Lists of Bests: 101 Books to Read Before You Die http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25188 This is a list from Ottakar's website. I've started to read these books and found it fun to keep a virtual checkoff. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:47:19 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970172 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970172"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307264890.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Umberto Eco</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014118776X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Pride and Prejudice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56343 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56343"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844080382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42238246_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> The Lovely Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1259161 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1259161"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FDFVZ6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> The Bell Jar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53107 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53107"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B5H6WY.01-A336YHK8BZZDZL._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> Wuthering Heights (Courage Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337961 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337961"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0762405597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3704 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3704"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437204.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Brontë</div> Lord of the Flies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57842 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57842"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307281701.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> And Then There Were None http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/957525 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/957525"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312330871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div> Of Mice and Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240178 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553131001.01-A3OTAGE7WYMCI9._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Steinbeck</div> To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337938 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016707 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016707"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439645.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> Great Expectations (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14741 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486415864.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345391802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Color Purple http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671727796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Walker</div> Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15828 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553296981.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Frank</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743273567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> American Psycho http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/384252 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/384252"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/033048477X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bret Easton Ellis</div> Perfume http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203156 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203156"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140120831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Suskind</div> One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060740450.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> All Quiet on the Western Front http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335854 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335854"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099483475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich Maria Remarque</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312282990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038572179X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Big Sleep (Penguin Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/529560 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/529560"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140108920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060929871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> Breakfast at Tiffany's (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64525 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64525"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182792.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Catch-22 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189075 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BJV3E2.01-A19L3IEUO4I4SR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> Cider with Rosie (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972237 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972237"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056421942_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Lee</div> Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1971124 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1971124"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140621806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.M. Dostoevsky</div> The Crow Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8276 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8276"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349103232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Banks</div> Dracula (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11038 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11038"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393970124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bram Stoker</div> Captain Corelli´s Mandolin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2545117 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis De Bernières</div> The Daughter of Time (The Best Mysteries of All Time) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1000633 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josephine Tey</div> A Confederacy of Dunces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807126063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kennedy Toole</div> The Code of the Woosters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29175 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29175"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079594.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.G. Wodehouse</div> Evil Cradling http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2545137 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Keenan</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> The God of Small Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1019308 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1019308"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007WYFHU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arundhati Roy</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2421764 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2421764"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752864300.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/98251 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/98251"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007204493.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hunter S. Thompson</div> The French Lieutenant's Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717167 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717167"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EY3W5W.01-A34BGT9FQIAQY3._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45554637_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Fowles</div> Ham on Rye: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2525517 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2525517"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006117758X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Bukowski</div> Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2119642 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Hound of the Baskervilles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336590 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336590"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1404309721.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle</div> If This Is a Man (Everyman's Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/479855 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/479855"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857152220.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44185380_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Primo Levi</div>