I just love American literature - it was written in the US and it's colonies.
What kind of American literature do you like best, history, romance, something else?
I like the fictional stories, mostly around the 18th and 19th centuries when the first novels were published.
What is one of your favorite fiction books that I could read?
Well, one example would be The Power of Sympathy by William HIll Brown.
Okay, I will remember that.  Do you like female authors too?
Some of them, American lit began as part of the broader English Lit, and there are more current novels now, such as To Kill a Mockingbird.
Do you like historical fiction too?
Sometimes, it does depend - but I did like the Mockingbird one - Harper Lee did a great job of basing it on her observations, family, and hometown.
Was that the only book she wrote or did she write others also?