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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2020 Update - Page 6

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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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
201
Philip Roth
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
202
Gabriel García Marquez
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
203
Ayn Rand
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
204
Robert A. Heinlein
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
205
A.A. Milne
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
206
Rudyard Kipling
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
207
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
208
Henrik Ibsen
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
209
John Updike
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
210
Knut Hamsun
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick)
Memoirs of Hadrian
211
Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
212
Frank Herbert
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
213
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
214
William Shakespeare
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
215
Alexandre Dumas
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
216
Fernando Pessoa
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
217
Cormac McCarthy
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
218
Italo Calvino
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
219
Raymond Chandler
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
220
Theodore Dreiser
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
221
Euripides
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
222
Michael Chabon
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
223
Kingsley Amis
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
224
Charles Dickens
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
225
William Faulkner
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
226
Anthony Powell
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
227
Upton Sinclair
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
228
Saul Bellow
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
The Poetry of Robert Frost
229
Robert Frost
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
230
H.G. Wells
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
231
Ford Madox Ford
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
232
N.K. Sandars Translator
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
233
Toni Morrison
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
234
Philip Roth
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
235
V.S. Naipaul
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
236
Thomas Pynchon
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
237
James Joyce
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
238
Graham Greene
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
239
Jeffrey Eugenides
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
240
Hermann Hesse
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