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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 7

"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 Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
241
Michael Chabon
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
242
W Somerset Maugham
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
243
Rudyard Kipling
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
244
Saul Bellow
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
245
Arthur C. Clarke
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
246
Dashiell Hammett
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
247
Daniel Defoe
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
248
Jaroslav Hašek
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
249
Jane Austen
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
250
C.S. Lewis
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
251
Hermann Hesse
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
252
J.D. Salinger
Zorba the Greek (Nikos Kazantzaki)
Zorba the Greek
253
Nikos Kazantzaki
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot, Trans. David Coward)
Jacques the Fatalist
254
Denis Diderot, Trans. David Coward
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
255
Astrid Lindgren
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
The Confusions of Young Törless
256
Robert Musil
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
257
Carson McCullers
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
258
Evelyn Waugh
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
259
Don Delillo
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
260
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
261
David Mitchell
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
262
Thomas Mann
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
263
J.R.R. Tolkien
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
264
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
265
Saul Bellow
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
266
Cormac McCarthy
To Let (John Galsworthy)
To Let
267
John Galsworthy
The Man of Property (John Galsworthy)
The Man of Property
268
John Galsworthy
Awakening (John Galsworthy)
Awakening
269
John Galsworthy
Indian Summer of a Forsyte (John Galsworthy)
Indian Summer of a Forsyte
270
John Galsworthy
In Chancery (John Galsworthy)
In Chancery
271
John Galsworthy
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
272
Hermann Broch
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
273
André Gide
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
274
J. M. Coetzee
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
275
Ayn Rand
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
276
V.S. Naipaul
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
277
Robert A. Heinlein
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
278
James Baldwin
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
279
Sinclair Lewis
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
280
H. G. Wells
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