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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2019 Update - Page 8

"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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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
281
Frank Herbert
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
282
Kazuo Ishiguro
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
283
Robert Graves
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
284
William Shakespeare
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
285
Henry Miller
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
286
Edward P. Jones
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
287
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
Bouvard and Pécuchet
288
Gustave Flaubert
The War of the End of the World (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The War of the End of the World
289
Mario Vargas Llosa
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
290
Henry Roth
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
291
Upton Sinclair
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
292
William S. Burroughs
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
293
Hilary Mantel
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
294
D. H. Lawrence
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
295
Cormac McCarthy
Lysistrata (Aristophenes)
Lysistrata
296
Aristophenes
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
297
A.A. Milne
Selected Stories (Alice Munro) (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
298
Alice Munro
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
299
Wilkie Collins
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
300
Annie Proux
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
301
David Foster Wallace
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
302
Evelyn Waugh
Loving (Henry Green)
Loving
303
Henry Green
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
304
J.K. Rowling
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
305
T. H. White
Maldoror (Comte De Lautréamont)
Maldoror
306
Comte De Lautréamont
The Complete Poetry and Prose (William Blake)
The Complete Poetry and Prose
307
William Blake
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant
308
Guy De Maupassant
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
309
D.H. Lawrence
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
310
João Guimarães Rosa
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
311
Charles Dickens
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
312
Ayn Rand
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
313
Ivan Goncharov
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
314
Philip Roth
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
315
Ray Bradbury
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
316
Leo Tolstoy
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
317
Michael Shaara
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
318
J.G. Ballard
The Sea, the Sea (Irish Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
319
Irish Murdoch
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
320
Barbara Kingsolver
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