Lists of Bests: The Definitive Boston Reading List http://www.listsofbests.com/list/2912 Inspired by a post on Universal Hub, a community list of books about Boston--please feel free to add your own! Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:40:43 GMT en-us 0 50 40 0 0 The Trumpet of the Swan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1947 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1947"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0064408671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. B. White</div> New Architecture in Boston http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827711 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan E. Goody</div> The Rehabilitation Planning Game : A Study in the Diversity of Neighborhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827723 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827724 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827724"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0674318315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cynthia Zaitzevsky</div> Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11207 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11207"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394746163.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056440110_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Anthony Lukas</div> Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827727 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827727"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807842923.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ronald P. Formisano</div> The Last Tenement: Confronting Community and Urban Renewal in Boston's West End http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827728 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sean M. Fisher</div> Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston Since 1630 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827729 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827729"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0870239236.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence W. Kennedy</div> Cityscapes of Boston http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827730 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827730"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0395700655.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056440260_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Campbell</div> The Proper Bostonians http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486868 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cleveland Amory</div> Improper Bostonians: Lesbian and Gay History from the Puritans to Playland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486867 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486867"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0807079480.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barney Frank</div> Mapping Boston http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827747 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827747"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0262611732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman B. Leventhal</div> Built in Boston: City and Suburb, 1800-2000 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827750 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827750"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558492011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglass Shand-Tucci</div> The Hub: Boston Past and Present http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827751 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827751"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1555535445.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas H. O'Connor</div> Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5252 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5252"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0262194945.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056427496_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy S. Seasholes</div> The Big Dig: Reshaping an American City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133590 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133590"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316605980.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134521951_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Vanderwarker</div> Dark Tide : The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827757 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827757"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0807050202.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Puleo</div> Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59223 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59223"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743267532.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stewart O'Nan</div> The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118781 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerard O'Neil</div> Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356238 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356238"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0867308613.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Rosenberg</div> The Boston Stranglers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827792 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827792"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786014660.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Kelly</div> A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/548631 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/548631"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/155553578X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Casey Sherman</div> Boston, All One Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/455443 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/455443"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1933212160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert B. Parker</div> Now I Can Die in Peace : How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58457 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58457"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1933060050.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Simmons</div> All Souls : A Family Story from Southie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827839 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827839"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0807072125.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Patrick MacDonald</div> Zodiac http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16052 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16052"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553573861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> Cell: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86585 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86585"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743292332.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Back Bay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12946 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12946"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446363162.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Martin</div> The Scarlet Letter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15555 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15555"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553210092.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE</div> The ONLY GOOD LAWYER (John Francis Cuddy Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828030 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828030"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671009532.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeremiah Healy</div> School Days (Spenser) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105033 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105033"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399153233.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert B. Parker</div> Mystic River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9633 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9633"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380731851.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122536507_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Lehane</div> The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel (John MacRae Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/457954 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/457954"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805065989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056493008_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George V. Higgins</div> Wickett's Remedy: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41388 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41388"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385513240.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1108746986_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Myla Goldberg</div> Back Bay Boston Basement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828037 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828037"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/141372244X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carrol Wolverton</div> Light, Coming Back: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828040 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828040"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/155583633X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Wadsworth</div> The Exes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45364 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684854422.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43351750_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pagan Kennedy</div> The Hunger Moon (Ballantine Readers Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/289604 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/289604"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345425537.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzanne Matson</div> Make Way for Ducklings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17512 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17512"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670451495.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert McCloskey</div> Hatmaker's Sign, The (rlb) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/694956 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/694956"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0531330753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Candace Fleming</div>