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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 12

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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New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
441
George Gissing
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
442
Paulo Coelho
Complete Poems of John Keats (John Keats)
Complete Poems of John Keats
443
John Keats
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
444
Italo Calvino
Phèdre (Jean Racine)
Phèdre
445
Jean Racine
The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam (Omar Khayyam)
The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam
446
Omar Khayyam
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
447
George Eliot
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
448
Anthony Trollope
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
449
Charles Frazier
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
450
Luigi Pirandello
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
451
Roberto Bolaño
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
452
Yukio Mishima
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
453
Joseph Conrad
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
Life: A User's Manual
454
Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
455
Lawrence Durrell
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
456
Rohinton Mistry
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
457
Flannery O'Connor
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
458
Iris Murdoch
The Nibelungenlied (Anonymous)
The Nibelungenlied
459
Anonymous
Mourning Becomes Electra (Eugene O'Neill)
Mourning Becomes Electra
460
Eugene O'Neill
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
461
John Fowles
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
462
Chris Ware
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
463
Evelyn Waugh
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
464
Ernest Hemingway
The Lusiads (Luïs Vaz De Camoes)
The Lusiads
465
Luïs Vaz De Camoes
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
466
Theodore Dreiser
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
467
Irène Némirovsky
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
468
Anthony Trollope
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
469
J.M. Coetzee
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
470
Graham Greene
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
471
Laurie Lee
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (Eudora Welty)
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
472
Eudora Welty
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
473
Martin Amis
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
474
Aravind Adiga
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
475
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
476
Kate Chopin
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
477
Stephen King
Dom Casmurro (Machado De Assis)
Dom Casmurro
478
Machado De Assis
Some Prefer Nettles (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki)
Some Prefer Nettles
479
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
480
Philip Roth
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