Lists of Bests: Manda's "Manda's Books to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/14981 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:10:10 GMT en-us 0 50 129 50 0 Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1771987 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1771987"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465086446.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lenore Terr</div> A Widow for One Year http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017963 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345469011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099450259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without A Father http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104500 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104500"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1576837319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Miller</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19029 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19029"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679763309.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122554000_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kay Redfield Jamison</div> Second Star to the Right http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/423691 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/423691"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141305800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Hautzig</div> The Screwtape Letters (Gift Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980752 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980752"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060652896.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2213098 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> Speak http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962474 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962474"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142407321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V52084573_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Halse Anderson</div> The Glass Castle: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074324754X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeannette Walls</div> The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375423877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Mccall Smith</div> Broken for You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55196 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55196"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802142109.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephanie Kallos</div> A Dirty Job: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93481 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93481"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060590270.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Moore</div> Drowning Ruth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/345249 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/345249"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345460359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christina Schwarz</div> The Best Little Girl in the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111702 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111702"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446358657.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056443928_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Levenkron</div> The Imitation of Christ http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35104 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35104"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0882707663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128632343_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas a Kempis</div> Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22994 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22994"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785263705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Miller</div> Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007116233.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Miller</div> The Burn Journals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61979 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61979"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096421.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brent Runyon</div> The Bean Trees: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1759 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1759"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061097314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414734_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Smack http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1011039 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1011039"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060521872.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melvin Burgess</div> Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9720 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9720"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380791412.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> Good Girls Do Swallow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95106 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95106"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1840184809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rachel Oakes-Ash</div> On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1897844 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1897844"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060532181.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132181944_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irmgard A. Hunt</div> Crank http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/190458 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/190458"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689865198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Hopkins</div> Blood Lure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12048 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12048"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425183750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nevada Barr</div> The Lovely Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6925 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6925"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316168815.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1589655 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1589655"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060590033.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. J. English</div> In the Fall: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9151 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9151"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/037570745X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Lent</div> Wives And Daughters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203320 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203320"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419194658.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell</div> Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/541835 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/541835"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400064228.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126288748_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janice Erlbaum</div> Motherless Brooklyn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9246 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9246"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724834.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> Kessa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111704 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Levenkron</div> I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1849329 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1849329"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1412072530.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59168888_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charol Messenger</div> Flashback http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12144 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12144"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425194493.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nevada Barr</div> 1984 (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13902 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13902"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451524934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372375 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372375"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401908969.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Immaculee Ilibagiza</div> Stick Figure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12021 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12021"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425178900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lori Gottlieb</div> The Luckiest Girl in the World : A Young Skater Battles Her Self-Destructive Impulses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50553 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50553"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140266259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Levenkron</div> Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49375 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49375"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785209824.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Miller</div> Beauty Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/687566 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/687566"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006205161X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Glovach</div> Fat Girl : A True Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/740263 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/740263"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BKVH1A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judith Moore</div> Life-Size http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/921485 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/921485"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380730219.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jenefer Shute</div> Hunger Pains http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332314 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332314"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345413938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Phd Pipher</div> Perfect: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1123626 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1123626"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1571316515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natasha Friend</div> Hunger Point: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1581 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1581"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060989238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jillian Medoff</div> The Harvest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52729 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52729"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786015799.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057194737_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Nicholson</div> Life in the Fat Lane http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1564474 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cherie Bennett</div> Girl, Interrupted http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18900 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18900"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746048.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59024032_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susanna Kaysen</div>