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Greatest Books Top 500 - September 2020 Update - Page 7

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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Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
241
J.M. Coetzee
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
242
J.D. Salinger
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
243
Lewis Carroll
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
244
Graham Greene
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
245
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
246
George Eliot
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
247
Edith Wharton
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
248
Annie Proux
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
249
Aeschylus
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
250
Milan Kundera
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
251
Kazuo Ishiguro
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
252
Arthur C. Clarke
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
253
Saul Bellow
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
254
Jane Austen
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
255
Sylvia Plath
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
256
Carson McCullers
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
257
Don Delillo
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
258
Samuel Beckett
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
259
Ayn Rand
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
260
Juan Rulfo
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
261
Hermann Hesse
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies)
Season of Migration to the North
262
Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
263
Julian Barnes
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
264
Alan Hollinghurst
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
265
Robert Graves
The Suppliants (Aeschylus)
The Suppliants
266
Aeschylus
The Persians (Aeschylus)
The Persians
267
Aeschylus
The Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
The Seven Against Thebes
268
Aeschylus
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
269
Evelyn Waugh
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
270
W. Somerset Maugham
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
271
Samuel Beckett
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
272
Saul Bellow
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
273
David Mitchell
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
274
Christina Stead
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
275
Alan Paton
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
276
Astrid Lindgren
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
277
Hilary Mantel
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories
278
Alice Munro
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
279
Dashiell Hammett
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
280
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