Lists of Bests: seventyseven's "To Read List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/10518 A compilation of various "To-Read" lists I've created in notebooks or jotted in margins, 2006. Some are, at this point, "To Finish". I'm embarassed to say that a few of these titles have been languishing at the 200-page mark for more than a few years... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00:06 GMT en-us 0 50 62 50 0 The Tale of Genji http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106839 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106839"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394735307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Murasaki Shikibu</div> The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5094 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5094"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0231073372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056426578_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sei Shonagon</div> The Satanic Verses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/179621 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Finnegans Wake by James Joyce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1145468 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Ulysses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970318 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970318"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1404336877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> The Mandarins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10912 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393318834.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439880_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simone de Beauvoir</div> A History of the Vikings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966914 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966914"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0192801341.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110472272_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gwyn Jones</div> I, Claudius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/327521 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/327521"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EBA258.01-A1KD1XFHXZAGYA._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Graves</div> La distinction: Critique sociale du jugement (Le Sens commun) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868147 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868147"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/2707302759.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre Bourdieu</div> Two Solitudes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1659980 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh MacLennan</div> Interpretation of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14367 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14367"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465097197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford Geertz</div> Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18624 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18624"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067972110X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucault</div> Naissance De La Clinique http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868166 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucault</div> Les Mots Et Les Choses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868167 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868167"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/2070293351.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by FOUCAULT</div> L'Archéologie du savoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868173 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868173"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/207026999X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Foucault</div> Surveiller et punir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982435 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982435"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/2070291790.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucault</div> History of Sexuality Vol I http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734547 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucalt</div> Histoire De La Sexualite http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868922 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868922"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2070746739.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M Foucault</div> Histoire de la sexualité, tome 3 : Le souci de soi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868174 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868174"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/2070746747.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucault</div> Bonheur d'occasion;: Roman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795079 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabrielle Roy</div> Humanitarian Intervention (Nomos) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868928 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868928"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0814758312.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Planning the New Suburbia: Flexibility by Design http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868938 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868938"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0774808594.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1068079744_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Avi Friedman</div> Gender and Social Capital (Gender Politics--Global Issues) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868951 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brenda O'Neill</div> Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25252 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25252"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/081184305X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Bantock</div> Julien Gracq: Argol et les rivages de la nuit (Miroirs de ténèbres) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/387311 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Guiomar</div> Journey without Maps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/869527 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/869527"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> No Man's Land (Modern Voices) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/755706 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/755706"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1843911094.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> Unmade Bed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869098 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869098"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1584190132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056524262_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aaron Travis</div> The Unmade Bed (Dell) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585615 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585615"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440192587.01-A1OQJ7TC23MGUH._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129081246_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francoise Sagan</div> Le Lit défait http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869119 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869119"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2266061755.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121205587_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Françoise Sagan</div> Bonjour Tristesse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974798 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2266127748.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francoise Sagan</div> Lady Susan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/231844 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/231844"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486444074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Love and Friendship: And Other Early Works (Hesperus Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152532 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152532"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1843910608.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Lesley Castle (Hesperus Classics Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131831 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131831"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1843911159.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115343208_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Jane Austen's Letters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869164 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869164"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0198117647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Mystery of Storyville, New Orleans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4023 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4023"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027283.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fulmer</div> Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060934913.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695142_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31869 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31869"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582341338.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1743107 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301677 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301677"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596911883.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Liz Jensen</div> Windflower: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/236804 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/236804"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811843521.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Bantock</div> Atomic Sushi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1830892 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1830892"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1846880025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon May</div> The Book of Cities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869218 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1869218"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1862057109.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39393401_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Dodd</div> Invitation to a Beheading http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18689 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18689"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679725318.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464887_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vladimir Nabokov</div> The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3518 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3518"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439637.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19157 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19157"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679785892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hunter S. Thompson</div> All quiet on the western front (A Fawcett Crest book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/171228 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich Maria Remarque</div> Tess of the D'Ubervilles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10618 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran Pocket Library Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309234 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309234"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679440674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kahlil Gibran</div> The Alchemist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/229009 <div id="position">51</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div>