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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2020 Update - Page 4

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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Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
121
Honoré De Balzac
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
122
Samuel Beckett
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
123
Zadie Smith
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
124
Murasaki Shikibu
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
125
Doris Lessing
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
126
Hunter S. Thompson
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
127
Robert Louis Stevenson
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
128
Robert Penn Warren
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
129
Thomas Mann
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
130
Alexandre Dumas
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
131
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
132
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
133
Emily Dickinson
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
134
Joseph Conrad
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
135
Raymond Chandler
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
136
Choderlos De Laclos
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
137
Erich Maria Remarque
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
138
Thomas Mann
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
139
Willa Cather
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
140
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
141
Jonathan Franzen
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
142
Jack London
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
143
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
144
Kenneth Grahame
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
145
John Irving
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
146
Ken Kesey
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
147
John Updike
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
148
Ovid
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
149
W.B. Yeats
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
150
Junot Díaz
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
151
Arthur Rimbaud
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
152
C.S. Lewis
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
153
Sophocles
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
154
Walker Percy
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
155
Honoré De Balzac
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
156
Muriel Spark
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
157
William Shakespeare
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
158
Betty Smith
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
159
Boris Pasternak
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
160
Henry James
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