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Greatest Books 501-1000

Here is the promised extension of "The Greatest Books", in this case positions 501-1000. For some books I have included the recommended translations from my challenge "The 100 Best Novels in Translation".
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
1
Rainer Maria Rilke
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
2
Ian Fleming
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
3
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
4
Thomas Pynchon
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
5
John Wyndham
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
6
J.D. Salinger
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7
Mark Twain
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
8
Ken Kesey
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
9
Graham Greene
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
10
Marilynne Robinson
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
11
Edmond Rostand
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
12
Khaled Hosseini
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
13
Denis Johnson
The Trojan Women (Euripides)
The Trojan Women
14
Euripides
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
15
James M. Cain
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
16
George R.R. Martin
Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Sonnets
17
William Shakespeare
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
18
Suzanne Collins
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
19
Jane Smiley
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
20
Peter Carey
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
21
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
The Prelude
22
William Wordsworth
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers
23
Hermann Broch
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
24
Arthur Golden
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
25
Michael Cunningham
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
26
Kiran Desai
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
27
George Bernard Shaw
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
28
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
29
José Saramago
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
30
Wilkie Collins
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
31
Ben Fountain
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
32
William Faulkner
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
33
P.G. Wodehouse
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
34
Willa Cather
The Odes of Horace (Horace)
The Odes of Horace
35
Horace
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
36
Andrea Levy
Hippolytus (Euripides)
Hippolytus
37
Euripides
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
38
Jeanette Winterson
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
39
Flannery O'Connor
Life & Times of Michael K (J. M. Coetzee)
Life & Times of Michael K
40
J. M. Coetzee
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