Great American Novel Herman Melville Moby-Dick Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Toni Morrison Beloved David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest
Since its first use in the 19th century, the term "Great American Novel" has been applied to many books, including Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851), Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925), John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987), and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest (1996).
