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By Adding These Works, Did Cvb51 Improve "1001 Books to Read Before You Die" ? - Page 3

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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Doctor Glas (Hjalmar Söderberg)
Doctor Glas (Hjalmar Söderberg)
82
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
83
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
84
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
85
Manservant and Maidservant (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
Manservant and Maidservant (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
86
The Interrogation (J.M.G. Le Clézio)
The Interrogation (J.M.G. Le Clézio)
87
Hindoo Holiday (J.R. Ackerley)
Hindoo Holiday (J.R. Ackerley)
88
The World of Venice (Jan Morris)
The World of Venice (Jan Morris)
89
Our Lady of the Flowers (Jean Genet)
Our Lady of the Flowers (Jean Genet)
90
The Horseman on the Roof (Jean Giono)
The Horseman on the Roof (Jean Giono)
91
Fatale (Jean-Patrick Manchette)
Fatale (Jean-Patrick Manchette)
92
Nada (Jean-Patrick Manchette)
Nada (Jean-Patrick Manchette)
93
Niels Lyhne (Jens Peter Jacobsen)
Niels Lyhne (Jens Peter Jacobsen)
94
The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
95
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
96
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
97
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel (John Gardner)
98
The Cannibal (John Hawkes)
The Cannibal (John Hawkes)
99
The Gallery (John Horne Burns)
The Gallery (John Horne Burns)
100
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
101
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner (John Williams)
102
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
103
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Jorge Amado)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Jorge Amado)
104
The Obscene Bird of Night (José Donoso)
The Obscene Bird of Night (José Donoso)
105
Paradiso (Jose Lezama Lima)
Paradiso (Jose Lezama Lima)
106
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness (José Saramago)
107
A Brief Life (Juan Carlos Onetti)
A Brief Life (Juan Carlos Onetti)
108
The Shipyard (Juan Carlos Onetti)
The Shipyard (Juan Carlos Onetti)
109
The Secret History of Costaguana (Juan Gabriel Vásquez)
The Secret History of Costaguana (Juan Gabriel Vásquez)
110
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
111
Blow-Up and Other Stories (Julio Cortázar)
Blow-Up and Other Stories (Julio Cortázar)
112
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
113
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki)
114
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
115
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
116
The Woman in the Dunes (Kōbō Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes (Kōbō Abe)
117
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
118
Satantango (László Krasznahorkai)
Satantango (László Krasznahorkai)
119
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
120
Equal Danger (Leonardo Sciascia)
Equal Danger (Leonardo Sciascia)
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