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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org - Page 12

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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The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
441
Tom Wolfe
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
442
Umberto Eco
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
443
John Kennedy Toole
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
444
Marilynne Robinson
So Long, See You Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow
445
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
446
Salman Rushdie
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
447
John Updike
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
448
Alice Walker
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
449
Isabel Allende
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
450
Milan Kundera
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
451
William Gibson
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
452
Marguerite Duras
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
453
Martin Amis
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
454
Angela Carter
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
455
Margaret Atwood
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
456
Gabriel García Márquez
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
457
Cormac McCarthy
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
458
Don Delillo
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
459
Toni Morrison
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
460
Tom Wolfe
Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway, Ernest)
Stories of Ernest Hemingway
461
Hemingway, Ernest
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
462
Paulo Coelho
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
463
Stephen Hawking
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
464
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
465
Amy Tan
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
466
John Irving
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
467
Tim O'Brien
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
468
A.S. Byatt
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
469
Bret Easton Ellis
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
470
Pat Barker
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
471
Donna Tartt
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
472
E.Annie Proulx
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
473
Vikram Seth
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
474
Haruki Murakami
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
475
Philip Pullman
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
476
Rohinton Mistry
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
477
David Foster Wallace
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
478
Jk Rowling
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
479
Arundhati Roy
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
480
Philip Roth
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