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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 6

"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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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
201
Thomas Pynchon
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
202
Italo Calvino
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
203
Raymond Chandler
Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
Seven Against Thebes
204
Aeschylus
The Suppliants (Aeschylus)
The Suppliants
205
Aeschylus
Persians (Aeschylus)
Persians
206
Aeschylus
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
207
Theodore Dreiser
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
208
Tom Wolfe
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
209
Bram Stoker
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
210
Euripides
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
211
William Faulkner
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
212
Lewis Carroll
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
213
Douglas Adams
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
214
Stephen King
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
The Poetry of Robert Frost
215
Robert Frost
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
216
John Dos Passos
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
217
Samuel Beckett
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money
218
John Dos Passos
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
219
John Dos Passos
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
220
Hermann Hesse
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
221
Graham Greene
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
222
Betty Smith
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
223
George Eliot
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
224
Charles Dickens
Philoctetes (Sophocles)
Philoctetes
225
Sophocles
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax
226
Sophocles
Women of Trachis
Women of Trachis
227
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
228
Milan Kundera
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
229
N.K. Sandars Translator
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
230
John Irving
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
231
Samuel Beckett
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
232
Graham Greene
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
233
Saul Bellow
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
234
Jeffrey Eugenides
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
235
Edith Wharton
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
236
Christina Stead
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
237
James Joyce
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
238
Alan Hollinghurst
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
239
Juan Rulfo
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
240
Julian Barnes
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