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By Adding These Works, Did Cvb51 Improve "1001 Books to Read Before You Die" ?

While culling books of lesser worth, cvb51recently added the books on this list to one (bloated) version of the "1001 Books To Read Before You Die" challenge. This resulted in the very popular revamped challenge at the link, which actually has the stated 1001 books.
To summarise, cvb51 added these works in order to:
--- Improve the literary quality of the list
--- Reduce the English language bias
--- Bring in more great books by great authors
Do you agree that these books were worth adding?
Note: I have cross-checked the list carefully and hopefully have made no errors. I've also expanded some volumes into individual works.
Thanks to cvb51.
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Shahnameh (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh
1
Abolqasem Ferdowsi
The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
The Invention of Morel
2
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Red Shift (Alan Garner)
Red Shift
3
Alan Garner
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
Contempt
4
Alberto Moravia
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
5
Alexander Pushkin
The Murderess (Alexandros Papadiamantis, Tr. Peter Levi)
The Murderess
6
Alexandros Papadiamantis, Tr. Peter Levi
Sudden Death (Álvaro Enrigue)
Sudden Death
7
Álvaro Enrigue
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
8
Amos Tutuola
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg
9
Andrei Bely
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
10
Anonymous
Journey by Moonlight (Antal Szerb, Trans. Len Rix)
Journey by Moonlight
11
Antal Szerb, Trans. Len Rix
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
12
Anthony Trollope
Wind, Sand and Stars (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
Wind, Sand and Stars
13
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Selected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories
14
Anton Chekhov
The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
The Duel
15
Anton Chekhov
Zama (Antonio Di Benedetto)
Zama
16
Antonio Di Benedetto
The Worst Journey in the World (Apsley Cherry-Garrard)
The Worst Journey in the World
17
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
18
Arthur C. Clarke
The City and the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke)
The City and the Stars
19
Arthur C. Clarke
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
20
Arthur Koestler
The Road Into the Open (Arthur Schnitzler)
The Road Into the Open
21
Arthur Schnitzler
I, the Supreme (Augusto Roa Bastos)
I, the Supreme
22
Augusto Roa Bastos
Son of Man (Augusto Roa Bastos)
Son of Man
23
Augusto Roa Bastos
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (B. Traven)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
24
B. Traven
The Baburnama (Babur)
The Baburnama
25
Babur
Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
Sacred Hunger
26
Barry Unsworth
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night
27
Beryl Markham
Moravagine (Blaise Cendrars)
Moravagine
28
Blaise Cendrars
I Served the King of England (Bohumil Hrabal)
I Served the King of England
29
Bohumil Hrabal
Roadside Picnic (Boris & Arkady Strutgatsky)
Roadside Picnic
30
Boris & Arkady Strutgatsky
In Patagonia (Bruce Chatwin)
In Patagonia
31
Bruce Chatwin
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
32
Carlo Collodi
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana (Carlo Emilio Gadda, Tr. William Weaver)
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana
33
Carlo Emilio Gadda, Tr. William Weaver
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (César Aira)
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
34
César Aira
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit
35
Charles Portis
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
36
China Mieville
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques
37
Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Flanders Road (Claude Simon)
The Flanders Road
38
Claude Simon
Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea (Claudio Magris)
Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea
39
Claudio Magris
The Pure and the Impure (Colette)
The Pure and the Impure
40
Colette
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