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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 3

"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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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
81
John Milton
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
82
Sophocles
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
83
Jack Kerouac
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
84
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
85
Charles Baudelaire
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
86
Kurt Vonnegut
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
87
Alice Walker
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
88
Franz Kafka
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
89
Daniel Defoe
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
90
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
91
Mary Shelley
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
92
Edith Wharton
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
93
Aldous Huxley
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
94
Henry Fielding
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
95
Aeschylus
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzacm Trans. Olivia McCannon)
Old Man Goriot
96
Honoré De Balzacm Trans. Olivia McCannon
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
97
Gunter Grass
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
98
D. H. Lawrence
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
99
Thomas Hardy
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
100
Mikhail Bulgakov
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
101
Ivan Turgenev
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
102
Richard Wright
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
103
Charles Dickens
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
104
Stendhal
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
105
Daphne Du Maurier
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
106
Honoré De Balzac
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
107
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
108
Hans Christian Andersen
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
109
Virginia Woolf
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
110
Zora Neale Hurston
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
111
E. M. Forster
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
112
E.B. White
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
113
Anthony Burgess
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner
114
Flannery O'Conner
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
115
John Updike
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
116
Murasaki Shikibu
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
117
Ian McEwan
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
118
Thomas Mann
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
119
Margaret Atwood
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
120
Joseph Conrad
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