Lists of Bests: hornbreaker's "A-Z Author Challenge" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/20969 The only requirement is that I must own, or have currently borrowed, these books. No library books or books bought especially for this list. Reading in order is not necessary. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:20:08 GMT en-us 0 50 16 0 0 London Fields http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339267 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099748614.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201873 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201873"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006083482X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Bowles</div> Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Hinges of History) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71808 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71808"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385495544.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Cahill</div> The Writing Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1202 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1202"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060919884.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Dillard</div> Invisible Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124497 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739322079.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Ellison</div> Everything Is Illuminated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55232 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55232"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141008253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Safran Foer</div> A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15505 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15505"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/055305340X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen W Hawking</div> The Crazed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43001 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43001"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1069871575_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339363 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339363"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060852550.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42265610_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2523295 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2523295"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1586481606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056524801_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Laurence</div> All the Pretty Horses ("The Border Trilogy", volume one) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2191807 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac McCarthy</div> Going After Cacciato http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22642 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22642"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767904427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim O'Brien</div> Travels of Marco Polo (Signet Classics (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2501903 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2501903"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529510.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1091249349_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marco Polo</div> The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2779015 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2779015"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/113C0XGKE5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Self</div> All the King's Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3949 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3949"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156004801.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Penn Warren</div> The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm X</div>