Lists of Bests: Richard Horne's "Greatest Books Ever Written" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/31285 Taken from the book <i>101 Things To Do Before You Die</i>. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:57:35 GMT en-us 0 50 85 50 0 Nineteen Eighty-four http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499993 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499993"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140126716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/159568 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/159568"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520228383.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> American Psycho http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18797 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18797"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735771.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bret Easton Ellis</div> An Artist of the Floating World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336102 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336102"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571225365.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Animal Farm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13919 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13919"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0451526341.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Art of War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812840 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812840"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590302257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sun Tzu</div> Asterix and the Golden Sickle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775114 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775114"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340212098.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rene de Goscinny and M. Uderzo</div> Atomised http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111041 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111041"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099283360.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Houellebecq</div> BFG http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2731018 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2731018"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0224064525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19108 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19108"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43048994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Faulks</div> The Bonfire of the Vanities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967967 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967967"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553381342.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> Brighton Rock (Vintage Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2495142 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2495142"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099478471.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> Buddha of Suburbia (FF Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475283 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475283"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571200435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanif Kureishi</div> Catch-22 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53327 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53327"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099477319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">15</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> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968298 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> A Christmas Carol http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/540637 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/540637"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1568461828.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> The Complete Works of Shakespeare http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114281 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114281"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/032109333X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bevington</div> The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15931 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553382160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacob Grimm</div> Crash: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6375 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6375"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> The Crow Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8276 <div id="position">21</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> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">22</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> The Day of the Triffids http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27808 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27808"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/089968386X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> Danny the Champion of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90790 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90790"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375814256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> David Copperfield (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19152 <div id="position">25</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> Don Quixote http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556912 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel de Cervantes</div> Down and Out in Paris and London http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4106 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4106"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/015626224X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188886_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113983 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113983"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> Earthly Powers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979256 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099468646.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> Easy Riders, Raging Bulls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57032 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57032"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747544212.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Biskind</div> End of the Affair, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491037 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491037"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099478447.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> Explaining Death to the Dog (Bloomsbury Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148511 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148511"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747544379.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Perabo</div> Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39622 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39622"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743487583.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> George's Marvellous Medicine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2544545 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2544545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0224064908.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Girlfriend in a Coma http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1993123 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1993123"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000H2ML8K.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V62530299_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div> Good Omens http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2232559 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2232559"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/057504800X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil and Terry Pratchett Gaiman</div> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1117767 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1117767"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Pynchon</div> Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1628390 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1628390"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140620168.01._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">40</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 Hobbit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003206 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618260307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Holes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2479034 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2479034"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440419468.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Sachar</div> The Hotel New Hampshire (Black Swan) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/290369 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/290369"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552992097.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> Kes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1436212 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1436212"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1854594869.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Till</div> Le Grand Meaulnes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482613 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482613"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2013220677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59540588_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain Fournier</div> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Color Gift Edition (Narnia) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1395575 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1395575"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060530839.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Lord of the Flies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11596 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11596"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399501487.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64005039_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Golding</div> The Magic Porridge Pot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2199482 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2199482"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0395288053.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Galdone</div> The Master and Margarita http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19003 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679760806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43054833_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mikhail Bulgakov</div> Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19137 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19137"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679781587.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Golden</div>