Eight Great American Novels
The New Yorker · 1 Jul 2026

Eight Great American Novels

You know what they say: a semiquincentennial happens only once, but great American literature is forever. Whether we can all agree on what makes a novel a great American one is another story (considering we can’t agree on much these days). To me, Curtis Sittenfeld’s “American Wife” fits the descript


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