Canonical books
Books with canonical literary standing. Each guide explains the recognition and evidence behind its assessment.
457 book guides · Showing 433–457
In a Free State
V. S. Naipaul
Canonical
Speedboat
Renata Adler
Canonical
Foreign Affairs
Alison Lurie
Canonical
London Fields
Martin Amis
Canonical
The Reivers
William Faulkner
Canonical
The Conservationist
Nadine Gordimer
Canonical
The White Album
Joan Didion
Canonical
A Summons to Memphis
Peter Taylor
Canonical
The Magnificent Ambersons
Booth Tarkington
Canonical
Warlock
Oakley Hall
Canonical
Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey
Canonical
Martin Dressler
Steven Millhauser
Canonical
Rabbit Redux
John Updike
Canonical
Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington
Canonical
Ironweed
William Kennedy
Canonical
Omensetter's Luck
William H. Gass
Canonical
Rabbit at Rest
John Updike
Canonical
The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell
Canonical
Elbow Room
James Alan McPherson
Canonical
Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike
Canonical
The Last Gentleman
Walker Percy
Canonical
The Old Devils
Kingsley Amis
Canonical
A Fable
William Faulkner
Canonical
Independence Day
Richard Ford
Canonical
America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
John Steinbeck
Canonical
