Lists of Bests: Books Alive's "50 Books You Must Own 2004" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/1263 '50 Books You Must Own' was part of the 2004 Books Alive project in Australia. The list includes a range of books chosen by booksellers around Australia. There are books by international and Australian writers and from every genre - thrillers, literature, classics, non-fiction, and more. Thu, 31 May 2012 10:44:29 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1787 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cpjyWYIlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Surgeon of Crowthorne http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89621 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89621"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qx5bAcpAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11921 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11921"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510ST4YBF1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jostein Gaarder</div> Hobbit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5189 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5189"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61m1SLgX1lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12832 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12832"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JFf0Qr1bL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Herbert</div> Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363738 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363738"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VTF740PTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Douglass</div> The Lovely Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6925 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6925"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41m06hBgZHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> Cold Mountain: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9007 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9007"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VrhwQ4fUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Frazier</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/660 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/660"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060512822.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531326_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Dirt Music : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20966 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20966"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41OBPxcz-CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> This Side of Brightness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72288 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72288"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21oHUuggUuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colum McCann</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eiyPdqd2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> Girl with a Pearl Earring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14121 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14121"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41l9zODSzOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Chevalier</div> Oscar and Lucinda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19118 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19118"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cE3oVOboL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/919846 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/919846"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552995800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naguib Mahfouz</div> Possession http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Dl5igZzfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.S. Byatt</div> Perfume: The Story of a Murderer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9269 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9269"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21736RcmwwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Suskind</div> Mosquito Coast, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140060898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Theroux</div> All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18883 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18883"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51huuOpKXlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac McCarthy</div> Enduring Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EIyGs9ykL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3573 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3573"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419AmlOEWFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geraldine Brooks</div> Secret History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2718 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2718"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419SmQnnFkL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Tartt</div> The Corrections: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6393 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6393"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wr09D9LZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Franzen</div> Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7907 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7907"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kpkVFzi9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luke Davies</div> High Fidelity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3055 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3055"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140293469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39849966_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> Fight Club: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44360 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44360"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61uYQM9S3mL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</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">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19157"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J9D25ZMGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hunter S. Thompson</div> Three Dog Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17607 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Goldsworthy</div> It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13594 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13594"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bFhkLNPjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7487 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7487"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i%2ByN5l1fL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Rice</div> The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1204 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1204"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51chB%2BeyGbL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32727 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32727"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NMJRHY8JL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Turnbull</div> Fahrenheit 451 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7581 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7581"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C1X9qUI4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel (Thursday Next Novels (Penguin Books)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3581 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3581"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VSFKTykBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3704 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3704"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-Atpe8kVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Brontë</div> To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12917 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12917"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pgummMKjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> My Brilliant Career / My Career Goes Bung http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/618715 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/618715"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415WQ4SS9NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Franklin</div> Tully http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72659 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72659"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312954212.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056431056_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paullina Simons</div> Eat Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135139 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135139"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pby%2BsfRHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Jaivin</div> Bridget Jones's Diary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2994 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2994"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QKPCXXxbL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Fielding</div> The Da Vinci Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10439 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10439"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uf7INM-rL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Ice Station http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6737 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6737"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QWv66IfdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Reilly</div> Perfect Match http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21299 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21299"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51c9nXtZuZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jodi Picoult</div> The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11888 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11888"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L5cwzKPYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Clancy</div> The Blind Assassin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337828 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860498809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Constant Gardener http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1649501 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1649501"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0340837098.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Le Carre</div> The Poet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973689 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973689"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zLUoDoVLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39298 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39298"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192802380.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Shipping News http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62229 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62229"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71QB6T2Y96L._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Annie Proulx</div> A Time to Kill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/997630 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/997630"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385338600.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Grisham</div>