Lists of Bests: desertlizard's "Uber-Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/10060 My serious list for the coming months... years... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:12:31 GMT en-us 0 50 45 0 0 Disgrace (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition) (Penguin Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336794 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336794"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036378.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Elizabeth Costello http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868333 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868333"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002X7VY8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Slow Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1166677 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1166677"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037897.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V61521268_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/640779 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/640779"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283358.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Bend in the River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812784 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by V. S. Naipaul</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> An Artist of the Floating World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18650 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18650"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114077029_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> A Pale View of Hills http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18651 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18651"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/067972267X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192800_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> The Unconsoled http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18799 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18799"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735879.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114098434_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076196.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> The Red Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1791876 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1791876"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00076VE2U.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Drabble</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39328843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> Seeing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/122763 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/122763"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151012385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64257200_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> The Cave http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4057 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4057"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156028794.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1080028150_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> Baltasar and Blimunda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3955 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3955"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156005204.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122532798_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932526 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Dance Dance Dance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/449290 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Shalimar, o Equilibrista (Shalimar the Clown) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326455 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> The Feast of the Goat: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6373 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6373"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420277.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430915_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Vargas Llosa</div> Conversation in the Cathedral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/261979 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/261979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060732806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Vargas Llosa</div> Slowness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1260 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1260"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060928417.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milan Kundera</div> Farewell Waltz: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78695 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78695"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060997001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414608_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milan Kundera</div> Blonde: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1374 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1374"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/006093493X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56589939_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Carol Oates</div> As If I Am Not There http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152492 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152492"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349112622.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Slavenka Drakulic</div> Tipping the Velvet: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31253 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31253"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573227889.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1829 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1829"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006251279X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1105468346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320241 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320241"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060832819.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> The Fifth Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1289 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060930136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Mason & Dixon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81861 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81861"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312423209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Pynchon</div> The Information http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18796 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18796"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735739.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114096171_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> The Rachel Papers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18782 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18782"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679734589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/140003065X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> City, Sister, Silver http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712895 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712895"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0945774435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056509421_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jachym Topol</div> How Late It Was, How Late: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963008 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963008"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/039332799X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Kelman</div> The Virgin Suicides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13256 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446670251.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1135131769_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Moon Tiger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65396 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65396"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penelope Lively</div> The Road to Lichfield http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/337886 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/337886"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802136257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491849_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penelope Lively</div> Making It Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/771690 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/771690"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037846.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penelope Lively</div> Blueback: A Contemporary Fable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19440 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684845652.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> Shallows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140556 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140556"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1555971938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> Dirt Music : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20966 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743228480.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115896792_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> The Green Knight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2878 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2878"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140243372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Murdoch</div> The Unicorn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72698 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014002476X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Murdoch</div> A Fairly Honourable Defeat (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75858 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75858"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141186178.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Murdoch</div>