Talk:Great American Novel

message: Hi,  Simply put, I don't think Moby Dick is the appropriate image for the lead; certainly an important book in the American literary canon, I, however, don't think it's the best image to use given the context of the article. Instead, I think Uncle Tom's Cabin should be the leading image, considering both Deforest and Buell held it in reverence and claimed it to be the closest example. It also holds more refs supporting it than Moby Dick, presently.
To avoid a repetition of the book's cover, I would recommend Uncle Tom and Little Eva be the lead image. 
P.S. there's a handy article on Literary Hub which collates multiple articles discussing the GAN: Brief Survey of the Great American Novel(s). DMT biscuit (talk) 18:48, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty partial to Moby Dick, but I would be fine with you changing the lede image to that. Do you plan to nominate this for FL? ~ HAL333 19:47, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would certainly like to see it raised to at least GA status—the article is categorised as an article. DMT biscuit (talk) 21:33, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I talked to one of the FL coordinators and they said it was a list... Kind of a grey area, I guess. ~ HAL333 21:41, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

text: I guess we'll see if ever it goes through.DMT biscuit (talk) 22:04, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead Image 

message: I would like to point out that "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is only mentioned once in the entire article. It is a very relevant and important novel that has been noted many times as the GAN. Could someone perhaps add a bit more about it in the article, and perhaps mention how it was chosen as "The Great American Read" by PBS' TV show of the same name? 174.94.0.81 (talk) 19:39, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  To Kill A Mockingbird 

message: American Pastoral by Philip Roth came out in 1997, and though I enjoyed Underworld more, they are both fine novels and both should be considered the GAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.90.228.7 (talk • contribs) 
:This Wikipedia page does not decide which novels are the Great American Novel—or even which should be up for consideration—it merely records the use of the term. If you have reliable sources that discuss these books as the GAN, please feel free to post them here. — HTGS (talk) 02:58, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  American Pastoral - Philip Roth 

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message: This is the Great American Novel we're talking about. There has to be some reference to Snoopy somewhere.
- AAEexecutive (talk) 19:57, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  An Important Shout-Out Has Been Left Out 

message: Should Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides be added to the current list of Contenders? on its page it contains several references to critical discussion around it being a GAN contender, and is certainly a highly critically acclaimed and examined work, especially focusing on American literary topics. Underthames (talk) 17:07, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential Addition of Middlesex