List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 9

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.
Read More
3,051 users · 32,190 views
 
made by Markd9528
avg. score: 86 of 500 (17%)
required scores: 1, 38, 64, 88, 123 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 9 of 13
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
321
James Baldwin
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
322
William S. Burroughs
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
323
C.S. Lewis
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
324
C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
325
C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
326
C.S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew
327
C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
328
C.S. Lewis
Lysistrata (Aristophenes)
Lysistrata
329
Aristophenes
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
330
Richard Adams
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
331
Henry Miller
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
332
David Foster Wallace
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
333
Evelyn Waugh
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
334
Thomas Keneally
The Complete Poetry and Prose (William Blake)
The Complete Poetry and Prose
335
William Blake
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
336
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
Bouvard and Pécuchet
337
Gustave Flaubert
The War of the End of the World (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The War of the End of the World
338
Mario Vargas Llosa
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
339
James Joyce
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
340
Madeleine L'engle
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
341
Wilkie Collins
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
342
Maurice Sendak
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
343
Herman Melville
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
344
Umberto Eco
Loving (Henry Green)
Loving
345
Henry Green
Maldoror (Comte De Lautréamont)
Maldoror
346
Comte De Lautréamont
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
347
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
348
Vikram Seth
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
349
Pat Barker
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
350
D.H. Lawrence
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter
351
Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
352
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
353
L. Frank Baum
Children's and Household Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Children's and Household Tales
354
Brothers Grimm
Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas (Dylan Thomas)
Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
355
Dylan Thomas
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
356
João Guimarães Rosa
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
357
Stella Gibbons
The Complete Poems (Elizabeth Bishop)
The Complete Poems
358
Elizabeth Bishop
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
359
Thomas Mann
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
360
Ivan Goncharov
Page 9 of 13
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers'
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN