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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 6

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 Republic (Plato)
The Republic
201
Plato
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
202
Stephen King
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady
203
Samuel Richardson
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hasek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
204
Jaroslav Hasek
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
205
Sophocles
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
206
Oscar Wilde
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
207
Douglas Adams
Collected Poems (Wallace Stevens)
Collected Poems
208
Wallace Stevens
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
209
J.K. Rowling
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
210
Philip Roth
La Regenta (Leopoldo Alas)
La Regenta
211
Leopoldo Alas
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
212
Ayn Rand
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
213
Robert A. Heinlein
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
214
A.A. Milne
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
215
Rudyard Kipling
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
216
Henrik Ibsen
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
217
John Updike
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
218
Knut Hamsun
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick)
Memoirs of Hadrian
219
Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
220
Frank Herbert
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
221
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
222
Alexandre Dumas
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
223
Fernando Pessoa
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
224
Cormac McCarthy
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
225
Italo Calvino
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
226
Raymond Chandler
On the Nature of Things: De Rerum Natura (Lucretius)
On the Nature of Things: De Rerum Natura
227
Lucretius
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
228
Theodore Dreiser
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
229
Michael Chabon
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
230
Kingsley Amis
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
231
Charles Dickens
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
232
William Faulkner
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
233
Anthony Powell
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
234
Upton Sinclair
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
235
Saul Bellow
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
The Poetry of Robert Frost
236
Robert Frost
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
237
H.G. Wells
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
238
Ford Madox Ford
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
239
Toni Morrison
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
240
Philip Roth
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