http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28827 These books are such a part of our cultural context (kafka-esque, orwellian, quixotic..) that everyone seems to know what they're about without having read them. Or at least can quote a few lines ("out, dammed spot"). Thu, 31 May 2012 11:04:20 GMT en-us 0 50 9 0 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62136 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4148NW5BG6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo Tolstoy</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24694 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24694"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412QDOwmxrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51270laz19L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43707 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43707"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X2KB62J8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Proust</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/300851 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/300851"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V11GT7PHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Powell</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3707 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3707"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GP3Y1FTYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1950527 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1950527"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EVNTBM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974444 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974444"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XKFWVQW0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niccolo Machiavelli</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66507 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Various Authors</div>