Sinclair Lewis

3 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).

Books by Sinclair Lewis

3 books available

Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An educated woman's progressive ideas conflict with the suffocating conformity and provincialism of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, in a satire of small-town American life.
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis
3.7 (21k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a city of conformity, George F. Babbitt, a prosperous realtor, grapples with the suffocating emptiness of his conventional life, yearning for an elusive authenticity beyond the Rotary Club and suburban sprawl.
Kingsblood Royal
Sinclair Lewis
4.0 (678) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A white banker's comfortable world breaks apart when he finds out about his African ancestry, sending him on a funny and moving journey that reveals the racial tensions of 1940s America.