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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org - Page 7

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 Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
241
William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
242
Ernest Hemingway
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
243
Virginia Woolf
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
244
Alfred Döblin
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
245
Thomas Wolfe
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
246
Dashiell Hammett
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
247
William Faulkner
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
248
Dashiell Hammett
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
249
Robert Musil
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
250
John Dos Passos
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
251
Pearl S. Buck
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
252
Virginia Woolf
The Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker)
The Joy of Cooking
253
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
254
Aldous Huxley
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
255
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
256
William Faulkner
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
257
Stella Gibbons
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
258
W.B. Yeats
Man's Fate
Man's Fate
259
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
260
Gertrude Stein
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
261
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
262
Henry Miller
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
263
Robert Graves
Independent People
Independent People
264
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
265
Agatha Christie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
266
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
267
Henry Roth
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
268
Evelyn Waugh
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
269
Margaret Mitchell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
270
William Faulkner
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
271
Djuna Barnes
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (John Maynard Keynes)
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
272
John Maynard Keynes
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
273
Zora Neale Hurston
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
274
J.R.R. Tolkien
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
275
John Steinbeck
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
276
Isak Dinesen
Ferdydurke (Witold Gombrowicz)
Ferdydurke
277
Witold Gombrowicz
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
278
Daphne Du Maurier
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
279
Jean-Paul Sartre
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
280
Graham Greene
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