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Greatest Books Top 500: The 2021 Update: Uppers & Downers - Page 8

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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Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
282
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
283
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
284
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
285
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
286
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
287
Philoctetes (Sophocles)
Philoctetes (Sophocles)
288
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax (Sophocles)
289
The Women of Trachis (Sophocles)
The Women of Trachis (Sophocles)
290
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
291
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
292
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
293
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
294
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
295
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
296
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
297
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
298
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
299
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
300
Alexis Zorba (Níkos Kazantzákis)
Alexis Zorba (Níkos Kazantzákis)
301
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
302
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
303
So Long, See You Tomorrow (William Maxwell)
So Long, See You Tomorrow (William Maxwell)
304
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
305
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
306
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
307
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
308
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
309
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
310
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
311
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
312
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
313
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
314
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
315
The Man of Property (John Galsworthy)
The Man of Property (John Galsworthy)
316
In Chancery (John Galsworthy)
In Chancery (John Galsworthy)
317
To Let (John Galsworthy)
To Let (John Galsworthy)
318
Awakening (John Galsworthy)
Awakening (John Galsworthy)
319
Indian Summer of a Forsyte (John Galsworthy)
Indian Summer of a Forsyte (John Galsworthy)
320
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
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