Lists of Bests: dreamingnomad's "Books and Plays I Want to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/16011 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:46:51 GMT en-us 0 50 62 50 0 A Moon for the Misbegotten http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304262 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304262"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0300118155.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56352666_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eugene O'Neill</div> Why Is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt (Methuen Modern Plays S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1813253 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1813253"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0413710904.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056440849_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Dowie</div> Educating Rita (Methuen Modern Plays) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/860747 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/860747"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413767906.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50055516_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willy Russell</div> A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend: For Every Guy Who Wants to Be One/For Every Girl Who Wants to Build One http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304275 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304275"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401302912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Felicity Huffman</div> Junk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134837 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134837"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/041373840X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114018034_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melvin Burgess</div> A Long Way Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314490 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314490"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> 1984 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/330830 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Animal Farm: Centennial Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968557 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968557"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Pleasure of My Company: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72132 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72132"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786888016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Martin</div> Shopgirl: A Novella http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/496614 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/496614"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786891076.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Martin</div> The Catcher in the Rye (1951) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1657989 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. D. Salinger</div> Penguin Readers Level 6: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Penguin Readers) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152616 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152616"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0582505240.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> A short history of Tractors in Ukrainian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639315 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marina Lewycka</div> Lord of the Flies : (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Golding</div> Slaughter House Five http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26414 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> Catch-22 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189075 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BJV3E2.01-A19L3IEUO4I4SR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> Devil in the Details : Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2130604 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2130604"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GRU1NI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Traig</div> Dancing Under the Red Star: The Extraordinary Story of Margaret Werner, the Only American Woman to Survive Stalin's Gulag http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2038225 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2038225"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400070783.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129939150_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karl Tobien</div> Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2276990 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2276990"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0760328242.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Starr Smith</div> Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962604 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962604"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743270754.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Kearns Goodwin</div> Voices of a People's History of the United States http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/478479 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/478479"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000DZ9P44.01-A3KTWPCR336QYV._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134774035_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Zinn</div> Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358497 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400063191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Juska</div> Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24576 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24576"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805063897.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Ehrenreich</div> Betrayal. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970315 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Pinter</div> Measure for Measure (Oxford School Shakespeare Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206034 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206034"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0198320108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546749 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546749"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374105235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45148870_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ishmael Beah</div> Lord Jim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2656785 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2656785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786157887.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44258031_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> The Jungle (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118690 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118690"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743487621.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Upton Sinclair</div> Flowers for Algernon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2106358 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2106358"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553124986.01-A3IR684A8KT0GX._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Keyes</div> Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty-Year-Old Pseudo-Virgin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843551 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843551"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11JcV5GiYNL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Bahr</div> Dawn: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466698 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466698"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0809037726.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elie Wiesel</div> The Scarlet Letter (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23848 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23848"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743487567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathaniel Hawthorne</div> The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13965 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13965"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528522.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1393129 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1393129"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345494016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Harford</div> Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? A Fast, Clear, and Fun Explanation of the Economics You Need For Success in Your Career, Business, and Investments (Uncle Eric Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133626 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133626"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0942617525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Maybury</div> Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Unabridged) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61176 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Perkins</div> Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792790 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792790"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/012gscqUz9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Pagnamenta</div> The Hound of the Baskervilles (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336587 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336587"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528018.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843553 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843553"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/116BFB5NVFL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Fenton</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> Infidel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657988 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657988"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743289684.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali</div> Angela's Ashes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1647657 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1647657"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007205236.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank McCourt</div> The Diary of Petr Ginz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843554 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843554"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Svw7%2BvczL.jpg" /></a></div> Up from Slavery - An Autobiography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843555 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Booker, T. Washington</div> Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297106X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Azar Nafisi</div> Between Two Worlds : Escape From Tyranny : Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1865196 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1865196"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FTWB0I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zainab Salbi</div> Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800180 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800180"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/1144IYl8nAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marina Nemat</div> Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216962 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182768.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.E. Lawrence</div> Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465497 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45984430_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Mortenson</div> Steppenwolf: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/161338 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/161338"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A6U2HU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div>