Need book from an american author for school

1984 George Orwell

 

Hunter S Thompson

 

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

 

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a good shout.

The Pearl - Steinbeck

The Gods Themselves - Asimov

Also, George Orwell isn't American, he's English

 

The Emperor Wears No Clothes (book - 2007) The Book « JackHerer.com

 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The quintessential American book by the quintessential American author

 

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

 

The Stand by Stephen King

 

See, I was going to say that, too. But then I was like, "This is Sam Spade..." and I figured it's probably a profound statement.

I'm still working on its meaning.

 

Go read no country for old men by cormic mccarthy, had to do the same project last year.

 

Hemingway is nice. More social commentary, but politics are often the backdrop for the social commentary. For whom the bell tolls, A farewell to arms, men without women.

 

If you're into philosophy, you might look into Henry David Thoreau, Henry James or Nathaniel Hawthorne. All excellent American authors that are sure to win you brownie points with any teacher or professor.

Or, if you wanna go more modern with it, Phillip K. Dick (definitely will be able to work in some governmental themes with him as well) or Kurt Vonnegut. They will obliterate your reality.

 

anything by sam clemmons

mark motherfucking twain

 

Hatchet. Any book by Gary Paulsen. Dogsong I recommend.

 

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Therau(i fucked up his last name)

 

A good book to read for fun, I think its British, is Brave New World. It's trippy as hell.