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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 5

"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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Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
161
John Updike
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
162
W.G. Sebald
The Princesse De Clèves (Madame De Lafayette)
The Princesse De Clèves
163
Madame De Lafayette
A Room With a View (E M Forster)
A Room With a View
164
E M Forster
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
165
Sophocles
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
166
Albert Camus
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
167
Muriel Spark
Independent People (Halldór Laxness, Tr. J.A. Thompson)
Independent People
168
Halldór Laxness, Tr. J.A. Thompson
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
169
John Steinbeck
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
170
John Cheever
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
171
Samuel Richardson
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
172
Thomas Hardy
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
173
Raymond Chandler
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
174
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
175
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
176
Edith Wharton
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
177
Kazuo Ishiguro
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
178
Ken Kesey
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
179
Henrik Ibsen
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
180
Knut Hamsun
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick)
Memoirs of Hadrian
181
Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
182
Thomas Wolfe
Collected Poems (Wallace Stevens)
Collected Poems
183
Wallace Stevens
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
184
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
185
Haruki Murakami
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
186
Erich Maria Remarque
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
187
Fernando Pessoa
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
188
Isabel Allende
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
189
Oscar Wilde
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
190
Jim Dixon
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
191
Jules Verne
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
192
Anthony Powell
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
193
Philip Roth
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
194
Alexandre Dumas
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
195
Saul Bellow
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
196
Gabriel García Marquez
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
197
Aeschylus
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
198
John Updike
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
199
Ford Madox Ford
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
200
William Shakespeare
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