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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org - Page 9

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 Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
321
Norman Mailer
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
322
George Orwell
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
323
Simone De Beauvoir
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
324
Paul Bowles
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
325
C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
326
C.S. Lewis
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
327
J.D. Salinger
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
328
Iaac Asimov
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
329
Samuel Beckett
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
330
Graham Greene
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
331
Anthony Powell
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
332
Marguerite Yourcenar
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
333
Vladimir Nabokov
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
334
Samuel Beckett
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
335
Josephine Tey
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
336
Ralph Ellison
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
337
Ernest Hemingway
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
338
E.B. White
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
339
John Steinbeck
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
340
Flannery O'Connor
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
341
Ray Bradbury
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
342
Samuel Beckett
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
343
Raymond Chandler
The Adventures of Augie March (Augie March)
The Adventures of Augie March
344
Augie March
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
345
James Baldwin
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
346
Flannery O'Connor
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
347
J.D. Salinger
Philosophical Investigations (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Philosophical Investigations
348
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
349
Ian Fleming
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
350
Samuel Beckett
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
351
J.R.R.Tolkien
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
352
William Golding
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
353
Kingsley Amis
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
354
Françoise Sagan
Collected Poems (Wallace Stevens)
Collected Poems
355
Wallace Stevens
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
356
Vladimir Nabokov
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
357
Patricia Highsmith
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
358
Juan Rulfo
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
359
James Baldwin
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
360
João Guimarães Rosa
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