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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org - Page 11

Here is a top 500 list as determined by proprietary algorithm at thegreatestbooks.org. It includes all genres across all time periods. Their calculation was done by pulling together and ranking the titles from 300 or so reputable lists (by writers, critics, editors, vox populi, etc).
Since much of these books are worth reading anyway, I sorted them by publication year instead of "popularity" for enhanced historical context and a sense of continuity.
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
401
Truman Capote
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
402
Jean Rhys
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
403
Thomas Pynchon
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
404
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
405
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
406
James Watson
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
407
Ursula K. Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
408
Philip K. Dick
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
409
Tom Wolfe
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
410
Arthur C. Clarke
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
411
Kurt Vonnegut
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
412
Philip Roth
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
413
Maya Angelou
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
414
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
415
Mario Puzo
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
416
John Fowles
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
417
Judy Blume
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
418
Joan Didion
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
419
Toni Morrison
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
420
Hunter S. Thompson
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
421
Flannery O'Connor
The Complete Stories Kafka
The Complete Stories Kafka
422
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
423
John Updike
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
424
Frederick Forsyth
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
425
Richard Adams
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
426
Italo Calvino
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
427
Thomas Pynchon
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
428
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur
429
J.G. Farrell
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
430
E.L. Doctorow
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
431
Toni Morrison
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
432
Stephen King
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
433
John Irving
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
434
Stephen King
The Sea the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea the Sea
435
Iris Murdoch
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
436
John Cheever
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
437
Douglas Adams
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
438
Italo Calvino
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
439
V.S. Naipaul
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
440
William Styron
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