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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 6

This is my annual update of the thegreatestbooks.org Top 500, obviously using the latest version of the source list. The latter is now using "130 'best of' book lists from a variety of great sources", including many of your favourites.
How has the list altered over the past year? Immediately noticeable was that some classic works, such as Shakespeare's plays and those of ancient Greece & Rome, have made great strides upwards. Amazingly 'Macbeth' has jumped upwards by 140 places (from 301 to 161). Modern works, if anything, tend to be drifting slightly downwards.
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The Republic (Plato)
The Republic (Plato)
202
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
203
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson)
204
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hasek)
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hasek)
205
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Sophocles)
206
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
207
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
208
Collected Poems (Wallace Stevens)
Collected Poems (Wallace Stevens)
209
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
210
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
211
La Regenta (Leopoldo Alas)
La Regenta (Leopoldo Alas)
212
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
213
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
214
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
215
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
216
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
217
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
218
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
219
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick)
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar, Trans. Grace Frick)
220
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
221
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
222
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
223
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
224
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
225
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
226
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
227
On the Nature of Things: De Rerum Natura (Lucretius)
On the Nature of Things: De Rerum Natura (Lucretius)
228
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
229
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
230
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
231
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
232
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August (William Faulkner)
233
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
234
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
235
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
236
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
237
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
238
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
239
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
240
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
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