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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 4

"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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Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
121
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
122
Doris Lessing
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
123
Choderlos De Laclos
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
124
Ernest Hemingway
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
125
Cormac McCarthy
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
126
Robert Penn Warren
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
127
Giovanni Boccaccio
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
128
Louisa May Alcott
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
129
Thomas Mann
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
130
Emily Dickinson
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
131
Sophocles
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
132
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
133
Jack London
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
134
John Kennedy Toole
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
135
Alexandre Dumas
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
136
John Updike
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
137
Zadie Smith
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
138
Ovid
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
139
Honoré De Balzac
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
140
Samuel Beckett
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
141
Jonathan Franzen
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
142
Arthur Rimbaud
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
143
Willa Cather
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
144
W.B. Yeats
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
145
Joseph Conrad
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
146
William Shakespeare
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
147
Walker Percy
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
148
Jean Rhys
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
149
Henry James
Confessions of Zeno (Italo Svevo)
Confessions of Zeno
150
Italo Svevo
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
151
Kenneth Grahame
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
152
Junot Díaz
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
153
D. H. Lawrence
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
154
Boris Pasternak
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
155
Virginia Woolf
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
156
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
157
John Irving
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
158
Roberto Bolano
Eugénie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugénie Grandet
159
Honoré De Balzac
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
160
Arthur Conan Doyle
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