Johnson Highspot of American Literature

In 1929, Merle Johnson defined "high spots" as being "those literary landmarks that rise above mediocrity." Ahearn

1922
Babbitt
1920-10
Main Street
1919
Jurgen
1918
My Antonia
1916
Poems
1916-03-10
Seventeen
1914
Penrod
1913
Gold
1906-02-28
The Jungle
1903
The Pit
1900-11-08
Sister Carrie
1899
McTeague
1897
Wolfville
1896
Aftermath
1880
Ben-Hur
1871
Wake-robin
1871
Poems
1868
Little Men
1866
Snow-bound
1856
Prue and I
1855-05-15
Leaves of Grass
1854
Walden
1852-03-20
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1851-10-18
Moby-Dick
1848-11-10
The Biglow Papers
1845
Tales
1844
Poems
1841
Essays
1821
Poems