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. I read young adult (YA) and children's fiction, fantasy and sci-fi, non-fiction, contemporary fiction, short stories, biographies and memoirs, and the occasional graphic novel. Sometimes things find their way onto this list, not because I have particular enthusiasm for them, but because my curiosity has been sparked by a request from a library visitor. (Like Twilight, which is the most popular book in the world for some reason.) Beginning in late March, 2006... June, 2008: Landmark: 150 books read (some of them very short, but some of them also <Blindness> Mid-March, 2009: 185 books read! That's more than 61 books a year, 1.18 books a week... Nov, 2009: 222 books read. June 2010: 254 books read. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:42:48 GMT en-us 0 50 536 50 0 The Fault in Our Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8282868 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8282868"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Hr9qKTQCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Green</div> Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7891440 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7891440"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XDlj-fxoL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mindy Kaling</div> Divergent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7775404 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7775404"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mry4w810L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Veronica Roth</div> The Name of this Book Is Secret (The Secret Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4948917 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4948917"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51m7aezeAOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pseudonymous Bosch</div> Second Nature: A Gardener's Education http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979099 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979099"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414YDZMVHQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Daughter of Smoke and Bone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7992684 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7992684"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H3cCkRUJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laini Taylor</div> Trickster's choice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2569645 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tamora Pierce</div> Matched http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7899425 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7899425"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eTiZ6FzxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ally Condie</div> Crime Scene At Cardwell Ranch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6560115 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6560115"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cXEgZYU2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by B.J. Daniels</div> Seducing an Angel (Huxtable) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7449303 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7449303"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XdONHm9YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Balogh</div> Trickster's Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5510958 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7401018 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7401018"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C8PXp9OhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Bradley</div> Slow Hands (Harlequin Blaze) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457961 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457961"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IIl39lb7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leslie Kelly</div> Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7585901 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7585901"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i93Q6ic1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Mlynowski</div> The Name of the Star (Shades of London) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7493094 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7493094"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dAROeYirL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Johnson</div> Withering Tights (Misadventures of Tallulah Casey) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7697278 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7697278"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SZZ2ctA7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Rennison</div> The Midwife of Venice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8767959 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8767959"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oqC-2dcrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roberta Rich</div> My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me: And Other Stories I Shouldn't Share with Acquaintances, Coworkers, Taxi drivers, Assistants, Job Interviewers, ... and Ex/Current/Future Boyfriends but Have http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7779120 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7779120"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517jS6Acg6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hilary Winston</div> American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7414989 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7414989"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pWMH7oygL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Craig Ferguson</div> Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7567004 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7567004"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DVjmULtGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ransom Riggs</div> Devilish http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2858417 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2858417"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41O1%2BZUp8CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Johnson</div> Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7981471 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7981471"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bHDmwFE-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lauren Myracle</div> Chime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7558510 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7558510"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NWqMxWRPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franny Billingsley</div> A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93731 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93731"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vySjxXLQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George R.R. Martin</div> Mr. Fox http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7759698 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7759698"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Pi2ucQZ5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Oyeyemi</div> Bright's Passage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8560803 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josh Ritter</div> Town House: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8862774 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8862774"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2B1YTDGC5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tish Cohen</div> Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7594915 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7594915"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PTCWnvKQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gail Carriger</div> A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7720680 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7720680"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VcGBtiLTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George R.R. Martin</div> Sins of the House of Borgia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7773594 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7773594"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LfQHsdp-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Bower</div> Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Book 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7468202 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7468202"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sU%2BpAmToL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> The Last Little Blue Envelope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7473922 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7473922"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JlJRqCsVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Johnson</div> Imaginary Girls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7564604 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7564604"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Tem0BgGTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nova Ren Suma</div> What I Saw And How I Lied http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393653 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393653"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DrUwo28pL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judy Blundell</div> The Poison Diaries (The Poison Diaires) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7573043 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7573043"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416P5jy5lLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maryrose Wood</div> The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book II: The Hidden Gallery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7573041 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7573041"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i6lctBsGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maryrose Wood</div> The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7731513 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7731513"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513OT9PhtBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Water for Elephants: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ndVau1joL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Gruen</div> Wait for Me!: Memoirs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7455087 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7455087"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EVvQ44JIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Mitford</div> Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7610345 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7610345"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512puU6XeFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francine Pascal</div> Pandora in the Congo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6530085 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6530085"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WQJwQdHeL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Sánchez Piñol</div> Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4444780 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4444780"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PzDZ0Hq1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Butcher</div> Bossypants http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7632769 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7632769"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416bks3J1JL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tina Fey</div> Not Quite a Husband http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5404582 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5404582"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hfvIGSnzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherry Thomas</div> The Dreamer (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7243546 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7243546"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61DacV3I2mL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pam Munoz Ryan</div> The Vinyl Princess http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7662545 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7662545"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ue8tAKMXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yvonne Prinz</div> City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments, Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7434970 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7434970"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XiYCQ8szL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cassandra Clare</div> A Week at the Airport (Vintage International Original) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7420636 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7420636"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FuiFxmGPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain De Botton</div> Skim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7407243 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7407243"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413lbCN6frL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6351015 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6351015"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413q2FdljLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gail Carriger</div>