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Top Rated Books From "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" on Goodreads

This list consists of books from "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" that have gotten 4 over 5 and above on Goodreads. It is arranged according to decreasing rating on Goodreads as of 3 December 2015. Most are individual books while some are part of a series. Which of these have you read?
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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
1
Jorge Luis Borges
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
2
Anthony Powell
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
3
Jorge Luis Borges
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
4
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Sea of Fertility (Yukio Mishima)
The Sea of Fertility
5
Yukio Mishima
The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi)
The Drowned and the Saved
6
Primo Levi
Anniversaries (Uwe Johnson)
Anniversaries
7
Uwe Johnson
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
8
Jack London
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
9
Mario Puzo
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
10
Marcel Proust
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
11
Thomas Keneally
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
12
David Foster Wallace
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
13
Rohinton Mistry
Extinction (Thomas Bernhard)
Extinction
14
Thomas Bernhard
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
15
Alan Moore
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
16
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
17
Ivo Andrić
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
18
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
20
W.G. Sebald
Correction (Thomas Bernhard)
Correction
21
Thomas Bernhard
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
22
Flannery O'Connor
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
23
Margaret Mitchell
Thank You, Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Thank You, Jeeves
24
P.G. Wodehouse
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
25
Primo Levi
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
26
Georges Perec
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
27
Robert Musil
The Player of Games (Iain M. Banks)
The Player of Games
28
Iain M. Banks
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
29
Marguerite Yourcenar
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
30
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
31
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Our Ancestors (Italo Calvino)
Our Ancestors
32
Italo Calvino
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
33
Neal Stephenson
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
Legend (David Gemmell)
Legend
35
David Gemmell
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Promise at Dawn (Romain Gary)
Promise at Dawn
37
Romain Gary
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
38
Knut Hamsun
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
39
Ken Kesey
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
40
Michael Herr
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