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By Adding These Works, Did Cvb51 Improve "1001 Books to Read Before You Die" ?

While culling books of lesser worth, cvb51recently added the books on this list to one (bloated) version of the "1001 Books To Read Before You Die" challenge. This resulted in the very popular revamped challenge at the link, which actually has the stated 1001 books.
To summarise, cvb51 added these works in order to:
--- Improve the literary quality of the list
--- Reduce the English language bias
--- Bring in more great books by great authors
Do you agree that these books were worth adding?
Note: I have cross-checked the list carefully and hopefully have made no errors. I've also expanded some volumes into individual works.
Thanks to cvb51.
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Shahnameh (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
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The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
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Red Shift (Alan Garner)
Red Shift (Alan Garner)
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Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
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The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
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The Murderess (Alexandros Papadiamantis, Tr. Peter Levi)
The Murderess (Alexandros Papadiamantis, Tr. Peter Levi)
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Sudden Death (Álvaro Enrigue)
Sudden Death (Álvaro Enrigue)
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
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Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
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Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf (Anonymous)
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Journey by Moonlight (Antal Szerb, Trans. Len Rix)
Journey by Moonlight (Antal Szerb, Trans. Len Rix)
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The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
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Wind, Sand and Stars (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
Wind, Sand and Stars (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
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Selected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
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The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
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Zama (Antonio Di Benedetto)
Zama (Antonio Di Benedetto)
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The Worst Journey in the World (Apsley Cherry-Garrard)
The Worst Journey in the World (Apsley Cherry-Garrard)
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Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
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The City and the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke)
The City and the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke)
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Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
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The Road Into the Open (Arthur Schnitzler)
The Road Into the Open (Arthur Schnitzler)
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I, the Supreme (Augusto Roa Bastos)
I, the Supreme (Augusto Roa Bastos)
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Son of Man (Augusto Roa Bastos)
Son of Man (Augusto Roa Bastos)
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (B. Traven)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (B. Traven)
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The Baburnama (Babur)
The Baburnama (Babur)
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Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
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West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
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Moravagine (Blaise Cendrars)
Moravagine (Blaise Cendrars)
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I Served the King of England (Bohumil Hrabal)
I Served the King of England (Bohumil Hrabal)
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Roadside Picnic (Boris & Arkady Strutgatsky)
Roadside Picnic (Boris & Arkady Strutgatsky)
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In Patagonia (Bruce Chatwin)
In Patagonia (Bruce Chatwin)
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Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
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That Awful Mess on the via Merulana (Carlo Emilio Gadda, Tr. William Weaver)
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana (Carlo Emilio Gadda, Tr. William Weaver)
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An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (César Aira)
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (César Aira)
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True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit (Charles Portis)
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The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City (China Mieville)
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Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
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The Flanders Road (Claude Simon)
The Flanders Road (Claude Simon)
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Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea (Claudio Magris)
Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea (Claudio Magris)
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The Pure and the Impure (Colette)
The Pure and the Impure (Colette)
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