Lists of Bests: BeautifulMogadishu's "100 Books to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25815 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:00:59 GMT en-us 0 50 154 50 0 To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337938 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">2</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> Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19589 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684865130.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466410 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466410"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297106X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Azar Nafisi</div> Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3460 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3460"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47020293_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vladimir Nabokov</div> Infidel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657988 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657988"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743289684.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali</div> Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88289 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036556.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> The Joy Luck Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788777 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788777"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1597770736.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Tar Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591138 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591138"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033446.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> A Passage to India (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163250 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163250"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014144116X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.M. Forster</div> Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313863 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313863"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/034546401X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Tan</div> As I Lay Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/938150 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/938150"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EEAU1G.01-AM0TBPF72AOXR._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43396484_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> My Life in the Bush of Ghosts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2658081 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Song of Solomon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56284 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56284"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/140003342X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> March http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294032 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geraldine Brooks</div> Vanishing Acts: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78049 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743454553.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jodi Picoult</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28468 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0965818675.01-A3710T60SJPA7S._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Audrey Niffenegger</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">22</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> Sophie's Choice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485363 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485363"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099483521.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Styron</div> The Painted Veil http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2494184 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2494184"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277771.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Somerset Maugham</div> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060589469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert M. Pirsig</div> Heart of Darkness (Green Integer) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968948 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1892295490.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72823 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72823"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/067960085X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/126893 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/126893"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618477942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Bechdel</div> The Moviegoer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423672 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423672"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413773272.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walker Percy</div> Ulysses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970318 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970318"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1404336877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> A Town Like Alice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2080666 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2080666"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1842323008.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nevil Shute</div> Prodigal Summer: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060959037.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Kingsolver Fiction Collection Four-Book Set (Pigs in Heaven, Bean Trees, Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/127876 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/127876"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060598336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Princess Bride (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/455295 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/455295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345418263.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Goldman</div> On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Kerouac</div> Gone with the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> Sula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28912 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033438.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Jazz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29165 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29165"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076218.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> An Unfinished Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1030655 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1030655"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Spragg</div> Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1204816 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1204816"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060198206.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. X. Toole</div> Things Fall Apart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002919 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> The Constant Gardener: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92698 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743287207.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John le Carre</div> The Virgin Suicides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1591720 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1591720"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747560595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45185241_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Running with Scissors: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961222 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961222"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312425414.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Augusten Burroughs</div> The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619918 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619918"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036580.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Sachs</div> The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629886 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629886"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038826.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Easterly</div> Rapture of Canaan (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11950 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11950"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425162443.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sheri Reynolds</div> The History of Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393328627.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicole Krauss</div> Unburnable: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2659458 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2659458"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060837578.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marie-Elena John</div> The Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400097029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div>