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The Library of America book series by multiple authors includes books Typee / Omoo / Mardi, Tales And Sketches..., Poetry and Prose, and several more. See the complete Library of America series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.

76 Books

Typee / Omoo / Mardi

Herman Melville

From $19.09

Tales And Sketches...

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Poetry and Prose

Walt Whitman

From $32.90

Mississippi Writings

Mark Twain

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Novels and Stories: The Call of the Wild / White Fang / The Sea-Wolf / Klondike and Other Stories

Jack London

From $10.29

Novels and Social Writings

Manuel London, Jack London

From $21.49

Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion / A Modern Instance / Indian Summer / The Rise of Silas Lapham

William Dean Howells

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#10

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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#13

Novels 1871–1880: Watch and Ward / Roderick Hudson / The Americans / The Europeans / Confidence

Henry James

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#15

Essays and Lectures: Nature; Addresses, and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / English Traits / The Conduct of Life

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#17

Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters

Thomas Jefferson

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#18

Prose and Poetry: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets / The Red Badge of Courage / Stories, Sketches, Journalism, The Black Riders / War Is Kind

Stephen Crane

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#19

Poetry and Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

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#28

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers / Walden / The Maine Woods / Cape Cod

Henry David Thoreau

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#31

History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (Library of America)

Henry Adams

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#60

Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays 1852–1890

Mark Twain

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#62

The Debate on the Constitution, Part 1: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: September 1787 to February 1788

Various

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#63

The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788

Various

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#66

American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1: Freneau to Whitman

John Hollander

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#74

Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories

Zora Neale Hurston

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#76

Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters

Thomas Paine

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#78

Reporting World War II Vol. 2: American Journalism 1944-1946

Samuel Hynes

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#79

Stories and Early Novels: Pulp Stories / The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window

Raymond Chandler

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#81

Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays

Robert Frost

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#86

The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes

John Steinbeck

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#91

Writings

Jared Sparks, George Washington

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#92

Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays

John Muir

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#98

Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays

James Baldwin

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#120

The Collected Plays

Kenneth Holditch, Mel Gussow, Tennessee Williams

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#129

Writings

Alexander Hamilton

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#136

Complete Novels and Stories: At Fault / Bayou Folk / A Night in Acadie / The Awakening / Uncollected Stories

Kate Chopin

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#142

Novels, 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917/Three Soldiers/Manhattan Transfer

John Dos Passos

From $28.17

#147

Democracy in America: In Two Volumes

Alexis de Tocqueville, John C Spencer, Antonio Sánchez De Bustamante

From $6.09

#161

Two Years Before the Mast

Richard Henry Dana Jr., Richard Henry Dana, Richard Henry Dana

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#163

Collected Plays 1944–1961

Arthur Miller

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#171

Writings and Selected Narratives of the Exploration and Settlement of Virginia

John Smith, Capt. John Smith

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#180

Poems, Prose and Letters

Elizabeth Bishop

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#182

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

Bill McKibben

From $12.19

#184

Later Novels and Stories: The Château / So Long, See You Tomorrow / Stories and Improvisations 1957–1999

William Maxwell

Out of Stock

#190

Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings

Lafcadio Hearn

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#202

Selected Journals, 1841-1877

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#203

The American Stage: Writing on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner

John Lahr

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#206

Prejudices: First, Second And Third Series

H.L. Mencken

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#214

Revolutionary Writings 1775–1783

John Adams

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#224

The Eighth Day / Theophilus North / Autobiographical Writings

Thornton Wilder

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#227

American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953–1956: The Space Merchants / More Than Human / The Long Tomorrow / The Shrinking Man

Frederik Pohl, Leigh Brackett, Richard Matheson, C.M. Kornbluth, Theodore Sturgeon

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#228

American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956–1958: Double Star / The Stars My Destination / A Case of Conscience / Who? / The Big Time

Alfred Bester, Algis Budrys, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, James Blish

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#231

Collected Poems

Jack Kerouac

Out of Stock

#232

The War of 1812: Writings from America's Second War of Independence

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#233

American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation

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#239

Collected Poems

May Swenson

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#242

Collected Early Stories

John Updike

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#244

Stories & Other Writings

Ring Lardner

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#247

Clotel & Other Writings

William Wells Brown

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#253

American Musicals 1927–1949: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics: Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / Oklahoma! / On the Town / Finian’s Rainbow / Kiss Me, Kate / South Paci

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#254

American Musicals 1950–1969: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics: Guys and Dolls / The Pajama Game / My Fair Lady / Gypsy / A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum / Fiddler

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#262

Visions of Cody / Visions of Gerard / Big Sur

Jack Kerouac, Jessica Cage

From $69.19

#265

The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate: Vol. 1, 1764–1772

Various

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#266

The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate: Vol. 2, 1773–1776

Various, Gordon S. Wood

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#270

Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society

Frederick Law Olmsted

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#271

Four Novels of the 1920s: The Glimpses of the Moon / A Son at the Front / Twilight Sleep / The Children

Edith Wharton

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#272

Later Novels: Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone / If Beale Street Could Talk / Just Above My Head

James Baldwin

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#284

Collected Essays & Memoirs: The Omni-Americans / South to a Very Old Place / The Hero and the Blues / Stomping the Blues / The Blue Devils of Nada / From the Briarpatch File / Other Writings

Albert Murray, Neesh Santiago

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#285

Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 1: The Immense Journey / The Firmament of Time / The Unexpected Universe / Uncollected Prose

Loren Eiseley

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#286

Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 2: The Invisible Pyramid / The Night Country / Essays from The Star Thrower

Loren Eiseley

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#289

World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It

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#290

Mary McCarthy: Novels & Stories 1942-1963

Mary McCarthy

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#291

Novels 1963-1979: The Group / Birds of America / Cannibals and Missionaries

Mary McCarthy

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#292

Later Essays: Under the Sign of Saturn / AIDS and Its Metaphors / Where the Stress Falls / Regarding the Pain of Others / At the Same Time

Susan Sontag

Out of Stock

#293

Diaries 1779-1821: Boyhood in Europe / Harvard / The French Revolution / The Age of Jefferson / Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia / The War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent / Minister to Great Britain / Th

John Quincy Adams

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#294

Diaries 1821-1848: The Monroe Doctrine / Henry Clay and the Election of 1824 / Presidency / Father’s Death and Son’s Suicide / The Age of Jackson / House of Representatives / Amistad Case / Triumph ov

John Quincy Adams

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#350

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

W.E.B. Du Bois

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#379

Five Novels: The Lathe of Heaven / The Eye of the Heron / The Beginning Place / Searoad / Lavinia

Ursula K. Le Guin

From $31.05

#380

Walker Percy: The Moviegoer & Other Novels 1961-1971 (LOA #380): The Moviegoer / The Last Gentleman / Love in the Ruins

Walker Percy

From $33.00

#381

Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Postwar Years (LOA #381)

Wendell Berry

From $29.80

#389

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

From $14.09

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Library of America

Typee / Omoo / Mardi

Tales And Sketches...

Poetry and Prose

Mississippi Writings

Novels and Stories: The Call of the Wild / White Fang / The Sea-Wolf / Klondike and Other Stories

Novels and Social Writings

Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion / A Modern Instance / Indian Summer / The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Scarlet Letter

Novels 1871–1880: Watch and Ward / Roderick Hudson / The Americans / The Europeans / Confidence

Essays and Lectures: Nature; Addresses, and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / English Traits / The Conduct of Life

Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters

Prose and Poetry: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets / The Red Badge of Courage / Stories, Sketches, Journalism, The Black Riders / War Is Kind

Poetry and Tales

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers / Walden / The Maine Woods / Cape Cod

History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (Library of America)

Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays 1852–1890

The Debate on the Constitution, Part 1: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: September 1787 to February 1788

The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788

American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1: Freneau to Whitman

Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories

Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters

Reporting World War II Vol. 2: American Journalism 1944-1946

Stories and Early Novels: Pulp Stories / The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window

Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays

The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes

Writings

Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays

Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays

The Collected Plays

Writings

Complete Novels and Stories: At Fault / Bayou Folk / A Night in Acadie / The Awakening / Uncollected Stories

Novels, 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917/Three Soldiers/Manhattan Transfer

Democracy in America: In Two Volumes

Two Years Before the Mast

Collected Plays 1944–1961

Writings and Selected Narratives of the Exploration and Settlement of Virginia

Poems, Prose and Letters

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

Later Novels and Stories: The Château / So Long, See You Tomorrow / Stories and Improvisations 1957–1999

Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings

Selected Journals, 1841-1877

The American Stage: Writing on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner

Prejudices: First, Second And Third Series

Revolutionary Writings 1775–1783

The Eighth Day / Theophilus North / Autobiographical Writings

American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953–1956: The Space Merchants / More Than Human / The Long Tomorrow / The Shrinking Man

American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956–1958: Double Star / The Stars My Destination / A Case of Conscience / Who? / The Big Time

Collected Poems

The War of 1812: Writings from America's Second War of Independence

American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation

Collected Poems

Collected Early Stories

Stories & Other Writings

Clotel & Other Writings

American Musicals 1927–1949: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics: Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / Oklahoma! / On the Town / Finian’s Rainbow / Kiss Me, Kate / South Paci

American Musicals 1950–1969: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics: Guys and Dolls / The Pajama Game / My Fair Lady / Gypsy / A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum / Fiddler

Visions of Cody / Visions of Gerard / Big Sur

The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate: Vol. 1, 1764–1772

The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate: Vol. 2, 1773–1776

Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society

Four Novels of the 1920s: The Glimpses of the Moon / A Son at the Front / Twilight Sleep / The Children

Later Novels: Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone / If Beale Street Could Talk / Just Above My Head

Collected Essays & Memoirs: The Omni-Americans / South to a Very Old Place / The Hero and the Blues / Stomping the Blues / The Blue Devils of Nada / From the Briarpatch File / Other Writings

Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 1: The Immense Journey / The Firmament of Time / The Unexpected Universe / Uncollected Prose

Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 2: The Invisible Pyramid / The Night Country / Essays from The Star Thrower

World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It

Mary McCarthy: Novels & Stories 1942-1963

Novels 1963-1979: The Group / Birds of America / Cannibals and Missionaries

Later Essays: Under the Sign of Saturn / AIDS and Its Metaphors / Where the Stress Falls / Regarding the Pain of Others / At the Same Time

Diaries 1779-1821: Boyhood in Europe / Harvard / The French Revolution / The Age of Jefferson / Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia / The War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent / Minister to Great Britain / Th

Diaries 1821-1848: The Monroe Doctrine / Henry Clay and the Election of 1824 / Presidency / Father’s Death and Son’s Suicide / The Age of Jackson / House of Representatives / Amistad Case / Triumph ov

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Five Novels: The Lathe of Heaven / The Eye of the Heron / The Beginning Place / Searoad / Lavinia

Walker Percy: The Moviegoer & Other Novels 1961-1971 (LOA #380): The Moviegoer / The Last Gentleman / Love in the Ruins

Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Postwar Years (LOA #381)

The Origins of Totalitarianism

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