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