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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 5

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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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
161
William Shakespeare
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
162
Honoré De Balzac
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
163
Juan Rulfo
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
164
Muriel Spark
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
165
Betty Smith
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
166
Boris Pasternak
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
167
Henry James
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
168
Kazuo Ishiguro
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
169
W.G. Sebald
Confessions of Zeno (Italo Svevo)
Confessions of Zeno
170
Italo Svevo
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
171
Bram Stoker
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
172
D. H. Lawrence
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
173
John Steinbeck
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
174
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
175
Virginia Woolf
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
176
John Updike
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
177
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
178
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
179
Roberto Bolaño
Eugénie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugénie Grandet
180
Honoré De Balzac
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
181
E.M. Forster
The Sea, the Sea (Irish Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
182
Irish Murdoch
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
183
Tom Wolfe
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
184
Isabel Allende
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
185
Jules Verne
The Princesse De Clèves (Madame De Lafayette)
The Princesse De Clèves
186
Madame De Lafayette
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
187
Haruki Murakami
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
188
Albert Camus
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
189
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
190
Charles Dickens
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
191
John Cheever
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
192
Ray Bradbury
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
193
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
194
Thomas Hardy
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
195
John Dos Passos
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
196
John Dos Passos
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money
197
John Dos Passos
Independent People (Halldór Laxness, Tr. J.A. Thompson)
Independent People
198
Halldór Laxness, Tr. J.A. Thompson
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
199
Edith Wharton
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
200
John Irving
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