You Can't Go Home Again

Why it’s on the list: Wolfe’s posthumous novel of George Webber, whose book about his hometown makes him unwelcome there. Steinbeck invokes the title on his own return to Salinas in Travels with Charley.

Where I saw it: Quoted in Travels with Charley (“There was a great man named Thomas Wolfe and he wrote a book called You Can’t Go Home Again. And that is true.”) — Kyle’s note: “Look it up”.