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By Adding These Works, Did Cvb51 Improve "1001 Books to Read Before You Die" ? - Page 5

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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Smilla's Sense of Snow (Peter Høeg)
Smilla's Sense of Snow (Peter Høeg)
162
A Book of Memories (Péter Nádas)
A Book of Memories (Péter Nádas)
163
Buru Quartet (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
Buru Quartet (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
164
A Cup of Rage (Raduan Nassar)
A Cup of Rage (Raduan Nassar)
165
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
166
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
167
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
168
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
169
The Road to Oxiana (Robert Byron)
The Road to Oxiana (Robert Byron)
170
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
171
Dog Soldiers (Robert Stone)
Dog Soldiers (Robert Stone)
172
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
173
The Seven Madmen (Roberto Arlt)
The Seven Madmen (Roberto Arlt)
174
The Deptford Trilogy (Robertson Davies)
The Deptford Trilogy (Robertson Davies)
175
Human Matter (Rodrigo Rey Rosa)
Human Matter (Rodrigo Rey Rosa)
176
The Places in Between (Rory Stewart)
The Places in Between (Rory Stewart)
177
The Towers of Trebizond (Rose Macauley)
The Towers of Trebizond (Rose Macauley)
178
The Emperor (Ryszard Kapuściński)
The Emperor (Ryszard Kapuściński)
179
Khirbet Khizeh (S. Yizhar)
Khirbet Khizeh (S. Yizhar)
180
The Most of S.J. Perelman (S.J. Perelman)
The Most of S.J. Perelman (S.J. Perelman)
181
Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
182
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
183
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
184
Beware of Pity (Stefan Zweig)
Beware of Pity (Stefan Zweig)
185
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
186
A Visit to Don Otavio (Sybille Bedford)
A Visit to Don Otavio (Sybille Bedford)
187
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (T.E. Lawrence)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (T.E. Lawrence)
188
More Than Human (Theodore Sturgeon)
More Than Human (Theodore Sturgeon)
189
The End of the Hunt (Thomas Flanagan)
The End of the Hunt (Thomas Flanagan)
190
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
191
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
192
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
193
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
194
Ramayana (Valmiki)
Ramayana (Valmiki)
195
Kolyma Stories (Varlam Shalamov)
Kolyma Stories (Varlam Shalamov)
196
Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman)
Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman)
197
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
198
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid (Virgil)
199
Ghachar Ghochar (Vivek Shanbhag)
Ghachar Ghochar (Vivek Shanbhag)
200
Arabian Sands (Wilfred Thesiger)
Arabian Sands (Wilfred Thesiger)
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