Lists of Bests: Christopher's "Books I read in 2006" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/2288 What I read - it was fun to watch this list evolve over the year... what I added and deleted and shifted around. Enjoy! Thu, 31 May 2012 18:28:04 GMT en-us 0 50 48 0 0 I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26529 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26529"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g-NXFsF5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rigoberta Menchú</div> Unless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007154615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Mona and Other Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169674 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169674"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417SDSBGR2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reinaldo Arenas</div> The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6015 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6015"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312270828.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/586803 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/586803"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E2NSKC6KL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gérard Prunier</div> Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27688 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27688"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jCXwKVjFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vandana Shiva</div> Gilead: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123162 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123162"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AGS2CVVXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> A Forest of Flowers (Longman African Writers Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820099 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820099"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GXNVHGM0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Saro-Wiwa</div> Dr. Strangelove's Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/756156 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Strathern</div> A Dictionary of Maqiao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83112 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83112"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385339356.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Han Shaogong</div> Things Fall Apart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10250 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10250"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517cmQPMlxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> Me Funny http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1166027 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1166027"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51in9SmisLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Beasts of No Nation : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74445 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74445"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006079867X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Uzodinma Iweala</div> Small Island: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z3E7Py9ML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Levy</div> Remembrance and Pantomime: Two Plays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1371940 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Derek Walcott</div> The Book of Shrigley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1275006 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1275006"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51152WM87ZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Shrigley</div> Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1379942 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1379942"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Meqy7gfGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Haviv</div> To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/571974 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/571974"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u9gky7y-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Rall</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Race Against Time (CBC Massey Lectures Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79746 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79746"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K5EPD7SFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Lewis</div> The Remarkable Maria http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429658 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patti McIntosh, ill. Tara Langlois and SMART, Suriname Art</div> Not Wanted on the Voyage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120085 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Findley</div> The God of Small Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1547 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060977493.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531785_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arundhati Roy</div> Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OyoB0m2%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Safran Foer</div> The Namesake: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17288 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17288"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EkAtdYlwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jhumpa Lahiri</div> The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative (Indigenous Americas) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114941 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114941"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0816646260.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas King</div> The Ecstasy of Rita Joe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1005915 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1005915"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SKS6K066L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Ryga</div> Essential Cavafy (The Essential Poets Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1674472 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1674472"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0880015160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056504076_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cavafy</div> Rumi Birdsong: Fifty-Three Short Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117109 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117109"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514bslwroqL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jelaluddin Rumi</div> Autobiography of Red http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9023 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9023"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71QN1JTJBXL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Carson</div> Tamarind Mem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/146230 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/146230"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670874558.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Rau Badami</div> Sisters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1776192 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1776192"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BQ80G18TL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendy Lill</div> The Fighting Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1823116 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1823116"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419CT1SCHXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendy Lill</div> Against The Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/397303 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/397303"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v5IkjbSOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962239 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962239"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41szGn7FqNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milan Kundera</div> One Hundred Years of Solitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/767 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/767"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610TvZHmkfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974622 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974622"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41r-81WFxAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ignatieff</div> The Death and Life of Great American Cities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8985 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8985"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375508732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Jacobs</div> The Power of Myth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10206 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10206"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z5OALg1fL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Campbell</div> Selected Columns from Canadian Living http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2392065 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Gzowski</div> Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/573636 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/573636"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CC3328KQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chester Brown</div> Half of a Yellow Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310243 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310243"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400044162.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</div> Walsh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1267489 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1267489"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0889222150.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1074283476_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sharon Pollock</div> Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2500410 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart McLean</div> Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1154408 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1154408"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oMeEtnZlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26605 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26605"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517NjeI46QL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Braungart</div> Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366593 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by gabriela; Translated w/ Introduction By Langston Hughes Mistral</div> Who I Am and What I Want http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710787 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710787"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811855309.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66860690_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Shrigley</div>