Lists of Bests: eissme's "Books I've Read in 2007" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/23517 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:24:25 GMT en-us 0 50 77 50 0 The Historian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/251631 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/251631"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EGF0OG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Kostova</div> The Liars' Club: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75174 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143035746.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Karr</div> A Taxonomy of Barnacles: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1677652 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1677652"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426518.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Galt Niederhoffer</div> Teacher Man: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013821 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013821"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank McCourt</div> The Bastard of Istanbul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1798347 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1798347"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670038342.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elif Shafak</div> Autobiography of A Face http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336704 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336704"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413774740.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lucy Grealy</div> Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12295 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439358078.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> The Year of Magical Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2722737 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oscar Hijuelos</div> On Writing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21457 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21457"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743455967.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Back When We Were Grownups http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88058 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88058"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739333429.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div> The Best American Short Stories 2006 (The Best American Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/676197 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/676197"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/061854352X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Weight of Water http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2691654 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Shreve</div> The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491582 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491582"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857152743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44184663_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Muriel Spark</div> The Namesake (movie tie-in edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/154771 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/154771"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618733965.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jhumpa Lahiri</div> The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963276 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963276"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Persian Nights (William Abrahams Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147654 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147654"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452279585.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Johnson</div> The Spellman Files: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2749887 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2749887"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416532390.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Lutz</div> Assassination Vacation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133468 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074326004X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Vowell</div> David Copperfield (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19152 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19152"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679783415.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Elements of Style: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2723174 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2723174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076870.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendy Wasserstein</div> Evening(MTI) (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764042 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764042"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307387127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42530306_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Minot</div> The Secret History of the Pink Carnation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92993 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92993"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/045121742X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lauren Willig</div> Me Talk Pretty One Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337679 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337679"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349113912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> The Tattooed Girl: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789809 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789809"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ua2vK7cqL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Carol Oates</div> The Partner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969577 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969577"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385339100.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Grisham</div> Coastliners: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1462 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1462"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060958014.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanne Harris</div> The Man of My Dreams: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1845241 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1845241"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812975391.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Curtis Sittenfeld</div> The Bean Trees : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764381 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Taft: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2814379 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2814379"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01eJFWvKHeL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631169 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631169"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670030589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Kesey</div> The Abortionist's Daughter (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2257987 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elisabeth Hyde</div> Water for Elephants http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565125606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Gruen</div> Anagrams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020346 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277283.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lorrie Moore</div> Lipstick Jungle : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456096 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456096"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EGF0QE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Candace Bushnell</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> The Jane Austen Book Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2832398 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Joy FOWLER</div> The Golden Compass Deluxe Edition (His Dark Materials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578530 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375838309.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375423877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Mccall Smith</div> Clear: A Transparent Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2579382 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2579382"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWYWE6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59181211_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicola Barker</div> Ask Again Later: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1583465 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1583465"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060875968.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45827135_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill A. Davis</div> The Company (TV tie-in) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2670910 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2670910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038850.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43398129_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Littell</div> Gods in Alabama http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2929220 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2929220"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ZMof-I62L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshilyn Jackson</div> Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356354 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356354"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968069.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa See</div> The Hottest State http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2474002 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2474002"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006550479.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ethan Hawke</div> Eva Luna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035356 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Allende</div> Tears of the Giraffe (No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90264 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90264"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349116652.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander McCall Smith</div> Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56881 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56881"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031610969X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julie Powell</div> Housekeeping: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6440 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6440"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424094.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/996329 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/996329"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060856262.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Loung Ung</div>