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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 13

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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Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
481
Angela Carter
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
482
Elizabeth Bowen
Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
483
William Blake
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
484
Don Delillo
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
485
Clarice Lispector
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
486
Bret Easton Ellis
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
487
Carol Shields
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
488
Lois Lowry
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
489
John Fowles
I'm Not Stiller (Max Frisch)
I'm Not Stiller
490
Max Frisch
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
491
Toni Morrison
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
492
Sinclair Lewis
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
493
Kurt Vonnegut
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
494
William Shakespeare
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
495
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Riddle of the Sands
496
Erskine Childers
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
497
Sebastian Faulks
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
498
Sinclair Lewis
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
499
William Shakespeare
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
500
Margaret Atwood
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