Hallo and thank you very much . I am From Iran and one of my childhood hobbies in ( 1960) bwas reading books by American authors like Hemingway and Mark Twain or Herman Melville ,that had been translated into Persian.I have always enjoyed American and British literature and later French literature .I will never forget these American authors and books.
It's interesting that Harper Lee with one novel gets on this list and you have totally ignored Willa Cather, Edith Wharton and Eudora Welty, all of whom have a wide and varied list of works.
Well, I sure agree with #1. Cannery Row is my favorite. Steinbeck's sense of humor is so satisfying. And Cup of Gold might go down as the greatest debut novel of all time. Such a shame so few today have read it. The effect in the denouement is unparalleled.
Harper Lee does not belong so high, certainly not higher than Herman Melville. The fact that she didn't write anything through all the years of her life should really count against her because it indicates that she really wasn't a truly dedicated writer and surely if you're going to be considered great you have to do a little more than To Kill Mockingbird. Anyway, there are many better than Harper Lee, but then again To Kill a Mockingbird is the only book some people will have read but Flannery O'Connor she wasn't. The rest of the list is pretty good. A lot of the books you mentioned in your piece are books that were required reading on many a syllabus across the country from high school up to college and beyond. Not sure many would have read To Kill a Mockingbird or The Catcher in the Rye otherwise. Anyways, here goes the proper 11 in no order.........1. Herman Melville 2. Mark Twain 3. Flannery O'Connor. 4. Ernest Hemingway. 5. Richard Yates 6. William Faulkner 7. Eugene O'Neill. 8. Emily Dickinson 9. John Steinbeck 10. Cormac McCarthy 11. Raymond Carver
Without Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Robert Frost, the list is incomplete. I wouldn't include Richard Yates, Eugene O'Neill, and Raymond Carver. I love the rest of writers in your list.
But don’t forget the timing of the book and the location. Deep South in slavery time. Comparing the frightening dude next door and the black guy accused of rape! I think the fact that the story became so popular shows the need for people to change their mindset.
Oh please , ranking? All of these writers were of value and you are to call one a quarter and the other a dime? Spare what little intelligence I've left❤!
What about Don Delillo,John Updike,Saul Bellow,Robert Frost,Eugene O'Neil?So many great writers have been excluded here.Also,Steinbeck as No.1..gosh!!!
In the land where quills meet the page's embrace, Reside the words that time cannot erase. Eleven writers, with their pens alight, Illuminate the world with literary might. Atop the list, the bard from old, Whose timeless verses oft unfold, Shakespeare, though not American born, His influence here is still adorn. Hemingway, terse and bold, With stories of men brave and cold. Faulkner, weaving tales profound, In Southern echoes, his stories resound. The reclusive Salinger, catcher in the rye, Captured youth in his novel's sigh. Morrison's prose, a rich terrain, Layered with history's joy and pain. Dickinson, in her seclusion, wrote, Poems that in simplicity denote. Frost, with words as crisp as snow, Crafted verses that eternally glow. Twain, in wit and humor's grace, Gave life to characters in every place. Baldwin's voice, profound and clear, Spoke of race and love, a pioneer. Atwood, a voice both fierce and wise, Unveils truths beneath her guise. Angelou's spirit, unbound and free, Her verses sing of resilience and glee. Eleven voices, each a gem, Their words a cultural diadem. American writers, a treasure trove, Their legacies, an endless cove.
Steinbeck was, as Faulkner pointed out, was a journalist and nothing more. Of course, one list is as subjective and biased as another. Best not to take it too seriously
Ace Lee, Salinger, and Morrison. Steinbeck ain’t 1. Maybe not top 11. McCarthy, Pynchon, Roth, Hawthorne, Whitman, Nathaniel West, Flannery O’Connor probably need to be added. Top 20-25: Ashbury, maybe Bellow, DeLillo, Ellison?, Crowley Just great to be reading.
Harper Lee does not belong on this list. Her single good book is, as Flannery O'Connor suggested, "a fine book for children," because it presents us with such an easy moral dilemma -- one in which the good guys are really good and the bay guys are really bad. Life itself rarely presents us with such easy moral choices. Emily Dickinson does not belong on this list. Her poetry was almost always formulaic, and her formula did not always suit her ideas very well. Practically the whole of her output can be sung to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" -- always a bad sign. Oh, and I almost forgot -- someone needs to teach your AI narrator that "Bronte" is not pronounced "Bront" but as "Bron-tay."
Hallo my dear freind . Please write a list of favorite books of black friends here. Although the literature does not know color, race and nationality .. Thank you bro
Hallo and thank you very much . I am From Iran and one of my childhood hobbies in ( 1960) bwas reading books by American authors like Hemingway and Mark Twain or Herman Melville ,that had been translated into Persian.I have always enjoyed American and British literature and later French literature .I will never forget these American authors and books.
Cormac McCarthy
It's interesting that Harper Lee with one novel gets on this list and you have totally ignored Willa Cather, Edith Wharton and Eudora Welty, all of whom have a wide and varied list of works.
+ Poe, Roth, Whitman & Frost
Amazing list!
Putting Toni Morrison above Twain and Hemingway discredits the entire video. The same with Fitzgerald. My God.
I do admire your job. Best regards from Iran
Well, I sure agree with #1. Cannery Row is my favorite. Steinbeck's sense of humor is so satisfying. And Cup of Gold might go down as the greatest debut novel of all time. Such a shame so few today have read it. The effect in the denouement is unparalleled.
Harper Lee does not belong so high, certainly not higher than Herman Melville. The fact that she didn't write anything through all the years of her life should really count against her because it indicates that she really wasn't a truly dedicated writer and surely if you're going to be considered great you have to do a little more than To Kill Mockingbird. Anyway, there are many better than Harper Lee, but then again To Kill a Mockingbird is the only book some people will have read but Flannery O'Connor she wasn't. The rest of the list is pretty good. A lot of the books you mentioned in your piece are books that were required reading on many a syllabus across the country from high school up to college and beyond. Not sure many would have read To Kill a Mockingbird or The Catcher in the Rye otherwise. Anyways, here goes the proper 11 in no order.........1. Herman Melville 2. Mark Twain 3. Flannery O'Connor. 4. Ernest Hemingway. 5. Richard Yates 6. William Faulkner 7. Eugene O'Neill. 8. Emily Dickinson 9. John Steinbeck 10. Cormac McCarthy 11. Raymond Carver
Glad to see one of the Rays in the mix.
Without Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Robert Frost, the list is incomplete. I wouldn't include Richard Yates, Eugene O'Neill, and Raymond Carver. I love the rest of writers in your list.
But don’t forget the timing of the book and the location. Deep South in slavery time. Comparing the frightening dude next door and the black guy accused of rape! I think the fact that the story became so popular shows the need for people to change their mindset.
James Balwin. Malcolm X,Maya Angelou, Zora Neale Hurston,Hermann Hesse, Studs Terkel.
Add good but not top 11. Not top 15.
Hermann Hesse as an American writer? I do agree with James Baldwin. He would certainly be an honorable mention.
Poe.
You should have included Thomas Wolfe
What about Richard Brautigan? And the author of Tobacco Road
thoreau
Oh please , ranking? All of these writers were of value and you are to call one a quarter and the other a dime? Spare what little intelligence I've left❤!
What about Jack London, the best ever?!
James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Flannery O' Connor Cormac McCarthy James Baldwin Octavia Butler Alice Walker
The fact that J.D. Salinger is on this list invalidates it, and then you put Toni Morrison ahead of Ernest Hemingway? Ridiculous.
Salinger deserves to be there
Must be a SJW.
1. Thomas Ligotti
Both Mark Twain and Harper Lee are now banned books in schools. It's really sad.
I don’t see Henry James as an ‘American’ writer. He was always a worldly writer.
What about Don Delillo,John Updike,Saul Bellow,Robert Frost,Eugene O'Neil?So many great writers have been excluded here.Also,Steinbeck as No.1..gosh!!!
And also T. S. Eliot!
Looking for authors that write books in the 1700-1800 in America. Ideas no of any. I can't get answers from the internet
Nabokov?
Well he was Russian so...
Russian!
He lived in America for a while but preferred to chase butterflies in Switzerland.
Be sure to read some Thomas C Stuhr, THE WORLD'S MOST UNDERGROUND AUTHOR. 💞💀☠❤
In the land where quills meet the page's embrace,
Reside the words that time cannot erase.
Eleven writers, with their pens alight,
Illuminate the world with literary might.
Atop the list, the bard from old,
Whose timeless verses oft unfold,
Shakespeare, though not American born,
His influence here is still adorn.
Hemingway, terse and bold,
With stories of men brave and cold.
Faulkner, weaving tales profound,
In Southern echoes, his stories resound.
The reclusive Salinger, catcher in the rye,
Captured youth in his novel's sigh.
Morrison's prose, a rich terrain,
Layered with history's joy and pain.
Dickinson, in her seclusion, wrote,
Poems that in simplicity denote.
Frost, with words as crisp as snow,
Crafted verses that eternally glow.
Twain, in wit and humor's grace,
Gave life to characters in every place.
Baldwin's voice, profound and clear,
Spoke of race and love, a pioneer.
Atwood, a voice both fierce and wise,
Unveils truths beneath her guise.
Angelou's spirit, unbound and free,
Her verses sing of resilience and glee.
Eleven voices, each a gem,
Their words a cultural diadem.
American writers, a treasure trove,
Their legacies, an endless cove.
Anne Tyler SHOULD have been included. Isn't she greater than,say Harper Lee?!!!
Steinbeck was, as Faulkner pointed out, was a journalist and nothing more. Of course, one list is as subjective and biased as another. Best not to take it too seriously
Robot voice not interesting
Toni Morrison? Lol
Ace Lee, Salinger, and Morrison.
Steinbeck ain’t 1. Maybe not top 11.
McCarthy, Pynchon, Roth, Hawthorne, Whitman, Nathaniel West, Flannery O’Connor probably need to be added.
Top 20-25: Ashbury, maybe Bellow, DeLillo, Ellison?, Crowley
Just great to be reading.
I would say Steinbeck thoroughly deserves #1. And Hemingway #2. Thomas Wolfe and Edith Wharton could easily be on this list.
Harper Lee does not belong on this list. Her single good book is, as Flannery O'Connor suggested, "a fine book for children," because it presents us with such an easy moral dilemma -- one in which the good guys are really good and the bay guys are really bad. Life itself rarely presents us with such easy moral choices.
Emily Dickinson does not belong on this list. Her poetry was almost always formulaic, and her formula did not always suit her ideas very well. Practically the whole of her output can be sung to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" -- always a bad sign.
Oh, and I almost forgot -- someone needs to teach your AI narrator that "Bronte" is not pronounced "Bront" but as "Bron-tay."
goofy AI list
Warning--another of those "list" vids authored by people trying to get clicks.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 when white people make lists 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dumb remark.
Hallo my dear freind . Please write a list of favorite books of black friends here. Although the literature does not know color, race and nationality .. Thank you bro
Morrison & Faulker are unreadable. Should be ranked much lower.
The Great Gatsby is the dullest book I've ever read.
If you think that then, frankly, you need to read it again.