Lists of Bests: prolix's "books i'd like to read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/2240 I'm a librarian. This is the list where I keep track of things I run into, or read reviews of, and want to read. I never make real statistical progress on it, because for every book I finish, six more find their way onto my desk. Beginning in late March, 2006... June, 2008: Landmark: 150 books read (some of them very short, but some of them also <Blindness> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:09:06 GMT en-us 0 50 245 50 0 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3219668 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> Altogether, One at a Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3301295 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3301295"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01TUyTN3qjL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Konigsburg</div> Once Upon a Time in the North http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3014009 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> PopCo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4078 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4078"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/015603137X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scarlett Thomas</div> The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2938212 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Berg</div> The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163831 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163831"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805079831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naomi Klein</div> The Bullet Trick http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/209358 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/209358"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841957941.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Welsh</div> Twilight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316015849.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> I Don't Believe in Atheists http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974610 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Hedges</div> Doing It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206404 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206404"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805080791.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melvin Burgess</div> Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25406 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25406"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812550706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2190384 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2190384"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670062219.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Hoover</div> Slam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790088 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790088"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11bs6bgtpOL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> Realityland: True-life Adventures at Walt Disney World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2896365 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2896365"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/1128qf0jWmL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Koenig</div> Maps and Legends http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2965177 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2965177"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11HWP53UsrL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2598893 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Konigsburg</div> Neverwhere: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962179 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962179"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060557818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3643324 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3643324"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01sdjE0A2pL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lemony Snicket</div> The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982813 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982813"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014240120X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Raskin</div> Scenes from the Sugar Bowl Cafe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846876 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Major</div> Here Comes Everybody http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3643070 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3643070"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11XRYDzE2bL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clay Shirky</div> The Several Lives of Orphan Jack http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62665 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0888996187.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Ellis</div> The One Hundredth Thing about Caroline (Caroline Tate Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337973 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337973"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440466253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois Lowry</div> Arrival http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785217 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785217"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/014cR+XtesL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shaun Tan</div> The Long Walk Home: Paul Franklin's Journey from Afghanistan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3420019 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3420019"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11r8b6F0esL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Liane Faulder</div> flyboy action figure comes with gasmask http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1816107 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Munroe</div> The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766007 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Setterfield</div> The Outsiders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3127 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3127"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014038572X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188731_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. E. Hinton</div> The Perks of Being a Wallflower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17704 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17704"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671027344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Chbosky</div> Beyond the Deepwoods, Edge Chronicles Book 1 (Edge Chronicles, The) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10589 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385750684.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114859256_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Stewart</div> Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2893306 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2893306"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11tWlgZOp-L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brandon Sanderson</div> Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars (Smart Pop series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2473681 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2473681"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1933771135.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2816028 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2816028"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YNhsO3V6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Collier</div> Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2817652 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2817652"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01mzhlqAGVL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rachel Cohn</div> Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Hardcover ISBN 0439852706 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2329785 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2329785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439852706.01-A361RKL1CWE6P2._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92648 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92648"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400080460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal</div> Zadie Smith Introduces the Burned Children of America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86747 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86747"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0241142059.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Best Christmas Pageant Ever http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/233417 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/233417"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440842492.01-ABNPGR5UPTSX4._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The World Without Us http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775339 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775339"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312347294.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V23272039_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Weisman</div> King Dork http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760191 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760191"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385732910.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Portman</div> Under the Banner of Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2191090 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2191090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330419129.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> The City of Words (CBC Massey Lecture) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2802261 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2802261"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/1188SGve-nL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alberto Manguel</div> Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792835 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792835"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/113Dq4tSwtL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Perry</div> 13 Little Blue Envelopes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980552 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980552"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060541431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Johnson</div> An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800084 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800084"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01H-DE4tJ4L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arundhati Roy</div> Partly Cloudy Patriot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2361594 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Vowell</div> The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2630226 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2630226"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440420474.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanne Birdsall</div> Not-So-Very-Nice Goings On at Victoria Lodge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391724 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391724"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0571223575.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120564751_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Ardagh</div> Journey to an 800 Number http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973864 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973864"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689826796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Konigsburg</div> The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2959569 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. L. Konigsburg</div>