1. The Last of the Mohicans: James Fenimoore Cooper, published in 1826.
2. The House of the Seven Gables: Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1851.
3. The Old Man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway, published in 1952
4. The Emigrants: Gilmert Imlay, published in 1793.
5. Bridge of San Luis Rey: Thornton Wilder, published in 1927. It won the Pullitzer-Prize.
6. 0 Pioneers! : Willa Cather, published in 1913.
7. The Prince and the Pauper: Mark Twain, published in 1881.
8. Billy Budd: Herman Melville, published posthumously in 1924.
9. The Red Badge of Courage: Stephen Crane, published in 1895.
10. All the King's Men: Robert Penn Warren, published in 1946.
