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By Adding These Works, Did Cvb51 Improve "1001 Books to Read Before You Die" ? - Page 2

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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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
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Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
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The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
46
The City of Marvels (Eduardo Mendoza)
The City of Marvels (Eduardo Mendoza)
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Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
48
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
49
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
50
The Neapolitan Novels (Elena Ferrante)
The Neapolitan Novels (Elena Ferrante)
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The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Eric Newby)
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Eric Newby)
53
On Heroes and Tombs (Ernesto Sabato)
On Heroes and Tombs (Ernesto Sabato)
54
The Tunnel (Ernesto Sabato)
The Tunnel (Ernesto Sabato)
55
Rebellion in the Backlands (Euclides Da Cunha)
Rebellion in the Backlands (Euclides Da Cunha)
56
News From the Empire (Fernando Del Paso)
News From the Empire (Fernando Del Paso)
57
Thérèse Desqueyroux (François Mauriac)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (François Mauriac)
58
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
59
The Long Ships (Frans Bengtsson)
The Long Ships (Frans Bengtsson)
60
The Valleys of the Assassins (Freya Stark)
The Valleys of the Assassins (Freya Stark)
61
The General in His Labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez)
The General in His Labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez)
62
Soul Mountain (Gao Xinghian)
Soul Mountain (Gao Xinghian)
63
The Invisibility Cloak (Ge Fei)
The Invisibility Cloak (Ge Fei)
64
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
65
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
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Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
67
10th of December (George Saunders)
10th of December (George Saunders)
68
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (George Simenon)
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (George Simenon)
69
Dirty Snow (Georges Simenon, Tr. Marc Romano & Louise Varèse)
Dirty Snow (Georges Simenon, Tr. Marc Romano & Louise Varèse)
70
The Evenings (Gerard Reve)
The Evenings (Gerard Reve)
71
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
72
Mastro Don Gesualdo (Giovanni Verga)
Mastro Don Gesualdo (Giovanni Verga)
73
Julian (Gore Vidal)
Julian (Gore Vidal)
74
Myra Breckenridge (Gore Vidal)
Myra Breckenridge (Gore Vidal)
75
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
76
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
77
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
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Tintin (Hergé)
Tintin (Hergé)
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The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
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The Piazza Tales (Herman Melville)
The Piazza Tales (Herman Melville)
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