>And yes, I guess I like my fiction rooted in a larger real
>world historical context.
>
>The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - James Weldon Johnson
i support this one billion percent


>The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
eh. isnt this already canonized?

>The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
and this also?

>Libra - Don DeLillo
need to read. this guy is amazing.

>Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
vonnegut is good.