The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby published in the 1920's was at first unpopular and critics gave it a bad name but after WWII it was salvaged and became the number one American novel. It is said to challenge the myth of the "American Dream". Though F Scott Fitzgerald died thinking himself a failure, the book today is read in colleges and highschools across America.
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises was said to be one of his greatest novels that helped establish him as a memorable writer. The novel tells of the forgotten generation of the post World War. It gave people a look of how the people lived and how chaotic it was before the war.