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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 11

This is my annual update of the thegreatestbooks.org Top 500, obviously using the latest version of the source list. The latter is now using "130 'best of' book lists from a variety of great sources", including many of your favourites.
How has the list altered over the past year? Immediately noticeable was that some classic works, such as Shakespeare's plays and those of ancient Greece & Rome, have made great strides upwards. Amazingly 'Macbeth' has jumped upwards by 140 places (from 301 to 161). Modern works, if anything, tend to be drifting slightly downwards.
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The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
401
Colleen McCullough
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
402
John Bunyan
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
403
T.S. Eliot
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
404
Yann Martel
Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen
405
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
406
Thomas Malory
Anniversaries (Uwe Johnson, Tr. Damion Searls)
Anniversaries
407
Uwe Johnson, Tr. Damion Searls
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
408
Louise Erdrich
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
409
James Fenimore Cooper
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
410
W.H. Auden
Thérèse Raquin (Émile Zola)
Thérèse Raquin
411
Émile Zola
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
412
E.L. Doctorow
His Dark Materials (Series) (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials (Series)
413
Philip Pullman
The Radetzky March (Joseph Roth)
The Radetzky March
414
Joseph Roth
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
415
Émile Zola
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
416
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
417
Sherwood Anderson
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
418
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
419
Anthony Trollope
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
420
Louis De Bernières
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
421
Euripides
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
422
Philip K. Dick
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman)
The Betrothed
423
Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
424
Mikhail Lermontov
The Moon and the Bonfires (Cesare Pavese, Trans. R.W. Flint)
The Moon and the Bonfires
425
Cesare Pavese, Trans. R.W. Flint
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
426
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
427
Samuel Beckett
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
428
William Styron
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
429
Nathanael West
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
430
Edith Wharton
The Stories of Raymond Carver (Raymond Carver)
The Stories of Raymond Carver
431
Raymond Carver
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
432
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
433
Barbara Kingsolver
Carry On, Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Carry On, Jeeves
434
P.G. Wodehouse
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
435
Salman Rushdie
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
436
Anton Chekhov
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
437
Norton Juster
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
438
W. Somerset Maugham
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
439
Agatha Christie
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
440
Norman Mailer
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