1919), Catcher in the Rye
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
George Saunders (born 1958), The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
Budd Schulberg (born 1914), What Makes Sammy Run?, and On the Waterfront
Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867)
Hubert Selby Jr. (1928-2004) Last Exit to Brooklyn. and Requiem for a Dream
Sidney Sheldon (born 1917)
Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), Ceremony
William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870}
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), The Jungle
James Sites (born 1924), Inger!
Jane Smiley (born 1949), A Thousand Acres
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915), Colonel Carter of Cartersville
Terry Southern (1924-1995), The Magic Christian and Blue Movie, co-author of Candy
E(mma) D(orothy) E(liza) N(evitte) Southworth (1819-1899)
Mickey Spillane (born 1918), I, the Jury
Elizabeth Spires (born 1952)
Charlie Steel, Fight For Wet Springs
Danielle Steel (born 1947)
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), Three Lives, and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
John Steinbeck (1902-1968), The Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men
Neal Stephenson (born 1959), Snow Crash, and Cryptonomicon
Charles D. Stewart (1868-1960)
Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855-1943)
Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902)
Mary S. Stolz (born 1920)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Peter Straub (born 1943)
Jacqueline Susann (1918-1974), Valley of the Dolls

T

Amy Tan (born 1952), The Joy Luck Club
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)
Tabitha Tenney
Studs Terkel (born 1912)
Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821)
John Tennyson
Piri Thomas (born 1928)
Daniel Pierce Thompson
Maurice Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
John Kennedy Toole (1937-1969) A Confederacy of Dunces
Calvin Trillin (born 1935)
Sergio Troncoso (born 1961), The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, and The Nature of Truth
George Tucker (1775-1861)
Bayard Tuckerman
Scott Turow (born 1949), Presumed Innocent
Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
Mark Twain (1835-1910), (pseudonym of Samuel Clemens), Huckleberry Finn,
Royall Tyler

U

John Updike (born 1932), Rabbit, Run
Leon Uris (1924-2003), QB VII, and Mila 18

V

Gore Vidal (born 1925)
Kurt Vonnegut (born 1922), Cat's Cradle, and Slaughterhouse-Five
William T. Vollmann (born 1959)

W

Alice Walker (born 1944)
David Foster Wallace (born 1962)
Lew Wallace (1827 – 1905), Ben-Hur
William Ware
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890 – 1979), Boxcar Children
Susan Warner (1819 – 1895)
Justin Weaver, Vintage Pimp
Mason Locke Weems (1756 – 1825)
Bing West
Edward Noyes Westcott
E. B. White (1899 – 1985), Charlotte's Web
Edmund White
Stewart Edward White
William Allen White (1868 – 1944)
Brad Whitlock
Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937)
Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983)
Augusta Jane Wilson (Evans) (1835 – 1909)
Theodore Winthrop (1828 – 1861)
William Wirt (1772 – 1834)
Owen Wister (1860 – 1938), The Virginian
Gene Wolfe (born 1931)
Thomas Wolfe (1900 – 1938), You Can't Go Home Again
Tom Wolfe (born 1931), The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tobias Wolff (born 1945)
Samuel Woodworth (1784 – 1842), Champions of Freedom, ...
Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840 – 1894)
Herman Wouk (born 1915), The Caine Mutiny, and The Winds of War

X

Y

Robert Clark Young (born 1960), One of the Guys
Nasim Yousaf

Z

See also

References

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