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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 2

"The Greatest Books" as at 1st September 2019. For some books I have included recommended translations from my challenge "The 100 Best Novels in Translation".
To be frank, my main purpose for compiling this list was to create a checklist for myself, but you should still enjoy this updated challenge.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
41
Albert Camus
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
42
Ernest Hemingway
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
43
Charles Dickens
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
44
James Joyce
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
45
Laurence Sterne
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
46
Salman Rushdie
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
47
Voltaire
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
48
Virgil
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
49
Walt Whitman
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
50
Jorge Luis Borges
The Complete Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories
51
Franz Kafka
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
52
Victor Hugo
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
53
Ernest Hemingway
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
54
Henry James
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
55
Thomas Mann
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
56
E.M. Forster
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
57
Vladimir Nabokov
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
58
Fyodor Dostoevsky
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
59
William Faulkner
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
60
J.R.R. Tolkien
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
61
Jane Austen
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
62
Sophocles
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
63
Ford Madox Ford
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
64
Nikolai Gogol
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
65
George Orwell
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
66
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Complete Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems
67
Edgar Allan Poe
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
68
Ernest Hemingway
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
69
Malcolm Lowry
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
70
Chinua Achebe
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
71
Franz Kafka
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
72
Gustave Flaubert
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
73
William Makepeace Thackeray
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
74
Francois Rabelais
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
75
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
76
Ernest Hemingway
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
77
William Golding
The Possessed (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Possessed
78
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
The Wasteland
79
T.S. Eliot
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
80
Margaret Mitchell
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