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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2020 Update - Page 3

Here is my annual spring(S)/autumn(N) update of "The Greatest Books". Even more colourful icons than last year's version!
For some books I have included the recommended translations from my challenge "The 100 Best Novels in Translation". Look forward in the near future to instalments featuring works beyond these 500.
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
81
Ernest Hemingway
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
82
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
83
Franz Kafka
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
84
Gustave Flaubert
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
85
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
86
Kurt Vonnegut
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
87
Margaret Atwood
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
88
E.B. White
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
89
Richard Wright
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
90
John Milton
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
91
Francois Rabelais
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
92
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
93
Daphne Du Maurier
The Possessed (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Possessed
94
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
95
Charles Baudelaire
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
96
Sophocles
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
97
Thomas Hardy
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
98
Daniel Defoe
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
99
Zora Neale Hurston
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
100
Henry Fielding
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
101
Anthony Burgess
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
102
Mikhail Bulgakov
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
103
Virginia Woolf
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Père Goriot
104
Honoré De Balzac
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
105
Gunter Grass
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
106
D. H. Lawrence
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
107
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
108
Ivan Turgenev
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
109
Aeschylus
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
110
Jean Rhys
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
111
Charles Dickens
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
112
Stendhal
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
113
E. M. Forster
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
114
Louisa May Alcott
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
115
Hans Christian Andersen
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner
116
Flannery O'Conner
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
117
John Updike
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
118
Joseph Conrad
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
119
John Kennedy Toole
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
120
Ian McEwan
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