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Greatest Books 501-1000

Here is the promised extension of "The Greatest Books", in this case positions 501-1000. For some books I have included the recommended translations from my challenge "The 100 Best Novels in Translation".
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
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Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
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The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
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The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
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Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
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Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
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The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
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Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
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Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
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Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
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The Trojan Women (Euripides)
The Trojan Women (Euripides)
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
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A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
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Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
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Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
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The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
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The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
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The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
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The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
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The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
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Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness (José Saramago)
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The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
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Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
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The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
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Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
35
The Odes of Horace (Horace)
The Odes of Horace (Horace)
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Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
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Hippolytus (Euripides)
Hippolytus (Euripides)
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
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Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
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Life & Times of Michael K (J. M. Coetzee)
Life & Times of Michael K (J. M. Coetzee)
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