Lists of Bests: Emily's "My Quest to be Well-Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/15978 A mix from several different lists, including Harold Bloom's Western Canon, Harvard Book Store's 100 Favorite Titles, Books that Changed the World, 100 Most Meaningful Books of All Time, 100 Books for the Modern Person, and The Well-Stocked Bookcase. And, because it's hard to find a list of great books released within the last five or ten years, I threw in a few books that everyone I know has read and can't stop talking about. I think there's a pretty good balance of American, British, and world literature, as well as a pretty even balance of women and men. I did my best to cover a wide range of time as well. It goes without saying that this list is a work in progress, and will probably be frequently added to. All the lists I took titles from can be found here: http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/greatbks.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:43:22 GMT en-us 0 50 212 50 0 Things Fall Apart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002919 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345391802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47114 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47114"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839772.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherwood Anderson</div> The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: And a Selection from the Letters of Marcus and Fronto (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94027 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94027"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839071.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcus Aurelius Antonius</div> Aristotle's on the Soul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302480 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302480"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0960287094.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056510152_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristotle</div> The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (African Writers) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/483848 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/483848"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0435905406.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056442733_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayi Kwei Armah</div> Surfacing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10320 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10320"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385491050.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Collected Poems: Auden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66849 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66849"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679731970.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464899_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. H. Auden</div> Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19145 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19145"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679783261.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465050_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Herzog (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3712 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3712"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> Seize the Day (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63444 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63444"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140189378.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> The Holy Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66507 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Various Authors</div> The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8567 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8567"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374518173.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438174_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Bishop</div> The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, New and Revised edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/479584 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/479584"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520044738.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Blake</div> Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook, 186) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25082 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811200124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494802_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div> The Tortilla Curtain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2871 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2871"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014023828X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.C. Boyle</div> Fahrenheit 451: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21100 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21100"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743247221.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Wuthering Heights (Classic Novels Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042684 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042684"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764111485.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056484062_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> Ham on Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26976 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26976"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0876855575.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1124905816_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Bukowski</div> A Clockwork Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10850 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10850"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393312836.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> Anatomy of Melancholy (2 vols.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302612 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302612"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1564590038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056518589_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Burton</div> The Way of All Flesh (Giant Thrifts) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1166181 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1166181"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486434664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Butler</div> Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17357 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17357"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0664220282.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Calvin</div> The Stranger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301417 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus</div> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120445 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120445"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/073933364X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13949 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13949"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451527747.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Carroll</div> Silent Spring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17212 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17212"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618249060.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rachel Carson</div> Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464877_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Carver</div> My Antonia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968281 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968281"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1583485090.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2061251 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2061251"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1417900679.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60641570_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benvenuto Cellini</div> The Plays of Anton Chekhov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149779 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov</div> The Awakening http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1137912 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Chopin</div> The Nature of the Gods (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/722288 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/722288"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192825119.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1067300543_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cicero</div> The House on Mango Street http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1088274 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1088274"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375403825.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Casualties: Poems 1966-68, http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302520 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. P Clark-Bekederemo</div> The Secret Agent (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43141 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43141"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192801694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Adolphe and the Red Notebook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/906804 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/906804"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ETU4GW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benjamin Constant</div> Stories and Collected Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302767 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Crane</div> E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26762 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26762"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871401525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. E. Cummings</div> House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9070 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9070"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118931899_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Z. Danielewski</div> The Divine Comedy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13699 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451208633.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante Alighieri</div> The Origin Of Species http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13977 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13977"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529065.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Darwin</div> Music of Human Flesh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/919852 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mahmoud Darwish</div> The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302789 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2302789"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0976658313.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139878924_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Honore de Balzac</div> The Second Sex (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972198 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972198"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679420169.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simone De Beauvoir</div> Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3707 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3707"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437239.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra</div> The Fables Of La Fontaine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2006308 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2006308"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419161733.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean De LA Fontaine</div> The unknown light: The poems of Fray Luis de León http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905455 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis de León</div> White Noise: (Great Books Edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035553 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035553"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div>