List of novelists from the United States

This is a list of novelists from the United States. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way (see Talk page), and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

A

• Edward Abbey (1927 – 1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang
• Walter Abish (born 1931), How German Is It
• Diana Abu-Jaber (born 1960), Arabian Jazz
• Kathy Acker (1947 – 1997), Blood and Guts in High School
• Alice Adams (1926 – 1999), Beautiful Girl
• Henry Adams (1838 – 1918), Democracy: An American Novel
• George Ade (1866 – 1944), The Slim Princess
• Renata Adler (born 1938), Speedboat
• Warren Adler (born 1927), The War of the Roses
• James Agee (1909 – 1955), A Death in the Family
• Jonis Agee (born 1943), Strange Angels
• Conrad Aiken (1889 – 1973), Blue Voyage
• Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888), Little Women
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 – 1907), Prudence Palfrey
• Lloyd Alexander (born 1924), The Black Cauldron
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966), Reservation Blues
• Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832 – 1899), Ragged Dick
• Nelson Algren (1909 – 1981), The Man With the Golden Arm
• Edward Allen (born 1948), Mustang Sally
• Hervey Allen (1889 – 1949), Anthony Adverse
• Dorothy Allison (born 1949), 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 (born 1937), Bless Me, Ultima
• Poul Anderson (1926 – 2001), Tau Zero
• Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 1941), Winesburg, Ohio
• V. C. Andrews (1923 – 1986), Flowers in the Attic
• Tina McElroy Ansa (born 1949), Baby of the Family
• A. Manette Ansay (born 1964), Vinegar Hill
• Donald Antrim (born 1959), The Hundred Brothers
• Allen Appel (born 1945), Time After Time
• Benjamin Appel (1907 – 1979), Brain Guy
• Max Apple (born 1941),
• Harriette Arnow (1908 – 1986), The Dollmaker
• Elizabeth Arthur (born 1953), Antarctic Navigation
• Timothy Shay Arthur (1809 – 1885), Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There
• Sholem Asch (1880 – 1957), The Nazarene
• Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992), The Gods Themselves
• Rilla Askew (born 1951), The Mercy Seat
• Robert Asprin (born 1946), Another Fine Myth
• Gertrude Atherton (1857 – 1948), The Conqueror
• William Attaway (1911 – 1986), Blood on the Forge
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984), In the Forests of the Night
• Louis Auchincloss (born 1917), The Rector of Justin
• Jean M. Auel (born 1936), The Clan of the Cave Bear
• Paul Auster (born 1947), New York Trilogy
• Mary Hunter Austin (1868 – 1934), Isidro

B

• Richard Bach (born 1936), Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Irving Bacheller (1859 – 1950), A Man for the Ages
• 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
• John Ball (1911 – 1988), In the Heat of the Night
• Toni Cade Bambara (1939 – 1995), The Salt Eaters
• Russell Banks (born 1940), The Sweet Hereafter
• Margaret Culkin Banning (1891 – 1982), Country Club People
• Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) (born 1934), The System of Dante's Hell
• John Franklin Bardin (1916 – 1981), Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly
• Djuna Barnes (1892 – 1982), Nightwood
• Linda Barnes (born 1949), A Trouble of Fools
• Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886 – 1967), Years of Grace
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831 – 1919), Jan Vedder's Wife
• Nevada Barr (born 1952), Track of the Cat
• Andrea Barrett (born 1964), The Voyage of the Narwhal
• John Barth (born 1930), Giles Goat-Boy
• Donald Barthelme (1931 – 1989), Snow White
• Frederick Barthelme (born 1943), Chroma
• Rick Bass (born 1958), Where the Sea Used to Be
• Hamilton Basso (1904 – 1964), The View from Pompey's Head
• Richard Bausch (born 1945), The Last Good Time
• Robert Bausch (born 1945), Almighty Me
• Charles Baxter (born 1947), Shadow Play
• Peter S. Beagle (born 1939), The Last Unicorn
• Greg Bear, (born 1951), Darwin's Radio
• Ann Beattie, (born 1947), Chilly Scenes of Winter
• Louis Begley (born 1933), About Schmidt
• Madison Smartt Bell (born 1957), All Souls' Rising
• Edward Bellamy (1850 – 1898),
• Saul Bellow (1915 – 2005), Henderson the Rain King
• Peter Benchley (1940 – 2006), Jaws
• Aimee Bender (born 19??), An Invisible Sign of My Own
• Pinckney Benedict (born 1964), Dogs of God
• Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 – 1943), Spanish Bayonet
• Gregory Benford (born 1941), Timescape
• Sandra Benitez (born 1941), A Place Where the Sea Remembers
• Thomas Berger (born 1924), Little Big Man
• Gina Berriault (1926 – 1999), The Descent
• Don Berry (1931 – 2001), Trask
• R. M. Berry (born 19??), Leonardo's Horse
• Wendell Berry (born 1934), A Place on Earth
• Alfred Bester (1913 – 1987), The Demolished Man
• Dorris Betts (born 1932), Souls Raised from the Dead
• Earl Derr Biggers (1884 – 1933), The Chinese Parrot
• Robert Montgomery Bird (1803 – 1854), The Infidel
• Michael Bishop (born 1945), No Enemy But Time
• William Peter Blatty (born 1928), The Exorcist
• Robert Bloch (1917 – 1994), Psycho
• Lawrence Block (born 1938), Eight Million Ways to Die
• Amy Bloom (born 1953), Love Invents Us
• Judy Blume (born 1938), Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
• Chris Bohjalian (born 1960), The Law of Similars
• Arna Bontemps (1902 – 1973), God Sends Sunday
• Robert Boswell (born 1953), Mystery Ride
• Anthony Boucher (1911 – 1968), The Case of the Seven of Calvary
• Vance Bourjaily (born 1922), The Man Who Knew Kennedy
• Ben Bova (born 1932), The Starcrossed
• Jane Bowles (1917 – 1973), Two Serious Ladies
• Paul Bowles (1910 – 1999), The Sheltering Sky
• David Bowman (born 1957), Let the Dog Drive
• Blanche McCrary Boyd (born 1945), The Revolution of Little Girls
• Brendan Boyd (born 19??), Blue Ruin
• James Boyd (1888 – 1944), Drums
• Jennifer Finney Boylan (previously James Finney Boylan) (born 1958), The Planets
• Kay Boyle (1902 – 1992), Death of a Man
• T. Coraghessan Boyle (born 1948), The Road to Wellville
• Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748 – 1816), Modern Chivalry
• Leigh Brackett (1915 – 1978), The Secret of Sinharat
• Ray Bradbury (born 1920), The Illustrated Man
• David Bradley (born 1950), The Chaneysville Incident
• John Ed Bradley (born 1959), Tupelo Nights
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 – 1999), The Mists of Avalon
• Billy Lee Brammer (1929 – 1978), The Gay Place
• Max Brand (1892 – 1944), Destry Rides Again
• Richard Brautigan (1935 – 1984), Trout Fishing in America
• Kate Braverman (born 1950), Lithium for Medea
• David Brin (born 1950), The Uplift War
• Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967), Exquisite Corpse
• 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
• Charles Brockden Brown (1771 – 1810), Wieland
• Dan Brown (born 1964), The Da Vinci Code
• Harry Brown (1917 – 1986), A Place 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
• Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973), The Good Earth
• Frederick Buechner (born 1926), Godric
• Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1994), Factotum
• 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
• Olive Ann Burns (1924 – 1990), Cold Sassy Tree
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950), Tarzan of the Apes
• William S. Burroughs (1914 – 1997), Naked Lunch
• Janet Burroway (born 1936), The Buzzards
• Frederick Busch (1941 – 2006), Harry and Catherine
• Octavia E. Butler (1947 – 2006), Patternmaster
• Robert Olen Butler (born 1945), The Alleys of Eden

C

• James Branch Cabell (1879 – 1958), Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice
• George Washington Cable (1844 – 1925), The Grandissimes
• Abraham Cahan (1860 – 1951), The Rise of David Levinsky
• James M. Cain (1892 – 1977), The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Erskine Caldwell (1903 – 1987), God's Little Acre
• Taylor Caldwell (1900 – 1985), Answer as a Man
• Hortense Calisher (born 1911), False Entry
• S. Alice Callahan (1868 – 1894), Wynema, a Child of the Forest
• Bebe Moore Campbell (1950 – 2006), Singing in the Comeback Choir
• 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 195?), 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
• David Carkeet (born 1946), Double Negative
• Ron Carlson (born 1947), Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Don Carpenter (born 1931), Hard Rain Falling
• Caleb Carr (born 1955), The Alienist
• John Dickson Carr (1906 – 1977), The Crooked Hinge
• Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904 – 1999), As the Earth Turns
• Jonathan Carroll (born 1949), The Land of Laughs
• Forrest Carter (1925 – 1979), The Education of Little Tree
• Lin Carter (1930 – 1988), Sky Pirates of Callisto
• William Alexander Caruthers (1802 – 1846), The Knights of the Golden Horse-Shoe
• John Casey (born 1939), Spartina
• R. V. Cassill (1919 – 2002), Dr. Cobb's Game
• Elena Castedo (born 1937), Paradise
• Ana Castillo (born 1953), So Far From God
• Willa Cather (1873 – 1947), My Ántonia
• Mary Catherwood (1847 – 1902), The Romance of Dollard
• Michael Chabon (born 1964), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
• Jack L. Chalker (1944 – 2005), Midnight at the Well of Souls
• Robert W. Chambers (1865 – 1933), In the Quarter
• Raymond Chandler (1888 – 1959), The Big Sleep
• James Chapman, (born 1955), Stet
• Fred Chappell (born 1936), Dagon
• Jerome Charyn (born 1937), Blue Eyes
• Mary Ellen Chase (1887 – 1973), Mary Peters
• John Cheever (1912 – 1982), The Wapshot Chronicle
• Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), American Heaven
• Kelly Cherry (born 1940), My Life and Dr. Joyce Brothers
• C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), Cyteen
• Charles W. Chesnutt (1858 – 1932), The Marrow of Tradition
• Alan Cheuse (born 1940), The Grandmother's Club
• Lydia Child (1802 – 1880), Hobomok
• Mark Childress (born 1957), Crazy in Alabama
• Kate Chopin (1851 – 1904), The Awakening
• Winston Churchill (1871 – 1947), Richard Carvel
• Carolyn Chute (born 1947), The Beans of Egypt, Maine
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), The House on Mango Street
• Maxine Clair (born 1939), October Suite
• Tom Clancy (born 1947), The Hunt for Red October
• Eleanor Clark (1913 – 1996), Baldur's Gate
• Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927), A Stranger is Watching
• Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909 – 1971), The Ox-Bow Incident
• Jeremiah Clemens (1814 – 1865), Tobias Wilson
• Samuel Langhorne Clemens (See: Mark Twain)
• Hal Clement (1922 – 2003), Mission of Gravity
• Michelle Cliff (born 1946), Abeng
• Robert M. Coates (1897 – 1973), The Eater of Darkness
• Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. (1823 – 1887), The Gunmaker of Moscow
• Harlan Coben (born 1962), Deal Breaker
• Laurie Colwin (1944 – 1992), Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
• Richard Condon (1915 – 1996), The Manchurian Candidate
• Evan S. Connell (born 1924), Mrs. Bridge
• Michael Connelly (born 1956), Blood Work
• Frank Conroy (1936 – 2005), Body & Soul
• Pat Conroy (born 1945), The Prince of Tides
• K. C. Constantine (born 1934), Upon Some Midnights Clear
• Robin Cook (born 1940), Coma
• John Esten Cooke (1830 – 1886), The Virginia Comedians
• Joe Coomer (born 1958), A Flatland Fable
• J. California Cooper (born 1966), Some People, Some Other Place
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789 – 1851), The Last of the Mohicans
• Robert Coover (born 1932), The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
• Edwin Corle (1906 – 1956), Fig Tree John
• Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), Postmortem
• George Harmon Coxe (1901 – 1984), Silent Are the Dead
• James Gould Cozzens (1903 – 1978), Guard of Honor
• Robert Crais (born 1953?), Hostage
• Stephen Crane (1871 – 1900), The Red Badge of Courage
• Margaret Craven (1901 – 1980), I Heard the Owl Call My Name
• Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909), Saracinesca
• Harry Crews (born 1935), Scar Lover
• Michael Crichton (born 1942), 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
• Maria Susanna Cummins (1827 – 1866), The Lamplighter
• Michael Cunningham (born 1952), The Hours
• James Oliver Curwood (1878 – 1927), The Grizzly King
• Clive Cussler (born 1931), Raise the Titanic!

D

• H. D. (1886 – 1961), Palimpsest
• Edward Dahlberg (1900 – 1977), Bottom Dogs
• Mark Z. Danielewski (born 1966), House of Leaves
• Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), Breath, Eyes, Memory
• Janice Daugharty (born 1944), Dark of the Moon
• 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 (born 1916), Death of an Old Sinner
• H. L. Davis (1896 – 1960), Honey in the Horn
• Richard Harding Davis (1864 – 1916), Soldiers of Fortune
• Thulani Davis (born 1949), Maker of Saints
• Jeffrey Deaver (born 1950), The Bone Collector
• L. Sprague de Camp (1907 – 2000), Lest Darkness Fall
• John William De Forest (1826 – 1926), Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
• Margaret Deland (1857 – 1945), John Ward, Preacher
• Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), Dhalgren
• Nicholas Delbanco (born 1942), In the Middle Distance
• Don DeLillo (born 1936), White Noise
• Viña Delmar (1903 – 1990), Bad Girl
• Lester del Rey (1915 – 1993), Attack From Atlantis
• Rick DeMarinis (born 1934), The Year of the Zinc Penny
• William Demby (born 1922), Beetlecreek
• Patrick Dennis (1921 – 1976), Auntie Mame
• August Derleth (1909 – 1971), The Memoirs of Solar Pons
• Peter De Vries (1910 – 1993), Reuben, Reuben
• Robb Forman Dew (born 1946), Dale Loves Sophie to Death
• Pete Dexter (born 1943), Paris Trout
• 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 (born 1934), Play It As It Lays
• Thomas M. Disch (born 1940), Camp Concentration
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), The Mistress of Spices
• Melvin Dixon (1950 – 1992), Trouble the Water
• Stephen Dixon (born 1936), Frog
• Thomas Dixon (1864 – 1946), The Clansman
• Stephen Dobyns (born 1941), The Wrestler's Cruel Study
• E. L. Doctorow (born 1931), Ragtime
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831 – 1905), Hans Brinker
• Harriet Doerr (1910 – 2002), Stones for Ibarra
• Ivan Doig (born 1939), Ride With Me, Mariah Montana
• Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947), Lord Foul's Bane
• J. P. Donleavy (born 1926), 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.
• Ellen Douglas (born 1921), Apostles of Light
• Lloyd C. Douglas (1877 – 1951), Magnificent Obsession
• Theodore Dreiser (1871 – 1945), Sister Carrie
• 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 (born 1945), Geek Love
• John Gregory Dunne (1932 – 2003), True Confessions
• John Dunning (born 1942), Booked to Die
• Pam Durban (born 1947), The Laughing Place

E

• Tony Earley (born 1961), Jim the Boy
• William Eastlake (1917 – 1997), The Bamboo Bed
• Mignon G. Eberhart (1899 –1996), The Patient in Room 18
• David Eddings (born 1931), 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), Look at Me
• Dave Eggers (born 1970), You Shall Know Our Velocity
• Edward Eggleston (1837 – 1902), The Hoosier Schoolmaster
• John Ehle (born 1924), Last One Home
• Stanley Elkin (1930 – 1995), Mrs. Ted Bliss
• Aaron Elkins (born 1935), Old Bones
• Stanley Ellin (1916 – 1986), The Eighth Circle
• George P. Elliott (1918 – 1980), Parktilden Village
• Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American Psycho
• Trey Ellis (born 1962), Right Here, Right Now
• Edward S. Ellis (1840 – 1916), Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier
• Ralph Ellison (1914 – 1994), Invisible Man
• James Ellroy (born 1948), L.A. Confidential
• Carol Emshwiller (born 1921), Carmen Dog
• Seymour Epstein (born 1917), Looking for Fred Schmidt
• Louise Erdrich (born 1954), Love Medicine
• Steve Erickson (born 1950), Arc d'X
• Loren D. Estleman (born 1952), Motor City Blue
• Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), The Virgin Suicides
• Janet Evanovich (born 1943), One For the Money
• Augusta Jane Evans (1835 – 1909), St. Elmo
• Frederick Exley (1929 – 1992), A Fan's Notes

F

• Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878/9? – 1951), The Bright Land
• 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 (born 1918), 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
• Kenneth Fearing (1902 – 1961), The Big Clock
• Raymond Federman (born 1928), The Twofold Vibration
• Peter S. Feibleman (born 1930), A Place Without Twilight
• Raymond E. Feist (born 1945), Magician
• Edna Ferber (1885 – 1968), So Big
• Harvey Fergusson (1890 – 1971), The Conquest of Don Pedro
• Lucy Ferriss (born 1954), The Misconceiver
• Rachel Field (1894 – 1942), All This, and Heaven Too
• Irving Fineman (1893 – 1976), Doctor Addams
• Martha Farquharson Finley (1828 – 1909), Elsie Dinsmore
• Jack Finney (1911 – 1995), Time and Again
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879 – 1958), Understood Betsy
• Vardis Fisher (1895 – 1968), Children of God
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940), The Great Gatsby
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928 – 1974), Harriet the Spy
• Thomas Flanagan (1923 – 2002), The Year of the French
• Martin Flavin (1883 – 1967), Journey in the Dark
• 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 (1758/9? – 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 (born 1923), Desperate Characters
• William Price Fox (born 1926), Ruby Red
• Waldo Frank (1889 – 1967), Holiday
• Jonathan Franzen (born 1959), The Corrections
• Charles Frazier (born 1950), Cold Mountain
• Harold Frederic (1856 – 1898), The Damnation of Theron Ware
• Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852 – 1930), Pembroke
• Albert French (born 1943), Billy
• Marilyn French (born 1929), The Women's Room
• Bruce Jay Friedman (born 1930), Stern
• Kinky Friedman (born 1944), Greenwich Killing Time
• Abby Frucht (born 1957), Polly's Ghost
• Daniel Fuchs (1909 – 1993), Summer in Williamsburg
• Henry Blake Fuller (1857 – 1929), The Cliff-Dwellers
• Alan Furst (born 1941), Night Soldiers

G

• William Gaddis (1922 – 1998), The Recognitions
• Ernest Gaines (born 1933), 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
• Ernest K. Gann (1910 – 1991), The High and the Mighty
• Cristina Garcia (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 1934), Fat City
• Hamlin Garland (1860 – 1940), A Daughter of the Middle Border
• George Garrett (born 1929), Death of the Fox
• William Gass (born 1924), Omensetter's Luck
• David Gates (born 1947), Jernigan
• Kaye Gibbons (born 1960), Ellen Foster
• William Gibson (born 1948), Neuromancer
• Barry Gifford (born 1946), Wild at Heart
• Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), Starcarbon
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 – 1935), Herland
• 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
• Herbert Gold (born 1924), The Man Who Was Not With It
• Myla Goldberg (born 1972), Bee Season
• Arthur Golden (born 1957), Memoirs of a Geisha
• Marita Golden (born 1950), Long Distance Life
• Francisco Goldman (born 1954), The Long Night of White Chickens
• William Goldman (born 1931), The Princess Bride
• Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950), The Mind-Body Problem
• David Goodis (1917 – 1967), Down There
• Allegra Goodman (born 1967), The Family Markowitz
• Paul Goodman (1911 – 1972), Making Do
• Marcus Goodrich (1897 – 1991), Delilah
• Caroline Gordon (1895 – 1981), Aleck Maury, Sportsman
• Mary Gordon (born 1949), Final Payments
• Joe Gores (born 1931), 32 Cadillacs
• Ron Goulart (born 1933), After Things Fell Apart
• William Goyen (1915 – 1983), The Fair Sister
• Sue Grafton (born 1940), "A" is for Alibi
• Robert Grant (1852 – 1940), Unleavened Bread
• Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929), The Keepers of the House
• Elizabeth Graver (born 1964), The Honey Thief
• Anna Katharine Green (1846 – 1935), The Leavenworth Case
• Anne Green (1899 – 1979), Reader, I Married Him
• Julien Green (1900 – 1998), Léviathan (The Dark Journey)
• Eric Rolfe Greenberg (born 1945), The Celebrant
• Sam Greenlee (born 1930), 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
• Sutton E. Griggs (1872 – 1933), The Hindered Hand
• Martha Grimes (born 195?), The Old Contemptibles
• John Grisham (born 1955), The Firm
• Winston Groom (born 1944), Forrest Gump
• Davis Grubb (1919 – 1980), The Night of the Hunter
• Judith Guest (born 1936), Ordinary People
• Archibald Clavering Gunter (1847 – 1907), Mr. Barnes of New York
• Allan Gurganus (born 1947), Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
• David Guterson (born 1956), Snow Falling on Cedars
• A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901 – 1991), The Big Sky

H

• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Dogeaters
• Jennifer Haigh (born 1968), Mrs. Kimble
• Joe Haldeman (born 1943), The Forever War
• Alex Haley (1921 – 1992), Roots
• Baynard Rush Hall (1798 – 1863), Frank Freeman's Barber Shop
• James Norman Hall (1887 – 1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (with Charles Nordhoff)
• James W. Hall (born 1947), Mean High Tide
• Oakley Hall (born 1920), Warlock
• Brett Halliday (1904 – 1977), Dividend on Death
• Jane Hamilton (born 1957), The Book of Ruth
• Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963), Guilty Pleasures
• Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961), The Maltese Falcon
• Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) (born 1970), Watch Your Mouth
• Barry Hannah (born 1942), Geromino Rex
• Joseph Hansen (1923 – 2004), Fadeout
• Ron Hansen (born 1947), Mariette in Ecstasy
• Elizabeth Hardwick (born 1916), Sleepless Nights
• Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847 – 1930), The Wind of Destiny
• Donald Harington (born 1935), The Cockroaches of Stay More
• Henry Harland (1861 – 1905), The Cardinal's Snuff-box
• Charles L. Harness (1915 – 2005), The Paradox Men
• E. Lynn Harris (born 1955), Invisible Life
• MacDonald Harris (1921 – 1993), The Baloonist
• Mark Harris (born 1922), Bang the Drum Slowly
• Thomas Harris (born 1940), The Silence of the Lambs
• Harry Harrison (born 1925), Make Room! Make Room!
• Jim Harrison (born 1937), Legends of the Fall
• Joseph C. Hart (1798 – 1855), Miriam Coffin
• Kent Haruf (born 1943), Plainsong
• Jon Hassler (born 1933), Staggerford
• John Hawkes (1925 – 1998), The Lime Twig
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864), The Scarlet Letter
• Ernest Haycox (1899 – 1950), Bugles in the Afternoon
• David Haynes (born 1955), Somebody Else's Mama
• Donald Hays (born 1947), The Dixie Association
• Shirley Hazzard (born 1931), The Great Fire
• Shelby Hearon (born 1931), Owning Jolene
• Peter Hedges (born 1962), What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Ursula Hegi (born 1946), Stones from the River
• Scott Heim (born 1966), Mysterious Skin
• Larry Heinemann (born 1944), Paco's Story
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907 – 1988), Stranger in a Strange Land
• Robert Hellenga (born 1941), The Sixteen Pleasures
• 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
• Paul Hemphill (born 1936), Long Gone
• Patricia Henley (born 1950), Hummingbird House
• Frank Herbert (1920 – 1986), Dune
• Joseph Hergesheimer (1880 – 1954), Linda Condon
• Robert Herrick (1868 – 1938), Web of Life
• John Hersey (1914 – 1993), A Bell for Adano
• DuBose Heyward (1885 – 1940), Porgy
• Carl Hiaasen (born 1953), Sick Puppy
• George V. Higgins (1939 – 1999), The Friends of Eddie Coyle
• Patricia Highsmith (1921 – 1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Oscar Hijuelos (born 1951), The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
• Tony Hillerman (born 1925), The Blessing Way
• Chester Himes (1909 –1984), If He Hollers Let Him Go
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948), The Outsiders
• Russell Hoban (born 1925), Riddley Walker
• Laura Z. Hobson (1900 – 1986), Gentleman's Agreement
• Alice Hoffman (born 1952), Practical Magic
• Allen Hoffman (born 19??), Big League Dreams
• Craig Holden (born 19??), Four Corners of Night
• Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 – 1881), The Bay-Path
• 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
• Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), The Kite Runner
• Silas House (born 1971), A Parchment of Leaves
• Blanche Willis Howard (1847 – 1898),
• Maureen Howard (born 1930), Natural History
• E. W. Howe (1853 – 1937), The Story of a Country Town
• William Dean Howells (1837 – 1920), The Rise of Silas Lapham
• David Huddle (born 1942), La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
• Barry Hughart (born 1934), 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
• Evan Hunter (1926 – 2005), The Blackboard Jungle
• 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 Enchantment of Lily Dahl
• James Hynes (born 1955), The Lecturer's Tale

I

• Greg Iles (born 1960), The Quiet Game
• Gary Indiana (born 1950), Resentment
• Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809 – 1860),
• John Irving (born 1942), The World According to Garp
• Susan Isaacs (born 1943), Compromising Positions
• Christopher Isherwood (1904 – 1986) A Meeting by the River

J

• 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 (born 1932), North and South
• Randall Jarrell (1914 – 1965), Pictures from an Institution
• 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
• Gish Jen (born 1956), Typical American
• Jerry B. Jenkins (born 1949), Left Behind (with Tim LaHaye)
• Gary Jennings (1928 – 1999), Aztec
• 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 (born 1949), 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
• Owen Johnson (1878 – 1952), Stover at Yale
• Mary Johnston (1870 – 1936), To Have and to Hold
• Edward P. Jones (born 1951), The Known World
• Gayl Jones (born 1949), Corregidora
• James Jones (1921 – 1977), From Here to Eternity
• John Beauchamp Jones (1810 – 1866), Wild Western Scenes
• Louis B. Jones (born 19??), California's Over
• LeRoi Jones (See: Amiri Baraka)
• Matthew F. Jones (born 19??), A Single Shot
• Erica Jong (born 1942), Fear of Flying
• Robert Jordan (born 1948), The Eye of the World
• Sylvester Judd (1813 – 1853), Margaret
• Heidi Julavits (born 1968), The Mineral Palace
• Ward Just (born 1935), Jack Gance

K

• James Otis Kaler (1848 – 1912), Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
• Stuart M. Kaminsky (born 1934), Cold Red Sunrise
• Garson Kanin (1912 – 1999), Moviola
• Joseph Kanon (born 1946), Los Alamos
• MacKinlay Kantor (1904 – 1977), Andersonville
• Jan Karon (born 1937), At Home in Mitford
• John Katzenbach (born 1950?), The Madman's Tale
• Janet Kauffman (born 1945), Collaborators
• Bel Kaufman (born 1911), Up the Down Staircase
• Sue Kaufman (1926 – 1977), Diary of a Mad Housewife
• Harry Stephen Keeler (1890 – 1967), The Riddle of the Traveling Skull
• Clarence Budington Kelland (1881 – 1964), Dangerous Angel
• Jonathan Kellerman (born 1949), Flesh and Blood
• Faye Kellerman (born 1952), The Ritual Bath
• Edith Summers Kelley (1884 – 1956), Weeds
• William Melvin Kelley (born 1937), A Different Drummer
• Marjorie Kellogg (1922 – 2005), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
• Elmer Kelton (born 1926), Buffalo Wagons
• John Pendleton Kennedy (1795 – 1870), Horse-Shoe Robinson
• William Kennedy (born 1928), Ironweed
• Jack Kerouac (1922 – 1969), On the Road
• Ken Kesey (1935 – 2001), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Jack Ketchum (born 1946), The Girl Next Door
• Daniel Keyes (born 1927), Flowers for Algernon
• Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885 – 1970), Dinner at Antoine's
• Sue Monk Kidd (born 1948), The Secret Life of Bees
• Karen Kijewski (born 19??), Katwalk
• Richard Burleigh Kimball (1816 – 1892), Under-Currents of Wall-Street
• Haven Kimmel (born 1965), The Solace of Leaving Early
• Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949), Annie John
• Grace Elizabeth 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
• Joseph Kirkland (1830 – 1894),
• Walter Kirn (born 1962), Thumbsucker
• Fletcher Knebel (1911 – 1993), Seven Days in May (with Charles Bailey II)
• John Knowles (1926 – 2001), A Separate Peace
• Manuel Komroff (1890 – 1974), Coronet
• Dean Koontz (born 1945), Whispers
• Jerzy Kosinski (1933 – 1991), Being There
• William Kotzwinkle (born 1943), The Fan Man
• Eric Kraft (born 1945), What a Piece of Work I Am
• Larry Kramer (born 1935), Faggots
• Herbert Krause (1905 – 1976), The Thresher
• Gary Krist (born 1957), Extravagance
• Tom Kromer (1906 – 1969), Waiting for Nothing
• Maxine Kumin (born 1925), Through Dooms of Love
• Allen Kurzweil (born 1960), A Case of Curiosities

L

• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), Arrows of the Queen
• Ed Lacy (1911 – 1968), Room To Swing
• Oliver La Farge (1901 – 1963), Laughing Boy
• R. A. Lafferty (1914 – 2002), Past Master
• Tim LaHaye (born 1926), Left Behind (with Jerry B. Jenkins)
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), The Namesake
• Laila Lalami (born 1968), Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
• 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
• Margaret Landon (1903 – 1993), Anna and the King of Siam
• Jane Langton (born 1922), The Transcendental Murder
• Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951), The Bottoms
• Ring Lardner (1885 – 1933), You Know Me Al
• Nella Larsen (1891 – 1964), Passing
• Emma Lathen (Martha Hennissart (born 1929) and Mary Jane Lastis (1927 – 1997)), Murder Against the Grain
• Keith Laumer (1925 – 1993), A Plague of Demons
• Josephine Lawrence (1899 – 1978), If I Have Four Apples
• Robert Lawson (1892 – 1957), Rabbit Hill
• David Leavitt (born 1961), The Lost Language of Cranes
• William Lederer (born 1912), The Ugly American (with Eugene Burdick)
• Fred G. Leebron (born 1961), Six Figures
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929), The Left Hand of Darkness
• Chang-Rae Lee (born 1965), Native Speaker
• Harper Lee (born 1926), To Kill a Mockingbird
• Peter Lefcourt (born 1941), The Dreyfus Affair
• Ella Leffland (born 1931) 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 (born 1918), A Wrinkle in Time
• J. Robert Lennon (born 1970), Mailman
• Elmore Leonard (born 1925), Get Shorty
• JT LeRoy (Laura Albert) (born 1965), Sarah
• John Lescroart (born 1948), The Mercy Rule
• Craig Lesley (born 1945), The Sky Fisherman
• Jonathan Lethem (born 1964), Motherless Brooklyn
• Jeremy Leven (born 1941),
• Ira Levin (born 1929), Rosemary's Baby
• Meyer Levin (1905 – 1981), Compulsion
• Janet Lewis (1899 – 1998), The Wife of Martin Guerre
• Sinclair Lewis (1885 – 1951), Main Street
• Ludwig Lewisohn (1882 – 1955), The Case of Mr. Crump
• John L'Heureux (born 1934), An Honorable Profession
• Alan Lightman (born 1948), Einstein's Dreams
• Joseph C. Lincoln (1870 – 1944), Rugged Water
• Victoria Lincoln (1904 – 1981), February Hill
• Elizabeth Linington (1921 – 1988), Knave of Hearts
• Elinor Lipman (born 1950), The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
• George Lippard (1822 – 1854), The Monks of Monk Hall
• Rosina Lippi (born 1956), Homestead
• Sam Lipsyte (born 1968), Home Land
• David Liss (born 1966), A Conspiracy of Paper
• Robert Littell (born 1935), The Amateur
• Ross Lockridge, Jr. (1914 – 1948), Raintree County
• Jack London (1876 – 1916), The Call of the Wild
• Frank Belknap Long (1901 – 1994), The Horror from the Hills
• Anita Loos (1893 – 1981), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Bret Lott (born 1958), Jewel
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937), At the Mountains of Madness
• Beverly Lowry (born 1938), Daddy's Girl
• Lois Lowry (born 1937), The Giver
• Robert Ludlum (1927 – 2001), The Bourne Identity
• Grace Lumpkin (1892 – 1980), To Make My Bread
• Alison Lurie (born 1926), Foreign Affairs
• Andrew Nelson Lytle (1902 – 1995), The Velvet Horn

M

• John D. MacDonald (1916 – 1986), The Deep Blue Good-by
• Ross Macdonald (1915 – 1983), The Moving Target
• Harold MacGrath (1871 – 1932), The Man on the Box
• Norman Maclean (1902 – 1990), A River Runs Through It
• Charlotte MacLeod (1922 – 2005), The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
• Gregory Maguire (born 1954), Wicked
• Norman Mailer (born 1923), The Naked and the Dead
• Charles Major (1856 – 1913), When Knighthood Was in Flower
• Clarence Major (born 1936),
• Bernard Malamud (1914 – 1986), The Natural
• Michael Malone (born 1942), Uncivil Seasons
• Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), Beyond Apollo
• Frederick Manfred (1912 – 1994), Lord Grizzly
• William March (1893 – 1954), The Bad Seed
• Margaret Maron (born 19??), Bootlegger's Daughter
• John P. Marquand (1893 – 1960), The Late George Apley
• Catherine Marshall (1914 – 1983), Christy
• Paule Marshall (born 1929), Brown Girl, Brownstones
• George R. R. Martin (born 1948), A Game of Thrones
• 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 (born 1926), I Am Legend
• Harry Mathews (born 1930), The Conversions
• Jack Matthews (born 1925), Hanger Stout, Awake!
• Peter Matthiessen (born 1927), At Play in the Fields of the Lord
• Alice Mattison (bo