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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 4

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 Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner
121
Flannery O'Conner
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
122
John Updike
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
123
Joseph Conrad
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
124
John Kennedy Toole
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
125
Ian McEwan
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
126
Honoré De Balzac
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
127
Zadie Smith
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
128
Murasaki Shikibu
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
129
Doris Lessing
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
130
Hunter S. Thompson
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
131
Robert Louis Stevenson
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
132
Robert Penn Warren
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
133
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
134
Thomas Mann
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
135
Alexandre Dumas
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
136
Unknown
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
137
Ernest Hemingway
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
138
Joseph Conrad
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
139
Raymond Chandler
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
140
William Shakespeare
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
141
Choderlos De Laclos
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
142
Erich Maria Remarque
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
143
Gabriel García Marquez
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
144
Thomas Mann
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
145
Willa Cather
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
146
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
147
Jonathan Franzen
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
148
Jack London
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
149
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
150
Kenneth Grahame
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
151
John Irving
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
152
Ken Kesey
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
153
John Updike
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
154
Ovid
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
155
W.B. Yeats
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
156
Junot Díaz
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
157
C.S. Lewis
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
158
Sophocles
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
159
Walker Percy
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
160
Euripides
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