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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 8

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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Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
281
Astrid Lindgren
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
282
Hilary Mantel
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories
283
Alice Munro
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
284
Dashiell Hammett
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
285
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
286
Daniel Defoe
Philoctetes (Sophocles)
Philoctetes
287
Sophocles
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax
288
Sophocles
The Women of Trachis (Sophocles)
The Women of Trachis
289
Sophocles
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
290
Michael Shaara
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
291
A.S. Byatt
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
292
Stephen Crane
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
293
Barbara Kingsolver
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
294
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
295
Hermann Broch
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
296
André Gide
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
297
D. H. Lawrence
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
298
Marilynne Robinson
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
299
Denis Diderot
Alexis Zorba (Níkos Kazantzákis)
Alexis Zorba
300
Níkos Kazantzákis
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
The Confusions of Young Törless
301
Robert Musil
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
302
Sinclair Lewis
So Long, See You Tomorrow (William Maxwell)
So Long, See You Tomorrow
303
William Maxwell
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
304
H. G. Wells
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
305
Pearl S. Buck
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
306
T. H. White
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
307
Charles Dickens
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
308
Saul Bellow
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
309
Donna Tartt
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
310
Edward P. Jones
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
311
Arundhati Roy
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
312
Cormac McCarthy
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
313
Arthur Koestler
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant
314
Guy De Maupassant
The Man of Property (John Galsworthy)
The Man of Property
315
John Galsworthy
In Chancery (John Galsworthy)
In Chancery
316
John Galsworthy
To Let (John Galsworthy)
To Let
317
John Galsworthy
Awakening (John Galsworthy)
Awakening
318
John Galsworthy
Indian Summer of a Forsyte (John Galsworthy)
Indian Summer of a Forsyte
319
John Galsworthy
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
320
Henry Roth
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