Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855)
Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: [Walt Whitman] and Rome Brothers, 1855. Houghton Whitman Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (1868)
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (027.01.00)

Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman’s Home (1869)
Catharine E. Beecher (1800–1878) and Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896). The American Woman’s Home; or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes. New York: J. B. Ford, 1869. Katherine Golden Bitting Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)

Emily Dickinson, Poems (1890)
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886). Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)

Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)
Jacob Riis (1849–1914). How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York. New York: Penguin Books, 1997. General Collections, Library of Congress (033.00.00)

L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill, 1900. Juvenile Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)

Jack London, The Call of the Wild (1903)
Jack London (1876–1916). The Call of the Wild. New York: Macmillan, 1903. Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)

Ida Tarbell, The History of Standard Oil (1904)
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944). “The History of the Standard Oil Company.” McClure’s Magazine. vol. 20, November 1902. General Collections, Library of Congress (037.00.00)

Ida Tarbell (1857–1944). The History of the Standard Oil Company. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. General Collections, Library of Congress (039.00.00)

Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Henry Adams (1838–1918). The Education of Henry Adams: an Autobiography. Armed Services Edition Q-40. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)

Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
Zane Grey (1872–1939). Riders of the Purple Sage. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Western Literature Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)