List of American novelists

• Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), ''The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh'' • Rachel Aaron, ''Fortune's Pawn'' • Atia Abawi • Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang • Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon • Laura Abbot, My Name Is Nell • Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer • Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys • Mary Abbott (1857–1904), Alexia • Megan Abbott (born 1971), Die a Little • Shirley Abbott (1934–2019), ''The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound'' • Shana Abé, A Rose in Winter • Louise Abeita (1926–2014), Native American Isleta Pueblo writer, I Am a Pueblo Indian Girl • Robert H. Abel (1941–2017) • Joan Abelove (born 1945), Go and Come Back • Aberjhani • Walter Abish (1931–2022), How German Is It • Abiola Abrams (born 1976), television host, art filmmaker and writer, Dare • Stacey Abrams (born 1973), While Justice Sleeps • Traci Hunter Abramson, Smokescreen • Diana Abu-Jaber (born 1960), Arabian Jazz • Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin • Evelyne Accad (born 1943), The Excised • Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X • Kathy Acker (1947–1997), Blood and Guts in High School • Danielle Ackley-McPhail (born 1970), ''Tomorrow's Memories'' • Marta Acosta, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula • Cherry Adair, Black Magic • Alice Adams (1926–1999), Beautiful Girl • Deborah Adams, All the Great Pretenders • Henry Adams (1838–1918), Democracy: An American Novel • Kathryn Adams Doty (1920–2016), A Long Year of Silence • Yda Addis (1857–1902), writer and translator • Kim Addonizio (born 1954), poet, novelist • George Ade (1866–1944), The Slim Princess • Renata Adler (born 1938), Speedboat • Warren Adler (1927–2019), The War of the Roses • James Agee (1909–1955), A Death in the Family • Charlotte Agell (born 1959), novelist and children's writer • Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), writer, including poet,and editor • Conrad Aiken (1889–1973), Blue Voyage • Hiag Akmakjian (1926–2017) • Mitch Albom (born 1958), The Five People You Meet in Heaven • Kathleen Alcalá (born 1954), Spirits of the Ordinary • Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), Little Women • Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), children's writer • Clifford Lindsey Alderman (1902–1988) • Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) • Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907), Prudence Palfrey • Malin Alegria • Grace Alexander (1872–1951), Judith • Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007), The Black Cauldron • Tasha Alexander (born 1969) • Sherman Alexie (born 1966), Reservation Blues • Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899), Ragged Dick • Jo Ann Algermissen (1942–2009), I Do? • Nelson Algren (1909–1981), The Man with the Golden Arm • Hervey Allen (1889–1949), Anthony Adverse • Isabel Allende (born 1942), Chilean/American novelist, Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune • Dorothy Allison (1949–2024), 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 (1937–2020), Bless Me, Ultima • Laurie Halse Anderson (born 1961), Speak • Poul Anderson (1926–2001), Tau Zero • Steve Anderson (born 1966) • Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941), Winesburg, Ohio • Eliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931), novelist and Civil War writer • V. C. Andrews (1923–1986), Flowers in the Attic • Tina McElroy Ansa (1949–2024), Baby of the Family • A. Manette Ansay (born 1964), Vinegar Hill • Donald Antrim (born 1959), The Hundred Brothers • Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004), writer, including poet, and activist, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza • Allen Appel (born 1945), Time After Time • Benjamin Appel (1907–1979), Brain Guy • Max Apple (born 1941), Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right • Harold Hunter Armstrong (1884–1979) • Harriette Arnow (1908–1986), The Dollmaker • Timothy Shay Arthur (1809–1885), Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There • Sholem Asch (1880–1957), The Nazarene • Inez Asher (1911–2006), television writer and novelist, Family Sins • Kristen Ashley (born 1968) • Anastasia Ashman (born 1964), writer and cultural producer, Tales from the Expat Harem • Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), The Gods Themselves • Rilla Askew (born 1951), The Mercy Seat • Robert Asprin (1946–2008), Another Fine Myth • Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948), The Conqueror • Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942), writer, including journalist, and teacher • William Attaway (1911–1986), Blood on the Forge • Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984), In the Forests of the Night • Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010), The Rector of Justin • Jean M. Auel (born 1936), The Clan of the Cave Bear • Paul Auster (1947–2024), New York Trilogy • Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934), Isidro • Victoria Aveyard (born 1990), Red Queen series == B ==

• James Baar (1929–2021) • Sanora Babb (1907–2005) • C. Morgan Babst (born 1980) • Richard Bach (born 1936), Jonathan Livingston Seagull • Irving Bacheller (1859–1950), A Man for the Ages • George Bagby (1906–1985), Murder at the Piano • Dorothy Baker (1907–1968), Young Man with a Horn • James Robert Baker (1947–1997), Fuel-Injected Dreams • 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 • Leigh Bale • John Ball (1911–1988), In the Heat of the Night • Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995), The Salt Eaters • Anna Banks • Russell Banks (1940–2023), The Sweet Hereafter • Margaret Culkin Banning (1891–1982), Country Club People • Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) (1934–2014), ''The System of Dante's Hell'' • Tom Barbash, The Last Good Chance • Anna Maynard Barbour (died 1941), That Mainwaring Affair • John Franklin Bardin (1916–1981), Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly • Brad Barkley (born 1961), Money, Love • Annie Maria Barnes (1857 – unknown), Some lowly lives and the heights they reached • Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), Nightwood • Linda Barnes (born 1949), A Trouble of Fools • Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886–1967), Years of Grace • Steven Barnes (born 1952), The Legacy of Heorot (co-author) • Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960), Gospel • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), ''Jan Vedder's Wife'' • Nevada Barr (born 1952), Track of the Cat • Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982), • Andrea Barrett (born 1964), The Voyage of the Narwhal • Lillian Barrett (1884–1963), The Sinister Revel, Gibbeted Gods, and The Crowd Out Front • John Barth (1930–2024), Giles Goat-Boy • Donald Barthelme (1931–1989), Snow White • Frederick Barthelme (born 1943), Chroma • Alice E. Bartlett (1848–1920), Until the Daybreak • Nalbro Bartley (1888–1952), ''A Woman's Woman'' • Fredrick Barton • Rick Bass (born 1958), Where the Sea Used to Be • Sara Ware Bassett (1872–1968) • Hamilton Basso (1904–1964), ''The View from Pompey's Head'' • Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam • Margret Holmes Bates (1844–1927), Manitou • Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932), The Inhabitants of Two Worlds • L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • Beth Ann Bauman • Richard Bausch (born 1945), The Last Good Time • Robert Bausch (1945–2018), Almighty Me • Charles Baxter (born 1947), Shadow Play • Jonathan Bayliss (1926–2009), the fiction tetralogy Gloucesterman • Peter S. Beagle (born 1939), The Last Unicorn • Theodore Beale (born 1968), The War in Heaven, The Eternal Warriors • Clare Beams (born 1980/81), The Illness Lesson • Greg Bear (1951–2022), ''Darwin's Radio'' • Ann Beattie (born 1947), Chilly Scenes of Winter • Paul Beatty (born 1962), The Sellout • Jessica Beck • Louis Begley (born 1933), About Schmidt • Madison Smartt Bell (born 1957), ''All Souls' Rising'' • Edward Bellamy (1850–1898), Looking Backward: 2000–1887 • Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy (1837–1900), Four Oaks • Saul Bellow (1915–2005), Henderson the Rain King • Peter Benchley (1940–2006), Jaws • Aimee Bender (born 1969), An Invisible Sign of My Own • Pinckney Benedict (born 1964), Dogs of God • Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), Spanish Bayonet • Gregory Benford (born 1941), Timescape • Gary L. Bennett (born 1940), The Star Sailors • Jenn Bennett • Marcia Joanne Bennett (born 1945) • Thomas Berger (1924–2014), Little Big Man • Gina Berriault (1926–1999), The Descent • Don Berry (1931–2001), Trask • Wendell Berry (born 1934), A Place on Earth • Alfred Bester (1913–1987), The Demolished Man • Doris Betts (1932–2012), Souls Raised from the Dead • Kiran Bhat (born 1990) • Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), The Chinese Parrot • Donia Bijan, "The Last Days of Cafe Leila" • Jessica Bird (born 1969), Black Dagger Brotherhood series • Robert Montgomery Bird (1803–1854), Nick of the Woods • Michael Bishop (1945–2023), No Enemy But Time • Pam Blackwell (born 1942) • William Peter Blatty (1928–2017), The Exorcist • Winfred Blevins (1938–2023), Stone Song, Story of the Life of Crazy Horse • Robert Bloch (1917–1994), Psycho • Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), Weetzie Bat • Lawrence Block (born 1938), Eight Million Ways to Die • Stefan Merrill Block (born 1982) • Mabel Fuller Blodgett (1869–1959) • Joan Blondell (1906–1979), Center Door Fancy • Amy Bloom (born 1953), Love Invents Us • Judy Blume (born 1938), ''Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret'' • Tom Boggs (1905–1952) • Chris Bohjalian (born 1960), The Law of Similars • Arna Bontemps (1902–1973), God Sends Sunday • Kola Boof • Emma Scarr Booth (1835–1927), ''Karan Kringle's Journal'' • Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), The Case of the Seven of Calvary • Vance Bourjaily (1922–2010), Brill Among the Ruins • Ben Bova (1932–2020), The Starcrossed • Jane Bowles (1917–1973), Two Serious Ladies • Paul Bowles (1910–1999), The Sheltering Sky • Valerie Bowman • Blanche McCrary Boyd (born 1945), The Revolution of Little Girls • James Boyd (1888–1944), Drums • Jennifer Finney Boylan (previously James Finney Boylan) (born 1958), The Planets • Roger Boylan (born 1951), Killoyle • Kay Boyle (1902–1992), Death of a Man • T. Coraghessan Boyle (born 1948), The Road to Wellville • Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938) • Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), ''The World of Carrick's Cove'' • Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748–1816), Modern Chivalry • Leigh Brackett (1915–1978), The Secret of Sinharat • Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), The Illustrated Man • David Bradley (born 1950), The Chaneysville Incident • Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), The Mists of Avalon • Billy Lee Brammer (1929–1978), The Gay Place • Max Brand (1892–1944), Destry Rides Again • Giannina Braschi (born 1954), Yo-Yo Boing! • Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), Trout Fishing in America • Kate Braverman (1949–2019), Lithium for Medea • Anna de Brémont (c. 1856–1922) • Sandra Bretting • Matt Briggs (born 1970), Shoot the Buffalo • David Brin (born 1950), The Uplift War • Robert O'Neil Bristow (1926–2018) • Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967), Exquisite Corpse • Margueritte Harmon Bro (1894–1977), Sarah • Amber Brock (born 1980) • Harold Brodkey (1930–1996), The Runaway Soul • Louis Bromfield (1896–1956), The Rains Came • Geraldine Brooks (born 1955), March • Terry Brooks (born 1944), The Sword of Shannara • Alice Brown (1857–1948), Fools of Nature • Annie Greene Brown (1855–1923), Fireside Battles • Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), Wieland • Dan Brown (born 1964), The Da Vinci Code • Don Brown (born 1960), Treason • Eleanor Brown (born 1969), The Weird Sisters • Harry Brown (1917–1986), A Walk 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 • Steven Brust (born 1955), the Dragaera series • Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), The Good Earth • Michael Buckley (born 1969), The Sisters Grimm series • Frederick Buechner (1926–2022), Godric • Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), Factotum • Emma Bull (born 1954), War for the Oaks • Edward Bunker (1933–2005), Little Boy Blue • Eugene Burdick (1918–1965), The Ugly American (with 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 • Clara Louise Burnham (1854–1927), Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life • Olive Ann Burns (1924–1990), Cold Sassy Tree • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), Tarzan of the Apes • William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), Naked Lunch • Frederick Busch (1941–2006), Harry and Catherine • Gary Buslik (born 1946) • Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), Patternmaster • Robert Olen Butler (born 1945), The Alleys of Eden • Martha Haines Butt (1833–1871), Antifanaticism • Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989) == C ==

• George Washington Cable (1844–1925), The Grandissimes • Meg Cabot (born 1967), The Princess Diaries • Abraham Cahan (1860–1951), The Rise of David Levinsky • Chelsea Cain (born 1972), Heartsick • James M. Cain (1892–1977), The Postman Always Rings Twice • Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987), ''God's Little Acre'' • Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), Dynasty of Death • Wayne Caldwell (born 1948) • Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), False Entry • Sophia Alice Callahan (1868–1894), Wynema, a Child of the Forest • Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), Singing in the Comeback Choir • Helen Stuart Campbell (1839–1918), Ballantyne - a novel • John W. Campbell (1910–1971), The Mightiest Machine • Ethan Canin (born 1960), For Kings and Planets • Robert Cantwell (1908–1978), The Land of Plenty • Kevin Canty (born 1953), 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'' • Ruth Cardello • Ron Carlson (born 1947), Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald • Don Carpenter (1931–1995), Hard Rain Falling • Caleb Carr (1955–2024), The Alienist • John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), The Crooked Hinge • Gail Carriger (born 1976), Soulless • H. G. Carrillo (1960–2020) • Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904–1999), As the Earth Turns • Jonathan Carroll (born 1949), The Land of Laughs • Ella Kaiser Carruth (1882–1974) • Aimee Carter (born 1986) • Forrest Carter (1925–1979), The Education of Little Tree • Lin Carter (1930–1988), Sky Pirates of Callisto • Xam Wilson Cartier (born 1949) • John Casey (1939–2025), Spartina • Wiley Cash (born 1977) • Vera Caspary (1899–1987), Laura • R. V. Cassill (1919–2002), ''Dr. Cobb's Game'' • Ana Castillo (born 1953), So Far from God • Willa Cather (1873–1947), My Ántonia • Dominic Certo, The Valor of Francesco D’Amini • Michael Chabon (born 1964), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay • Nathan Keonaona Chai • Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005), Midnight at the Well of Souls • Marisha Chamberlin (born 1952) • Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), In the Quarter • Jessie Chandler (born 1968), Bingo Barge Murder • Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), The Big Sleep • Henry Chang • James Chapman (born 1955), Stet • Fred Chappell (1936–2024), Dagon • Jerome Charyn (born 1937), Blue Eyes • Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973), Mary Peters • Loretta Chase (born 1949), Lord of Scoundrels • Ruth Chatterton (1892–1961) • Stephen Chbosky (born 1970), The Perks of Being a Wallflower • John Cheever (1912–1982), The Wapshot Chronicle • Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), American Heaven • Kelly Cherry (1940–2022), We Can Still Be Friends • C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), Cyteen • Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932), The Marrow of Tradition • Alan Cheuse (1940–2015), ''The Grandmothers' Club'' • Tracy Chevalier (born 1962), Girl with a Pearl Earring • Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), Hobomok • Mark Childress (born 1957), Crazy in Alabama • Kate Chopin (1851–1904), The Awakening • Autumn Christian, Girl Like a Bomb • April Christofferson • Edgar Earl Christopher, The Invisibles • Winston Churchill (1871–1947), Richard Carvel • Carolyn Chute (born 1947), The Beans of Egypt, Maine • Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), The House on Mango Street • Tom Clancy (1947–2013), The Hunt for Red October • Eleanor Clark (1913–1996), ''Baldur's Gate'' • Felicia Buttz Clark (1862–1931) • Florence Anderson Clark (1835–1918), Zenaida, a Romance • Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), A Stranger Is Watching • Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971), The Ox-Bow Incident • Isabel C. Clarke (died 1951) • Jaime Clarke (born 1971), Garden Lakes • Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959), The Wednesday Sisters • Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), Ramona the Pest • Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), Tobias Wilson • Samuel Langhorne Clemens (see: Mark Twain) • Hal Clement (1922–2003), Mission of Gravity • Michelle Cliff (1946–2016), Abeng • Ernest Cline (born 1972) • Deborah Coates • Robert M. Coates (1897–1973), The Eater of Darkness • Harlan Coben (born 1962), Deal Breaker • Colleen Coble • Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865–1944) • Marvin Cohen (1931–2025), Others, Including Morstive Sternbump • Richard Cohen (born 1952) • Kresley Cole • Teju Cole (born 1975), Open City • Manda Collins • Laurie Colwin (1944–1992), Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object • Richard Condon (1915–1996), The Manchurian Candidate • Evan S. Connell (1924–2013), Mrs. Bridge • Michael Connelly (born 1956), Blood Work • Frank Conroy (1936–2005), Body and Soul • Pat Conroy (1945–2016), The Prince of Tides • K. C. Constantine (1934–2023), Upon Some Midnights Clear • Robin Cook (born 1940), Coma • John Esten Cooke (1830–1886), The Virginia Comedians • Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947), No Such Person • Dennis Cooper (born 1953), Frisk • Doug Cooper (born 1970) • J. California Cooper (1931–2014), Some People, Some Other Place • James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), The Last of the Mohicans • Susan Rogers Cooper (born 1947) • Robert Coover (1932–2024), The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. • Lucy Corin (born 1970), Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls • Edwin Corle (1906–1956), Fig Tree John • Robert Cormier (1925–2000), The Chocolate War • Mary A. Cornelius (1829–1918), ''Uncle Nathan's Farm'' • Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), Postmortem • Temra Costa • Gay Courter (born 1944) • James Gould Cozzens (1903–1978), Guard of Honor • Cola Barr Craig (1861–1930), Was She: A Novel • Robert Crais (born c. 1953), Hostage • Stephen Crane (1871–1900), The Red Badge of Courage • Bruce Harris Craven • Margaret Craven (1901–1980), I Heard the Owl Call My Name • Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909), Saracinesca • Harry Crews (1935–2012), Scar Lover • Michael Crichton (1942–2008), Jurassic Park • Robert Crichton (1925–1993), The Secret of Santa Vittoria • Amanda Cross (1926–2003), The James Joyce Murder • John Crowley (born 1942), Little, Big • Mary Cruger (1834 – 1908), The Vanderheyde Manor House • Jennifer Crusie (born 1949), Welcome to Temptation • Chris Crutcher (born 1946), Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes • Chris Culver • Ann Cummins, Yellowcake • Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866), The Lamplighter • Michael Cunningham (born 1952), The Hours • James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927), The Grizzly King • Clive Cussler (1931–2020), Raise the Titanic! == D ==

• H.D. (1886–1961), Palimpsest • Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977), Bottom Dogs • Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (1825–1898), Democracy, an American novel • Frances Brackett Damon (1857–1939), Idlewise • Mark Z. Danielewski (born 1966), House of Leaves • Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), Breath, Eyes, Memory • Evan Dara, The Lost Scrapbook • 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 (1916–2014), Death of an Old Sinner • Genese Davis (born 1984) • H. L. Davis (1894–1960), Honey in the Horn • L. J. Davis, A Meaningful Life • Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916), Soldiers of Fortune • Terry Davis (born 1947), Vision Quest • L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000), Lest Darkness Fall • John William De Forest (1826–1926), ''Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty'' • Peter De Vries (1910–1993), Reuben, Reuben • Jeffery Deaver (born 1950), The Bone Collector • Darren DeFrain (born 1967) • Ted Dekker (born 1962), ADAM • Lester del Rey (1915–1993), Attack from Atlantis • Margaret Deland (1857–1945), John Ward, Preacher • Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), Dhalgren, Hogg • Don DeLillo (born 1936), White Noise • Viña Delmar (1903–1990), Bad Girl • Patrick Dennis (1921–1976), Auntie Mame • August Derleth (1909–1971), The Memoirs of Solar Pons • Amber Dermont • Bree Despain (born 1979) • Jude Deveraux (born 1947), A Knight in Shining Armor • Pete Dexter (born 1943), Paris Trout • Junot Díaz (born 1968), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao • 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 (1934–2021), Play It as It Lays • Karen Dionne (born 1953) • Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008), Camp Concentration • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), The Mistress of Spices • Melvin Dixon (1950–1992), Trouble the Water • Stephen Dixon (1936–2019), Frog • Thomas Dixon Jr. (1864–1946), The Clansman • Moshe Dluznowsky • Stephen Dobyns (born 1941), ''The Wrestler's Cruel Study'' • E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015), Ragtime • Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), The Republic of the Future • Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), Hans Brinker • Harriet Doerr (1910–2002), Stones for Ibarra • Ivan Doig (1939–2015), Ride with Me, Mariah Montana • John Dolan (born 1955), ''Shantee''' • Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947), ''Lord Foul's Bane'' • J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017), The Ginger Man • Richard Dooling (born 1954), ''White Man's Grave'' • Michael Dorris (1945–1997), A Yellow Raft in Blue Water • John Dos Passos (1896–1970), U.S.A. • Kathryn Adams Doty (1920–2016) • Lloyd C. Douglas (1877–1951), Magnificent Obsession • Christopher Dow (born 1950) • Fanny Murdaugh Downing (1831–1894), Nameless, a novel • J. Hyatt Downing (1888–1973) • Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945), An American Tragedy • 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 • Bruce Ducker (born 1938), Mooney in Flight • John Dufresne (born 1948), Louisiana Power and Light • David James Duncan (born 1952), The Brothers K • Katherine Dunn (1945–2016), Geek Love • John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003), True Confessions • John Dunning (1942–2023), Booked to Die == E ==

• Mary Tracy Earle (1864–1955), The Wonderful Wheel • Tony Earley (born 1961), Jim the Boy • Mignon G. Eberhart (1899–1996), The Patient in Room 18 • David Eddings (1931–2008), 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), A Visit from the Goon Squad • Dave Eggers (born 1970), You Shall Know Our Velocity • Edward Eggleston (1837–1902), The Hoosier Schoolmaster • John Ehle (1924–2018), Last One Home • Jill Eisenstadt (born 1963), From Rockaway, Kiss Out, Swell • Robert Elegant (1928–2023), Dynasty • Stanley Elkin (1930–1995), Mrs. Ted Bliss • Aaron Elkins (born 1935), Old Bones • Stanley Ellin (1916–1986), The Eighth Circle • Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American Psycho, Glamorama • Edward S. Ellis (1840–1916), Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier • Trey Ellis (born 1962), Right Here, Right Now • Ralph Ellison (1914–1994), Invisible Man • James Ellroy (born 1948), L.A. Confidential • Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019), Carmen Dog • Susan Engberg • Hiron Ennes, Leech • Louise Erdrich (born 1954), Love Medicine • Steve Erickson (born 1950), ''Arc d'X'' • Payne Erskine (1854–1924) • Andrew Ervin (born 1971), ''Burning Down George Orwell's House'' • Loren D. Estleman (born 1952), Motor City Blue • Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), The Virgin Suicides • Janet Evanovich (born 1943), One For the Money • Richard Paul Evans (born 1962), The Christmas Box and Michael Vey series • Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell (1836–1922), Aunt Nabby • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (1835–1909), St. Elmo • Frederick Exley (1929–1992), ''A Fan's Notes'' == F ==

• Ann Fairbairn (1901–1972), Five Smooth Stones • Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878–1951), The Bright Land • Amber Fallon, horror writer • 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 (1918–2009), 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), Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral • Jürgen Fauth (born 1969) • Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961), The Big Clock • Raymond Federman (1928–2009), The Twofold Vibration • Raymond E. Feist (born 1945), Magician • Edna Ferber (1885–1968), So Big • Ira Lunan Ferguson (1904–1992) • Harvey Fergusson (1890–1971), The Conquest of Don Pedro • Rachel Field (1894–1942), All This, and Heaven Too • Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967), Love Creeps • Charles Finch (born 1980), A Beautiful Blue Death • Martha Farquharson Finley (1828–1909), Elsie Dinsmore • Jack Finney (1911–1995), Time and Again • Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958), Understood Betsy • Rudolph Fisher (1897–1934), The Walls of Jericho • Vardis Fisher (1895–1968), Children of God • Anna M. Fitch (1840–1904), Bound Down • Janet Fitch (born 1955), White Oleander • F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), The Great Gatsby • Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974), Harriet the Spy • Ambrose Flack (1902–1980) • Raymond Flanagan (1903–1990), Three Religious Rebels. The Forefathers of the Trappists • Thomas Flanagan (1923–2002), The Year of the French • Martin Flavin (1883–1967), Journey in the Dark • Paul Fleischman (born 1952), Whirligig • Sid Fleischman (1920–2010), The Whipping Boy • Lynn Flewelling (born 1958), Nightrunner • Vince Flynn (1966–2013), Pursuit of Honor • 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 • John M. Ford (1957–2006), The Dragon Waiting • 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 (1758–1840), 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 (1923–2017), Desperate Characters • William Price Fox (1926–2015), Ruby Red • Sohrab Homi Fracis • Jacquelyn Frank • Suzanne Frank • Waldo Frank (1889–1967), Holiday • Jonathan Franzen (born 1959), The Corrections • Rhiannon Frater • Charles Frazier (born 1950), Cold Mountain • Harold Frederic (1856–1898), The Damnation of Theron Ware • Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), Pembroke • Joseph Lewis French (18581936), Masterpieces of Mystery • Marilyn French (1929–2009), ''The Women's Room'' • William Aden French (1892–1980) • Bruce Jay Friedman (1930–2020), Stern • Kinky Friedman (1944–2024), Greenwich Killing Time • Daniel Fuchs (1909–1993), Summer in Williamsburg • Andrew Fukuda • Henry Blake Fuller (1857–1929), The Cliff-Dwellers • David Fulmer (Born 1950), ''Chasing the Devil's Tail'' • Alan Furst (born 1941), Night Soldiers == G ==

• Tom Gabbay (born 1953), The Berlin Conspiracy • Ellen Gable (born 1959) • William Gaddis (1922–1998), The Recognitions • Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019), 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 • Robert Gandt (born 1939) • Ernest K. Gann (1910–1991), The High and the Mighty • Cristina García (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 1933), Fat City • Hamlin Garland (1860–1940), A Daughter of the Middle Border • George Garrett (1929–2008), Death of the Fox • Chloe Gartner (1916–2003), The Infidels • Haley Elizabeth Garwood (born 1940), The Forgotten Queen • Julie Garwood (1944–2023), Ransom • William H. Gass (1924–2017), ''Omensetter's Luck'' • David Gates (born 1947), Jernigan • William Gay (1941–2012) • Elizabeth George (born 1949), A Great Deliverance • Sarah Gerard • Christien Gholson (born 1964), A Fish Trapped Inside the Wind • Kaye Gibbons (born 1960), Ellen Foster • William Gibson (born 1948), Neuromancer • Scott G. Gier (born 1948) • Barry Gifford (born 1946), Wild at Heart • Dagoberto Gilb (born 1950), The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña • Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912) • Ellen Gilchrist (1935–2024), Starcarbon • Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), Herland • Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881–1945), The Parting of the Ways • Susan Gregg Gilmore • Mark Gilroy • 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 • Tom Godwin (1915–1980), The Survivors • Herbert Gold (1924–2023), The Man Who Was Not With It • Arthur Golden (born 1957), Memoirs of a Geisha • Francisco Goldman (born 1954), The Long Night of White Chickens • William Goldman (1931–2018), The Princess Bride • Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950), The Mind-Body Problem • David Goodis (1917–1967), Down There • Terry Goodkind (1948–2020), ''Wizard's First Rule'' • Allegra Goodman (born 1967), The Family Markowitz • Paul Goodman (1911–1972), Making Do • Marcus Goodrich (1897–1991), Delilah • H. B. Goodwin (1827–1893), The fortunes of Miss Follen • Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), Aleck Maury, Sportsman • Jennifer Anne Gordon, Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent • Mary Gordon (born 1949), Final Payments • Ron Goulart (1933–2022), After Things Fell Apart • William Goyen (1915–1983), The Fair Sister • Sue Grafton (1940–2017), "A" is for Alibi • Seth Grahame-Smith (born 1976) • Robert Grant (1852–1940), Unleavened Bread • Shirley Ann Grau (1929–2020), The Keepers of the House • Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926), Out of the Mire, The Jericho Road, The Inn by the Sea • Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), The Leavenworth Case • John Green (born 1977), The Fault in Our Stars • Julien Green (1900–1998), Léviathan (The Dark Journey) • Vincent S. Green (born 1953), The Price of Victory, Extreme Justice • Joanne Greenberg (born 1932), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden • Amy Greene (born 1975) • Frances Nimmo Greene (1867–1937), The Right of the Strongest • Sam Greenlee (1930–2014), 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 • Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), ''A Woman's Evangel'' • Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933), The Hindered Hand • Martha Grimes (born 1931), The Old Contemptibles • John Grisham (born 1955), The Firm • Lauren Groff (born 1978), Fates and Furies • Winston Groom (1943–2020), Forrest Gump • Patricia Grossman (born 1951), Radiant Daughter • Michael Grothaus (born 1977), Epiphany Jones • Nikolai Grozni • Davis Grubb (1919–1980), The Night of the Hunter • Lisa Grunwald (born 1959), The Irresistible Henry House • Lucrecia Guerrero, Chasing Shadows (linked short stories), Tree of Sighs • Judith Guest (born 1936), Ordinary People • Allan Gurganus (born 1947), Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All • Naomi Gurian (born 1933) • David Guterson (born 1956), Snow Falling on Cedars • A. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901–1991), The Big Sky == H ==

• John Habberton (1842–1921) • Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Dogeaters • Jennifer Haigh (born 1968), Mrs. Kimble • Charles Haldeman (1931–1983) • Joe Haldeman (born 1943), The Forever War • Alex Haley (1921–1992), Roots • James Norman Hall (1887–1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (with Charles Nordhoff) • Oakley Hall (1920–2008), Warlock • Brett Halliday (1904–1977), Dividend on Death • Julie Halpern • Ada L. Halstead (1861–1901) • Hilary Thayer Hamann (born 1962), Anthropology of an American Girl • Jane Hamilton (born 1957), The Book of Ruth • Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963), Guilty Pleasures • Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), The Maltese Falcon • Samuel J. Hamrick (1929–2008) • Cathi Hanauer (born 1962) • Elizabeth Hand (born 1957), Generation Loss • Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) (born 1970), Watch Your Mouth • Barry Hannah (1942–2010), Geromino Rex • Joseph Hansen (1923–2004), Fadeout • Ron Hansen (born 1947), Mariette in Ecstasy • Paul Harding (born 1967), Tinkers • Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007), Sleepless Nights • Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930), The Wind of Destiny • Donald Harington (1935–2009), The Cockroaches of Stay More • Henry Harland (1861–1905), ''The Cardinal's Snuff-box'' • Jean Harlow (1911–1937), Today is Tonight • Charles L. Harness (1915–2005), The Paradox Men • Kent Harrington • Bertha Harris (1937–2005), Lover • Charlaine Harris (born 1961), The Southern Vampire Mysteries • Corra May Harris (1869–1935), ''The Circuit Rider's Wife'' • MacDonald Harris (1921–1993), The Balloonist • E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), Invisible Life • Mark Harris (1922–2007), Bang the Drum Slowly • Thomas Harris (born 1940), The Silence of the Lambs • Harry Harrison (1925–2012), Make Room! Make Room! • Jim Harrison (1937–2016), Legends of the Fall • Kathryn Harrison (born 1961), Exposure • Kim Harrison (born 1966), Hollows • Kent Haruf (1943–2014), Plainsong • Adrienne Harun, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain • Jon Hassler (1933–2008), Staggerford • Mary R. Platt Hatch (1848–1935), The Strange Disappearance of Eugene Comstocks • Amanda Havard (born 1986) • Allan Havis (born 1951), Clear Blue Silence, Maddie Q, Architects of the Taj Mahal • John Hawkes (1925–1998), The Lime Twig • Alexandra Hawkins • Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), The Scarlet Letter • Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), Bugles in the Afternoon • Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016), The Great Fire • Shelby Hearon (1931–2016), Owning Jolene • Peter Hedges (born 1962), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' • Rebecca Heflin (born 1963), Rescuing Lacey • Ursula Hegi (born 1946), Stones from the River • Scott Heim (born 1966), Mysterious Skin • Larry Heinemann (1944–2019), ''Paco's Story'' • Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988), Stranger in a Strange Land • 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 • Helen Hemphill (born 1955) • Dee Henderson, ''O'Malley Series'' • James Hendryx (1880–1963) • Geoff Herbach • Frank Herbert (1920–1986), Dune • Joseph Hergesheimer (1880–1954), Linda Condon • Nellie Hermann, The Season of Migration • Robert Herrick (1868–1938), Web of Life • John Hersey (1914–1993), A Bell for Adano • Burton Hersh • DuBose Heyward (1885–1940), Porgy • Carl Hiaasen (born 1953), Sick Puppy • George V. Higgins (1939–1999), The Friends of Eddie Coyle • Wendy Higgins (born 1977) • Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley • Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013), The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love • Agnes Leonard Hill (1842–1917), Vanquished • Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), The Blessing Way • Joe Hilley (born 1956), Sober Justice, Double Take, Electric Beach, Night Rain, The Deposition, What the Red Moon Knows • Chester Himes (1909–1984), If He Hollers Let Him Go • S. E. Hinton (born 1948), The Outsiders • Kathleen Hirsch (born 1953) • Tami Hoag (born 1959), Ashes to Ashes • Russell Hoban (1925–2011), Riddley Walker • Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986), ''Gentleman's Agreement'' • Allen Hoey (1952–2010), Chasing the Dragon • Alice Hoffman (born 1952), Practical Magic • Cara Hoffman, So Much Pretty • Linda Hogan (born 1947), People of the Whale • Nancy Holder (born 1953) • Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881), The Bay-Path • Jenny Hollowell • 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 • David L. Hoof (born 1945) • Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), The Kite Runner • Silas House (born 1971), A Parchment of Leaves • Blanche Willis Howard (1847–1898), Guenn: A Wave on the Breton Coast • Linda Howard (born 1950) • Maureen Howard (1930–2022), Natural History • E. W. Howe (1853–1937), The Story of a Country Town • William Dean Howells (1837–1920), The Rise of Silas Lapham • Elizabeth Hoyt (born 1970) • George Hrab (born 1971), Spiritual Healing & Balance Through Colonic Regularity” • Yang Huang (born 1971) • David Huddle (born 1942), La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl • Barry Hughart (1934–2019), Bridge of Birds • Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Not Without Laughter • William Humphrey (1924–1997), Farther Off from Heaven • Josephine Humphreys (born 1945), Rich in Love • Samantha Hunt (born 1971), The Invention of Everything Else • Evan Hunter (1926–2005), Blackboard Jungle • Jessie Prichard Hunter • 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 Sorrows of an American • James Hynes (born 1955), ''The Lecturer's Tale'' == I ==

• David Ignatius (born 1950) • Greg Iles (1960–2025), The Quiet Game • Bravig Imbs (1904–1944), ''The Professor's Wife'' • Gary Indiana (1950–2024), Resentment • Rachel Ingalls (1940–2019), Mrs. Caliban • William Inge (1913–1973), Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff • Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809–1860), Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf • Prentiss Ingraham (1843–1904), The Masked Spy • Robert Inman (1931–2006) • Lee Irby (born 1963), The Up and Up • Clifford Irving (1930–2017) • John Irving (born 1942), The World According to Garp • Susan Isaacs (born 1943), Compromising Positions • Lynn Isenberg, My Life Undercover • Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), Goodbye to Berlin • Arturo Islas (1938–1991), The Rain God • Alan Isler (1934–2010) == J ==

• Beverley Jackson • Brenda Jackson • Charles R. Jackson (1902–1968), The Lost Weekend • Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885), Ramona • Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), The Haunting of Hill House • Rona Jaffe (1932–2005), Mazes and Monsters • John Jakes (1932–2023), North and South • Henry James (1843–1916), Washington Square • Will James (1892–1942), Smoky the Cow Horse • Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005), Daisy Kenyon • Tama Janowitz (born 1957), By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee • Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), Pictures from an Institution • Rosa Vertner Jeffrey (1828–1894), Woodburn • Gish Jen (born 1956), Typical American • Jerry B. Jenkins (born 1949), Left Behind (with Tim LaHaye) • Gary Jennings (1928–1999), Aztec • Caroline Howard Jervey (1823–1877), ''Helen Courtenay's Promise'' • 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 (1949–2017), 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 • Maud Johnson (died 1985) • Owen Johnson (1878–1952), Stover at Yale • RM Johnson (born 1968) • Maria I. Johnston (1835–1921) • Mary Johnston (1870–1936), To Have and to Hold • LeRoi Jones (see: Amiri Baraka) • Edward P. Jones (born 1951), The Known World • Gayl Jones (born 1949), Corregidora • James Jones (1921–1977), From Here to Eternity • Matthew F. Jones (born 19??), A Single Shot • Stephen Graham Jones (born 1972), The Only Good Indians • Erica Jong (born 1942), Fear of Flying • Robert Jordan (1948–2007), The Eye of the World • Sylvester Judd (1813–1853), Margaret • Heidi Julavits (born 1968), The Mineral Palace • Ward Just (1935–2019), Jack Gance == K ==

• Cihan Kaan (born 1976) • Stacey Kade, The Ghost and the Goth • James Otis Kaler (1848–1912), Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus • Richard Kalich, The Nihilesthete • Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009), Cold Red Sunrise • Joseph Kanon (born 1946), Los Alamos • MacKinlay Kantor (1904–1977), Andersonville • Vim Karénine (born 1935), O America! • Jan Karon (born 1937), At Home in Mitford • Alma Katsu (born 1959) • Illana Katz (born 1948) • John Katzenbach (born 1950), ''The Madman's Tale'' • Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), Antkind • Janet Kauffman (born 1945), Collaborators • Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), Up the Down Staircase • Sue Kaufman (1926–1977), Diary of a Mad Housewife • John Keeble (born 1944) • Harry Stephen Keeler (1890–1967), The Riddle of the Traveling Skull • Clarence Budington Kelland (1881–1964), Dangerous Angel • Faye Kellerman (born 1952), The Ritual Bath • Jesse Kellerman (born 1978), The Executor • Jonathan Kellerman (born 1949), Flesh and Blood • William Melvin Kelley (1937–2017), A Different Drummer • Marjorie Kellogg (1922–2005), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon • Nic Kelman • Elmer Kelton (1926–2009), Buffalo Wagons • Anna Kendrick (born 1985), Scrappy Little Nobody • John P. Kennedy (1795–1870), Horse-Shoe Robinson • William Kennedy (born 1928), Ironweed • Camilla Kenyon (1876–1957), Spanish Doubloons • Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), On the Road • Ken Kesey (1935–2001), ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' • Jack Ketchum (1946–2018), The Girl Next Door • Daniel Keyes (1927–2014), Flowers for Algernon • Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885–1970), ''Dinner at Antoine's'' • Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936) • Sue Monk Kidd (born 1948), The Secret Life of Bees • Kristy Kiernan • Karen Kijewski (born 1943), Katwalk • Haven Kimmel (born 1965), The Solace of Leaving Early • Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949), Annie John • Grace King (1852–1932), The Pleasant Ways of St. Médard • Laurie R. King (born 1952), A Grave Talent • Stephen King (born 1947), Carrie • Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), The Bean Trees • Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), Tripmaster Monkey • Jeff Kinney (born 1971), Diary of a Wimpy Kid • Joseph Kirkland (1830–1894), Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County • Walter Kirn (born 1962), Thumbsucker • James Kisner (1947–2008) • Lisa Kleypas (born 1964), Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor • Fletcher Knebel (1911–1993), Seven Days in May (with Charles Bailey II) • John Knowles (1926–2001), A Separate Peace • Deborah Copaken Kogan (born 1966), The Red Book • Manuel Komroff (1890–1974), Coronet • Juliet Kono • Dean Koontz (born 1945), Whispers • Cyril Kornbluth, The Space Merchants (with Frederik Pohl • Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991), Being There • William Kotzwinkle (born 1943), The Fan Man • Eric Kraft (born 1945), What a Piece of Work I Am • Kieran Kramer • Larry Kramer (1935–2020), Faggots • William Krasner (1917–2003) • Herbert Krause (1905–1976), The Thresher • Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948), Sharp Edges • Gary Krist (born 1957), Extravagance • Tom Kromer (1906–1969), Waiting for Nothing • William Kent Krueger (born 1950), Ordinary Grace • Jim Krusoe (born 1942), The Girl Factory • R. F. Kuang (born 1996), Babel, or the Necessity of Violence • Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), Through Dooms of Love • Lynn Kurland • Allen Kurzweil (born 1960), A Case of Curiosities • Rachel Kushner (born 1968), The Flamethrowers == L ==

• Christopher La Farge (1897–1956), The Sudden Guest • Oliver La Farge (1901–1963), Laughing Boy • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), The Left Hand of Darkness • Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), Arrows of the Queen • Ed Lacy (1911–1968), Room To Swing • R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002), Past Master • Tim LaHaye (1926–2016), Left Behind (with Jerry B. Jenkins) • Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), The Namesake • Lori L. Lake (born 1960), Snow Moon Rising • Harold Lamb (1892–1962), Marching Sands • Wally Lamb (born 1950), ''She's Come Undone'' • Anne Lamott (born 1954), Crooked Little Heart • Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), Jubal Sackett • Woodrow Landfair (born 1982), Land of the Free • Margaret Landon (1903–1993), Anna and the King of Siam • W. Patrick Lang (1940–2023), '' The Butcher's Cleaver'' • Jane Langton (1922–2018), The Transcendental Murder • Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951), The Bottoms • Ring Lardner (1885–1933), You Know Me Al • Jeremy Larner (1937–2026), Drive, He Said • Jeanne Larsen (born 1950), Silk Road • Nella Larsen (1891–1964), Passing • Robert Lasner • Emma Lathen (Martha Hennissart (born 1929) and Mary JaneLatsis (1927–1997)), Murder Against the Grain • Keith Laumer (1925–1993), The Infinite Cage • Robert Lawson (1892–1957), Rabbit Hill • David Leavitt (born 1961), The Lost Language of Cranes • Lindsey Leavitt (born 1980) • William Lederer (1912–2009), The Ugly American (with Eugene Burdick) • Chang-Rae Lee (born 1965), Native Speaker • Harper Lee (1926–2016), To Kill a Mockingbird • Minnie Mary Lee (1825–1903) • Peter Lefcourt (born 1941), The Dreyfus Affair • Ella Leffland (1931–2024), Rumors of Peace • Dennis Lehane (born 1966), Mystic River • Fritz Leiber (1910–1992), A Specter is Haunting Texas • Murray Leinster (1896–1975), The Greks Bring Gifts • Brad Leithauser (born 1953), Hence • Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), A Wrinkle in Time • F.J. Lennon (born 1964) • J. Robert Lennon (born 1970), Mailman • Elmore Leonard (1925–2013), Get Shorty • JT LeRoy (Laura Albert) (born 1965), Sarah • John Lescroart (born 1948), The Mercy Rule • Jonathan Lethem (born 1964), Motherless Brooklyn • Billie Letts (1938–2014), Where the Heart Is • Jeremy Leven (born 1941), Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure • Ira Levin (1929–2007), ''Rosemary's Baby'' • Meyer Levin (1905–1981), Compulsion • Paul Levine (born 1948), To Speak for the Dead • Stacey Levine (born 19??), Frances Johnson • Janet Lewis (1899–1998), The Wife of Martin Guerre • Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), Main Street • Ludwig Lewisohn (1882–1955), The Case of Mr. Crump • Patricia Lieb (born 1942) • Alan Lightman (born 1948), ''Einstein's Dreams'' • Thomas Ligotti (born 1953), My Work Is Not Yet Done • Doris Lilly (1926–1991) • Eugene Lim (born 1974) • Sigrid de Lima (1921–1999), Carnival by the Sea • Tao Lin (born 1983), Richard Yates • Joseph C. Lincoln (1870–1944), Rugged Water • Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019), Fires of Winter • Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988), Knave of Hearts • Elinor Lipman (born 1950), The Pursuit of Alice Thrift • George Lippard (1822–1854), The Quaker City, or The Monks of Monk Hall • Rosina Lippi (born 1956), Homestead • Laura Lippman (born 1959), What the Dead Know • Sam Lipsyte (born 1968), Home Land • Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life • David Liss (born 1966), A Conspiracy of Paper • Robert Littell (born 1935), The Amateur • Bentley Little (born 1960), The Revelation • Liesel Litzenburger • Harold Livingston (1924–2022), The Coasts of the Earth • Ross Lockridge Jr. (1914–1948), Raintree County • Patricia Lockwood (born 1982), No One Is Talking About This • Saab Lofton • Anne Logston (born 1962) • Jack London (1876–1916), The Call of the Wild • Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994), The Horror from the Hills • Ki Longfellow (1944–2022), The Secret Magdalene • Anita Loos (1893–1981), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes • Bret Lott (born 1958), Jewel • H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), At the Mountains of Madness • Maud Hart Lovelace (1892–1980), Early Candlelight • Mrs. I. Lowenberg (1845–1924), The Voices • Lois Lowry (born 1937), The Giver • Robert Ludlum (1927–2001), The Bourne Identity • Amy Lukavics Daughters Unto Devils • Grace Lumpkin (1891–1980), To Make My Bread • Alison Lurie (1926–2020), Foreign Affairs • Anne Bozeman Lyon (1860–1936), No Saint • Andrew Nelson Lytle (1902–1995), The Velvet Horn == M ==

• Sarah J. Maas (born 1986), A Court of Thorns and Roses • John D. MacDonald (1916–1986), The Deep Blue Good-by • Ross Macdonald (1915–1983), The Moving Target • Bonnie MacDougal • Harold MacGrath (1871–1932), The Man on the Box • Pauline Bradford Mackie (1873-?) • Joyce MacIver • Jay MacLarty (1943–2010) • Norman Maclean (1902–1990), A River Runs Through It • Sarah MacLean (born 1978), A Rogue By Any Other Name • Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005), ''The Corpse in Oozak's Pond'' • Ruth MacLeod (1903–1990), Cheryl Downing: School Nurse • Susan Elia MacNeal (born 1968) • Gregory Maguire (born 1954), Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West • Norman Mailer (1923–2007), The Naked and the Dead • Charles Major (1856–1913), When Knighthood Was in Flower • Clarence Major (born 1936), Painted Turtle: Woman With Guitar • Rebecca Makkai (born 1978), The Great Believers • Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), The Natural • Thomas Mallon (born 1951), Henry and Clara • Anne Mallory • Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024), Beyond Apollo • Frederick Manfred (1912–1994), Lord Grizzly • David Manners (1900–1998) • Lindsay Maracotta (born 1948) • William March (1893–1954), The Bad Seed • Marshall Ryan Maresca (born 1973) • Dee Marie (born 19??), Sons of Avalon, Merlin’s Prophecy • Margaret Maron (1938–2021), ''Bootlegger's Daughter'' • John P. Marquand (1893–1960), The Late George Apley • Carolyn Marsden (born 1950) • Catherine Marshall (1914–1983), Christy • Paule Marshall (1929–2019), Brown Girl, Brownstones • George Madden Martin (1866–1946) • George R. R. Martin (born 1948), A Game of Thrones • Steve Martin (born 1945), Shopgirl • Valerie Martin (born 1948), Mary Reilly • Carole Maso (born 1955), Defiance • Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1940), In Country • F. Van Wyck Mason (1901–1978), Three Harbours • Richard Matheson (1926–2013), I Am Legend • Harry Mathews (1930–2017), The Conversions • Frank C. Matthews (born 1972) • Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014), At Play in the Fields of the Lord • Armistead Maupin (born 1944), Tales of the City • Evan Maxwell • William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), Time Will Darken It • Joyce Maynard (born 1953), To Die For • Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), Dragonflight • Robert R. McCammon (born 1952), ''Boy's Life'' • Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023), All the Pretty Horses • Mary McCarthy (1912–1989), The Group • Ed McClanahan (1932–2021), Natural Man • Jill McCorkle (born 1958), novelist and short story writer • Horace McCoy (1897–1955), ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' • Sarah McCoy (born 1980) • Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966), ''The Giant's House'' • Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948), ''The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'' • Carson McCullers (1917–1967), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter • George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928), ''Brewster's Millions'' • Alice McDermott (born 1953), Charming Billy • Gregory Mcdonald (1937–2008), Fletch • Joseph McElroy (born 1930), ''A Smuggler's Bible'' • William McFee (1881–1966), Casuals of the Sea • William P. McGivern (1918–1982), Blondes Die Young • Thomas McGuane (born 1939), Nothing But Blue Skies • Jay McInerney (born 1955), Bright Lights, Big City • Claude McKay (1890–1948), Romance in Marseille • Richard McKenna (1913–1964), The Sand Pebbles • Patricia McKillip (1948–2022), The Riddle-Master of Hed • Reginald McKnight (born 1956), He Sleeps • Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890) • Patricia McLinn • Janna McMahan • James McManus (born 1951), Going to the Sun • Terry McMillan (born 1951), Waiting to Exhale • Larry McMurtry (1936–2021), Lonesome Dove • Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977), Boy with a Pack • Herman Melville (1819–1891), Moby-Dick • Charles Mergendahl (1919–1959), The Bramble Bush • Gordon Merrick (1916–1988), ''The Lord Won't Mind'' • Barbara Mertz (1927–2013), Crocodile on the Sandbank • Lynn Messina • Claire Messud (born 1966), When the World Was Steady • Grace Metalious (1924–1964), Peyton Place • Philipp Meyer (born 1974) • Stephenie Meyer (born 1973), Twilight • Leonard Michaels (1933–2003), ''The Men's Club'' • Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) • DeLauné Michel • James A. Michener (1907–1997), Tales of the South Pacific • Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller (1850–1937) • Caroline Miller (1903–1992), Lamb in His Bosom • Henry Miller (1891–1980), Tropic of Cancer • Mary Miller • May Merrill Miller (1894–1975) • Rex Miller (1939–2004), Slob • Sue Miller (born 1943), The Good Mother • Susan Cummins Miller • Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923–1996), A Canticle for Leibowitz • Lydia Millet (born 1968), My Happy Life • Steven Millhauser (born 1943), Martin Dressler • David Milofsky • Anchee Min (born 1957), Becoming Madame Mao • Stephen Minot (1927–2010), Surviving the Flood • Susan Minot (born 1956), Evening • Meilin Miranda • Jacquelyn Mitchard (born 1955), The Deep End of the Ocean • Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908), Dr. Johns • Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949), Gone with the Wind • S. Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker • Sam Moffie (born 1960) • Carol Moldaw (born 1956) • N. Scott Momaday (1934–2024), House Made of Dawn • Anne Shannon Monroe (1873–1942), ''Feelin' Fine'' • Adrienne Monson (born 1983) • Martha Moody (born 1955) • Rick Moody (born 1961), The Ice Storm • Christopher Moore (born 1957), ''Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal'' • Lorrie Moore (born 1957), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? • Ruth Moore (1903–1989), Spoonhandle • Susanna Moore (born 1947), In the Cut • Ward Moore (1903–1978), Bring the Jubilee • Jeannie Blackburn Moran (1842–1929), Miss Washington, of Virginia • A. R. Morlan (1958–2016) • Christopher Morley (1890–1957), Kitty Foyle • Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943), Songs In Ordinary Time • Rooster Morris (born 1955), Axle Galench and the Gate of No Return, Axle Galench in Search of Barnsfoggon • Wright Morris (1910–1998), Plains Song • Toni Morrison (1931–2019), Beloved • Bradford Morrow (born 1951), Trinity Fields • Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940), The Great Captain trilogy • James K. Morrow (born 1947), Towing Jehovah • Howard Frank Mosher (1942–2017), A Stranger in the Kingdom • Ottessa Moshfegh (born 1981), My Year of Rest and Relaxation • Hannah Moskowitz (born 1991) • Stefan Mosley (born 1952) • Walter Mosley (born 1952), Devil in a Blue Dress • Dow Mossman (born 1944), The Stones of Summer • Willard Motley (1912–1965), Knock on Any Door • Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017), Jasmine • Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1956), Hopalong Cassidy • Marcia Muller (born 1944), Wolf in the Shadows • Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922), The Amulet • Sabina Murray (born 1968), ''A Carnivore's Inquiry'' • John Myers Myers (1906–1988), Silverlock • Anton Myrer (1922–1996), Once an Eagle == N ==

• Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Lolita • Robert Nathan (1894–1985), Portrait of Jennie • Gloria Naylor (1950–2016), The Women of Brewster Place • Shira Nayman (born 1960) • John Neal (1793–1876), Rachel Dyer: a North American Story • Antonya Nelson (born 1961), Talking in Bed • Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), The Homecoming Game • Arthur Nersesian (born 1958), The Fuck-Up • Katherine Neville (born 1945), The Eight • Fae Myenne Ng (born 1957), Bone • John Nichols (1940–2023), The Milagro Beanfield War • Kerry Nietz • Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), A Spy in the House of Love • Larry Niven (born 1938), Ringworld • Lewis Nordan (1939–2012), The Sharpshooter Blues • Charles Nordhoff (1887–1947), Mutiny on the Bounty (with James Norman Hall) • Gurney Norman (1937–2025), ''Divine Right's Trip'' • Howard Norman (born 1949), The Bird Artist • John Norman (born 1931), Tarnsman of Gor • Charles Gilman Norris (1881–1945), Bricks Without Straw • Frank Norris (1870–1902), McTeague • Kathleen Norris (1880–1966), Second Hand Wife • Harold Norse (1916–2009), Beat Hotel • Andre Norton (1912–2005), The Witch World • Mary E. Norton (1833–1916), ''Fanny's Autobiography: A Story of Home Missionary Life on the Frontier'' • Craig Nova (born 1945), The Good Son • Josip Novakovich (born 1956), ''April Fool's Day'' • Sigrid Nunez (born 1951), The Friend • Mark Nykanen == O ==

• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), them • Tim O'Brien (born 1946), Going After Cacciato • Edwin O'Connor (1918–1968), The Last Hurrah • Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964), The Violent Bear It Away • Varley O'Connor • Shawn Thomas Odyssey • Marie Conway Oemler (1879–1932) • Chris Offutt (born 1958), The Good Brother • Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born 1952), writes as Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm • John O'Hara (1905–1970), Appointment in Samarra • Bayo Ojikutu (born 1971), Free Burning • Daniel Olivas (born 1959), The Book of Want • Lauren Oliver (born 1982), Delirium • Robert Olmstead (born 1954), ''A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go'' • Stewart O'Nan (born 1961), The Speed Queen • Terry a. O'Neal (born 1973), Sweet Lavender • Tommy Orange (born 1982), There There • Terry Oroszi (born 1966) • Julie Orringer (born 1973), The Invisible Bridge • Martha Ostenso (1900–1963), Wild Geese • Fannie Ostrander (1859–1921) • Vincent O'Sullivan (1869–1940), The Green Window • Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937), An Artist in Crime • Gwendolen Overton (1874/76–1958) • Iris Owens (1929–2008), After Claude • Janis Owens (born 1960) • Ruth Ozeki (born 1956), A Tale for the Time Being • Cynthia Ozick (born 1928), The Puttermesser Papers == P ==

• Alison Pace • William Packard (1933–2002), Saturday Night at San Marcos • Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1952), On Newfound River • Michelle Paisley • Bernadette Pajer, Professor Bradshaw Mysteries • Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962), Fight Club • Allison Pang • Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976), Davy • Alexei Panshin (1940–2022), Rite of Passage • Christopher Paolini (born 1983), The Inheritance Cycle • Sara Paretsky (born 1947), Indemnity Only • Jay Parini (born 1948), The Last Station • Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913), The Midnight Cry • Robert B. Parker (1932–2010), Crimson Joy • T. Jefferson Parker (born 1953), Laguna Heat • Anne Parrish (1888–1957), The Perennial Bachelor • Ann Patchett (born 1963), Bel Canto • James Patterson (born 1947), Along Came a Spider • Grace Espy Patton (1896–1904), The Chalchihuitl • Lisa Patton (born 1958), ''Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter'' • Paul Jessup (born 1977) • Elliot Paul (1891–1958), Concert Pitch • James Kirke Paulding (1778–1860), ''The Dutchman's Fireside'' • Gary Paulsen (1939–2021), Hatchet • Bill Pearson (born 1938), ''Drifter's Detour'' • Ridley Pearson (born 1953), Undercurrents • T. R. Pearson (born 1956), Blue Ridge • Howard Pease (1894–1974), The Tod Moran Mysteries • Robert Newton Peck (1928–2020), A Day No Pigs Would Die • Laura Pedersen (born 1965), Hallie Palmer • Ern Pedler (1914–1989) • Janet Peery (born 1948), The River Beyond the World • Don Pendleton (1927–1995), War Against the Mafia • Walker Percy (1916–1990), The Moviegoer • Frank E. Peretti (born 1951), This Present Darkness • Marisha Pessl (born 1977), Special Topics in Calamity Physics • Julia Peterkin (1880–1961), Scarlet Sister Mary • Glen Peters (born 1951), Where the Nights Smell Like Bread • Ann Petry (1931–1997), The Narrows • Arthur Phillips (born 1969), Prague • David Graham Phillips (1867–1911), Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) • Jayne Anne Phillips (born 1952), Machine Dreams • Hannah Maynard Pickard (1812–1844) • Jodi Picoult (born 1966), The Pact • Marge Piercy (born 1936), He, She And It • Mary Hayden Green Pike (1824–1898), Ida May • Darryl Pinckney (born 1953), High Cotton • Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957), ''Three O'Clock Dinner'' • Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941), The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death • H. Beam Piper (1904–1964), Little Fuzzy • Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), The Bell Jar • George Plimpton (1927–2003), The Curious Case of Sidd Finch • Michael Pocalyko (born 1954), The Navigator • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket • Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), Gateway • Donald Ray Pollock (born 1954), The Devil All the Time • Darryl Ponicsan (born 1938), The Last Detail • Ernest Poole (1880–1950), His Family • William Lee Popham (1885–1953) • Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920), Pollyanna • Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), Ship of Fools • Rebecca N. Porter (1883–1963), Raisin Valley • Rose Porter (1845–1906), Summer Drift-Wood for the Winter Fire • Charles Portis (1933–2020), True Grit • Melville Davisson Post (1871–1930), The Nameless Thing • Chaim Potok (1929–2002), The Chosen • Jean Potts (1910–1999), Go, Lovely Rose • Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017), The Endless Frontier • Dawn Powell (1896–1965), The Wicked Pavilion • Padgett Powell (born 1952), Edisto • Richard P. Powell (1908–1999), The Philadelphian • J. F. Powers (1917–1999), ''Morte d'Urban'' • Richard Powers (born 1957), The Gold Bug Variations • Emily Prager (born 1952), Clea & Zeus Divorce • Theodore Pratt (1901–1969), Mr. Limpet • Douglas Preston (born 1956), Relic • Charles F. Price (born 1938) • Eugenia Price (1916–1996), The Beloved Invader • Nicholas A. Price (born 1962), Adventures in Trichology • Reynolds Price (1933–2011), Kate Vaiden • Richard Price (born 1949), Freedomland • Joseph Di Prisco • Frederic Prokosch (1908–1989), The Seven Who Fled • Bill Pronzini (born 1943), Hoodwink • Francine Prose (born 1947), Blue Angel • E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), The Shipping News • Olive Higgins Prouty (1882–1974), Stella Dallas • James Purdy (1923–2009), Cabot Wright Begins • Mario Puzo (1920–1999), The Godfather • Thomas Pynchon (born 1937), ''Gravity's Rainbow'' == Q ==

• Qiu Xiaolong (born 1953), Death of a Red Heroine • Jamie Quatro • Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–1971)), The Greek Coffin Mystery • John Herbert Quick (1861–1925), ''Vandemark's Folly'' • Anna Quindlen (born 1952), Black and Blue • Daniel Quinn (1935–2018), Ishmael • Julia Quinn (born 1970), The Duke and I • Kate Quinn, The Alice Network • Sally Quinn (born 1941), Regrets Only == R ==

• Kris Radish (born 1953) • Lulah Ragsdale (1861–1953), Miss Dulcie from Dixie • Ayn Rand (1905–1982), Atlas Shrugged • Alice Randall (born 1959), The Wind Done Gone • Rebecca Rasmussen • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953), The Yearling • Wilson Rawls (1913–1984), Where the Red Fern Grows • Chet Raymo (born 1936), The Dork of Cork • John Rechy (born 1931), City of Night • Jaclyn Reding (born 1966), The Secret Gift • Ishmael Reed (born 1938), Mumbo Jumbo • Arthur B. Reeve (1880–1936), Craig Kennedy Listens In • Ben Rehder • Kathy Reichs (born 1950), Déjà Dead • Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), The Rifle Rangers • Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920), Five Cousins in California • Amanda Renee • Frederick Reuss (born 1960), Mohr • Nina Revoyr (born 1969), Southland • Sheri Reynolds (born 1967), The Rapture of Canaan • Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869–1934), Bransford in Arcadia • Anne Rice (1941–2021), Interview with the Vampire • Craig Rice (1908–1957), The Corpse Steps Out • E. J. Richmond (1825–1918), The Jewelled Serpent • Conrad Richter (1890–1968), The Town • Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), The Circular Staircase • Caris Roane • Ronald Clair Roat (1946–2013) • Harold Robbins (1916–1997), The Carpetbaggers • Tom Robbins (1932–2025), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues • Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881–1941), The Great Meadow • Kenneth Roberts (1885–1957), Northwest Passage • Nora Roberts (born 1950), Irish Thoroughbred • Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952), Red Mars • Marilynne Robinson (born 1943), Housekeeping • Mary Robison (born 1949), Why Did I Ever • Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942), Ride the Wind • Tony R. Rodriguez • Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888), Barriers Burned Away • Lettie Hamlet Rogers (1917–1957) • Joel Townsley Rogers (1896–1984), The Red Right Hand • Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941) • O. E. Rølvaag (1876–1931), Giants in the Earth • Judith Rossner (1935–2005), Looking for Mr. Goodbar • Leo Rosten (1908–1997), Captain Newman, M.D. • Henry Roth (1906–1995), Call It Sleep • Philip Roth (1933–2018), ''Portnoy's Complaint'' • Veronica Roth (born 1988), Divergent • Susanna Rowson (1762–1824), Charlotte Temple • S. J. Rozan (born 1950), Winter and Night • Robert Ruark (1915–1965), Uhuru • Jack Rudloe (born 1943), Potluck • Rudy Ruiz, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel • Norman Rush (born 1933), Mating • Rebecca Rush (1779–1850), Kelroy • Joanna Russ (1937–2011), The Female Man • Karen Russell (born 1981), Swamplandia! • Gerri Russell (born 1962), The Warrior Trainer • Mary Doria Russell (born 1950), The Sparrow • Richard Russo (born 1949), Empire Falls • Carl Hancock Rux, Asphalt • Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934), Told in the Hills == S ==

• Noel Everingham Sainsbury (1884–1955) • J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), The Catcher in the Rye • James Sallis (1944–2026), Long-Legged Fly • James Salter (1925–2015), A Sport and a Pastime • Edgar Saltus (1855–1921), ''Mr. Incoul's Misadventure'' • Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998), The Anderson Tapes • Brandon Sanderson (born 1975), Mistborn • John Sandford (born 1944), Rules of Prey • Mari Sandoz (1896–1966), Slogum House • William Saroyan (1908–1981), The Human Comedy • May Sarton (1912–1995), Faithful are the Wounds • Richard Satterlie • John Saul (born 1942), Suffer the Children • George Saunders (born 1958), The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil • Willard Savoy (1916–1976) • John Sayles (born 1950), Pride of the Bimbos • Jack Schaefer (1907–1991), Shane • Rebecca Scherm • Cathleen Schine (born 1953), ''Rameau's Niece'' • Mark Schorer (1908–1977), A House Too Old • Melissa Schroeder • Budd Schulberg (1914–2009), What Makes Sammy Run? • Christine Schutt (born 19??), All Souls • Victoria Schwab (born 1987), Vicious • Lynne Sharon Schwartz (born 1939), Disturbances in the Field • Sandra Scofield (born 1943), Beyond Deserving • Sandra Scoppettone (born 1936), Suzuki Beane • Daniel Scott (born 1963), Valedictory • Evelyn Scott (1893–1963), A Calendar of Sin • Joanna Scott (born 1960), The Manikin • Allan Seager (1906–1968), Amos Berry • Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916), The House of Egremont • Alice Sebold (born 1963), The Lovely Bones • Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), Hope Leslie • Carolyn See (1934–2016), Making History • Erich Segal (1937–2010), Love Story • Lore Segal (1928–2024), ''Other People's Houses'' • Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004), Last Exit to Brooklyn • Nachman Seltzer (born 1976) • Danzy Senna (born 1970), Caucasia • Richard Setlowe (1933–2022) • Anya Seton (1904–1990), Green Darkness • Mary Lee Settle (1918–2005), Blood Tie • Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001) • Michael Shaara (1928–1988), The Killer Angels • Laurence Shames (born 1951), Florida Straits • Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), Betsey Brown • Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1902), The Richmond Secret • Akhil Sharma (born 1971), An Obedient Father • Irwin Shaw (1913–1984), Rich Man, Poor Man • Robert Shea (1933–1994), The Illuminatus! Trilogy (with Robert Anton Wilson) • Amy Shearn (born 1979) • Wilfrid Sheed (1930–2011), ''Square's Progress'' • Anna Sheehan • Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007), The Naked Face • Samuel Shellabarger (1888–1954), Captain from Castile • Jim Shepard (born 1956), Lights Out in the Reptile House • Carol Shields (1935–2003), The Stone Diaries • Anita Shreve (1946–2018), The Weight of Water • Susan Shreve (born 1939), A Country of Strangers • Lionel Shriver (born 1957), We Need to Talk About Kevin • Gary Shteyngart (born 1972), ''The Russian Debutante's Handbook'' • Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019), Peachtree Road • Clancy Sigal (1926–2017), Going Away • Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), Ceremony • Robert Silverberg (born 1935), A Time of Changes • Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988), City • Dan Simmons (1948–2026), Hyperion • William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870), The Sword and the Distaff • Mona Simpson (born 1957), Anywhere But Here • Elizabeth Sims (born 1957), Damn Straight • Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), The Jungle • Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), Enemies, a Love Story • Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944), The Brothers Ashkenazi • Joan Slonczewski (born 1956), A Door into Ocean • Jane Smiley (born 1949), A Thousand Acres • Betty Smith (1896–1972), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn • E. E. Smith (1890–1965), First Lensman • Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893), The Western Captive • Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), Colonel Carter of Cartersville • H. Allen Smith (1907–1976), Rhubarb • Haywood Smith • Katy Simpson Smith (born 1985) • Lee Smith (born 1944), Fair and Tender Ladies • Thorne Smith (1892–1934), Topper • Charles A. Smythwick • Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014), The Headless Cupid • Paul Spencer Sochaczewski (born 1974), Redheads • Susan Sontag (1933–2004), In America • Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991), On This Star • Christopher Sorrentino (born 1963), Trance • Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006), Mulligan Stew • Gary Soto (born 1952), Buried Onions • Terry Southern (1924–1995), The Magic Christian • E. D. E. N. Southworth (1819–1899), The Hidden Hand • W. M. Spackman (1905–1980), An Armful of Warm Girl • Joshua Spanogle • R. Clifton Spargo • Frank H. Spearman (1859–1937), Whispering Smith • Scott Spencer (born 1945), Endless Love • Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), I, the Jury • Norman Spinrad (born 1940), The Iron Dream • Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), ''Sir Rohan's Ghost'' • David Derek Stacton (1925–1968), On a Balcony • Jean Stafford (1915–1979), Boston Adventure • Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth • Clinton H. Stagg (1888–1916) • Jason Starr (born 1966), The Follower • Kai Starr • Danielle Steel (born 1947), Family Album • Wallace Stegner (1909–1993), Angle of Repose • Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas • John Steinbeck (1902–1968), The Grapes of Wrath • Darcey Steinke (born 1964), Jesus Saves • Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886), Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter • Harold Stephens (1926–2021), Who Needs a Road? • Neal Stephenson (born 1959), Snow Crash • Bruce Sterling (born 1954), Islands in the Net • Richard G. Stern (1928–2013), Golk • Steve Stern, The Angel of Forgetfulness • Brooke Stevens, Tattoo Girl • George R. Stewart (1895–1980), Earth Abides • Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943), The Crime of Henry Vane • R. L. Stine (born 1943), Monster Blood • Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902), Rudder Grange • Louise Stockton (1838–1914), Dorothea • Mary Stolz (1920–2006), The Edge of Next Year • Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1991), The Bitter Tea of General Yen • Irving Stone (1903–1989), The Agony and the Ecstasy • Robert Stone (1937–2015), Dog Soldiers • Phil Stong (1899–1957), State Fair • Hans Otto Storm (1895–1941), Pity the Tyrant • Rex Stout (1886–1975), Fer-de-Lance • Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896), ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' • Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), The Rover Boys at School • Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924), A Girl of the Limberlost • Peter Straub (1943–2022), Ghost Story • Darin Strauss (born 1970), The Real McCoy • Edward Streeter (1891–1976), Father of the Bride • John Strelecky (born 1969), ''The Big Five for Life - Leadership's Greatest Secret'' • T. S. Stribling (1881–1965), The Store • Elizabeth Strout (born 1956), Amy and Isabelle • Jesse Stuart (1906–1984), Taps for Private Tussie • Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985), More Than Human • William Styron (1925–2006), The Confessions of Nat Turner • Ronald Sukenick (1932–2004), Up • Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890–1970), Quality • Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974), Valley of the Dolls • Van Tassel Sutphen (1861–1945) • Harvey Swados (1920–1972), Out Went the Candle • Glendon Swarthout (1918–1992), The Shootist == T ==

• Gladys Taber (1899–1980), Stillmeadow books • Michael Talbot (1953–1992), The Bog • Elizabeth Tallent (born 1954), Museum Pieces • Amy Tan (born 1952), The Joy Luck Club • Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), The Magnificent Ambersons • Donna Tartt (born 1963), The Secret History • Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), Hanna Thurston • Kathrine Taylor (1903–1996), Address Unknown • Peter Taylor (1917–1994), A Summons to Memphis • Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909–1976), The Cape Cod Mystery • Robert Lewis Taylor (1912–1998), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters • Angeline Teal (1842–1913), The Speaker of the House • William Tenn (1920–2010), Of Men and Monsters • Tabitha Gilman Tenney (1762–1837) • Mary Virginia Terhune (1830–1922), Alone • Kathleen Tessaro (born 1965), Rare Objects • Walter Tevis (1928–1984), The Hustler • Steve Thayer (born 1953) • Paul Theroux (born 1941), The Mosquito Coast • Angie Thomas (born 1988), The Hate U Give • Carlene Thompson (born 1952) • Clara M. Thompson (1830s - unknown) • Daniel Pierce Thompson (1795–1868), The Green Mountain Boys • Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas • Jim Thompson (1906–1977), The Killer Inside Me • Maurice Thompson (1844–1901), Alice of Old Vincennes • Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957), Meteors in August • James Thurber (1894–1961), The 13 Clocks • Marian Thurm (born 1952) • Wallace Thurman (1902–1934), The Blacker the Berry • Ernest Tidyman (1928–1984), Shaft • Ronald Tierney (1944–2017) • Meg Tilly • Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904), The Vacation Club • Caroline and Charles Todd • John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969), A Confederacy of Dunces • Jane Toombs (died 2014) • Jean Toomer (1894–1967), Cane • Joseph Torchia (1948–1996) • Alessandra Torre • Nick Tosches (1949–2019), In the Hand of Dante • Paul A. Toth • Albion W. Tourgée (1838–1905), ''A Fool's Errand'' • Arthur Train (1875–1945), Yankee Lawyer: The Autobiography of Ephraim Tutt • Clara Augusta Jones Trask (1839–1905), ''Patience Pettigrew's perplexities'' • Lawrence Treat (1903–1998), V as in Victim • Trevanian (1931–2005), The Eiger Sanction • Emma Trevayne • Calvin Trillin (born 1935), Runestruck • Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976), Johnny Got His Gun • Danielle Trussoni (1973), Angelology • George Tucker (1775–1861), A Voyage to the Moon • John R. Tunis (1889–1975), The Kid From Tomkinsville • Scott Turow (born 1949), Presumed Innocent • Harry Turtledove (born 1949), In the Balance • Mark Twain (1835–1910), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • Anne Tyler (born 1941), The Accidental Tourist • Royall Tyler (1757–1826), The Algerine Captive == U ==