Lists of Bests: getareaction's "Charlie Fish's favourite books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/12438 I have read many books in many genres. I loved most of them, but these select few are more than that. These are the ones that really inspired me and changed my outlook on life and literature. They are alphabetical order, not preference order. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:50 GMT en-us 0 50 29 0 0 And Then There Were None http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1966144 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1966144"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006165400.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div> Bill The Galactic Hero http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963697 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963697"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743487079.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Harrison</div> Bonjour Tristesse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974798 <div id="position">3</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> J.D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619753 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. D. Salinger</div> Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28236 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28236"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0942299787.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118994189_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre Clastres</div> The Da Vinci Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227304 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227304"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Cram101 Textbook Outline to accompany Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081205 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081205"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1428802363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by 1st Edition Goleman</div> From Thessaloniki to Auschwitz and Back: Memories of a Survivor from Thessaloniki (The Library of Holocaust Testimonies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081207 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081207"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0853033900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erika Kounio-Amarilio</div> Fugitive Pieces: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19106 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776591.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Michaels</div> Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1714283 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1714283"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747554560.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J K Rowling</div> Interstellar Pig http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002514 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Sleator</div> Last Chance to See http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7674 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7674"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345371984.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> A Long Walk to Freedom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124086 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124086"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349106533.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson Mandela</div> Losing My Virginity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1088360 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1088360"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0753510200.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Branson</div> The Lovely Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1259161 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1259161"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FDFVZ6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> Lucky You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376043 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376043"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330369032.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Hiaasen</div> Mila 18 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15631 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15631"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553241605.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43054430_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leon Uris</div> Mort http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1632 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1632"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061020680.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8108 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8108"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345448898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phillip Pullman</div> Pattern Recognition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94382 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94382"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425198685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Gibson</div> Pet Sematary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/553206 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/553206"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416524347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Phantom Tollbooth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11261 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11261"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394820371.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134089974_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norton Juster</div> Rendezvous with Rama http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/253150 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/253150"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857231589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056530417_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> A Short History of Nearly Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22692 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22692"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/076790818X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Take Me with You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63373 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63373"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553814486.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Newsham</div> Thinks . . . http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3559 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3559"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000868.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lodge</div> The Wasp Factory: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19491 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19491"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684853159.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465652_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Banks</div> Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21097 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21097"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743246985.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jung Chang</div> The World According to Garp (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309647 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309647"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679603069.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div>