Last week, the Atlantic magazine published a list of great American novels — 136 of them. I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve only read 60 or so novels on the list. However, when I took a closer look at the list I noticed some glaring omissions. Now, I was not a Lit major, but I have always been a voracious reader of fiction and have strong opinions about American Literature.

Here’s what the Atlantic had to say about the list. Take a look for yourself and see if you agree with some of the great books omitted from the list that I have noted below.

This list includes 45 debut novels, nine winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and three children’s books. Twelve were published before the introduction of the mass-market paperback to America, and 24 after the release of the Kindle. At least 60 have been banned by schools or libraries. Together, they represent the best of what novels can do: challenge us, delight us, pull us in and then release us, a little smarter and a little more alive than we were before. You have to read them.

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

Black Boy, Richard Wright

Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry

The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut

Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs

We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson

Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut

Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson

Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon

Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut