Mid-Century Americana?

So I’ve kind of been on a tour of America in the mid-century. Mostly things I think I missed out on that are well known to most. I’ve been replacing phones and TV and getting back to reading like I used to do.

I’ve done On the Road Original Scroll, Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, and Big Sur from Kerouac, Slaughterhouse and Hocus Pocus from Vonnegut, and finishing Steinbeck’s East of Eden right now but have done Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row too. I’m not sure why I’m finding this time period so fascinating, maybe because all the different perspectives are giving me a window into a time period I thought was pretty one dimensional in the US.

Any other greats I should take a look at? Thanks!