Lists of Bests: 1998 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award http://www.listsofbests.com/list/33168 Winner: Land of Green Plums Shotlisted: Alias Grace Imaginings of Sand Counting House Glade Within the Grove Autobiography of My Mother Salt The Pope's Rhinoceros Last Orders The Englishman's Boy The rest are the longlisted books. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:21:09 GMT en-us 0 50 84 50 0 The Land of Green Plums http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67037 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67037"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0810115972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494462_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herta Muller</div> Alias Grace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75604 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75604"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0001053612.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Imaginings of Sand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690635 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690635"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156006588.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Brink</div> Counting House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712929 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712929"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1845230159.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Dabydeen</div> Glade Within the Grove http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2710007 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2710007"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857025628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Foster</div> Autobiography of My Mother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288365 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452274664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamaica Kincaid</div> Salt: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66193 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66193"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0892552352.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Earl Lovelace</div> The Pope's Rhinoceros http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84847 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84847"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802139884.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Norfolk</div> Last Orders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763059 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763059"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679312110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Swift</div> The Englishman's Boy: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5880 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5880"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312195443.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Vanderhaeghe</div> The Joy of Being Awake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31082 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31082"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1571290206.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hector Abad</div> Indian Killer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423036 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423036"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/009926823X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> The Lone Man (Panther) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1113842 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1113842"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860463401.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernardo Atxaga</div> According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783664 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Solvej Balle</div> Acts of Revision http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1668549 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martyn Bedford</div> About Schmidt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2528589 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2528589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1852428430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Begley</div> Altered States http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783665 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Brookner</div> High Latitudes: A Romance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217557 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Buchan</div> A Conspiracy of Hope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783666 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783666"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01EZW7B8P6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Cannon</div> Urwind (Hydra Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595935 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595935"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0810116189.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bo Carpelan</div> By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962447 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962447"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122092.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Dear Future http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/691473 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred D'Aguiar</div> Unholy Ghosts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161353 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161353"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747529418.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056476537_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ita Daly</div> The Virtuoso http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783668 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/1197A8CR5DL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margriet de Moor</div> Reading in the Dark: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8998 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8998"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375700234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seamus Deane</div> The Woman Who Walked into Doors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114087 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114087"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140255125.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roddy Doyle</div> The Drowner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1250342 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1250342"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141008024.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Drewe</div> Hallucinating Foucault http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9037 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9037"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701850.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Duncker</div> Law of Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283412 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Esquivel</div> Shadow Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1557481 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Forster</div> Before Women Had Wings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/618545 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/618545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804118906.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Connie May Fowler</div> Diana: The Goddess Who Hunts Alone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783670 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783670"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01EQQJQHETL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Fuentes</div> Blood Brothers: The Conquest of Freedom (Voices of Africa) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783671 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783671"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11VQE393NAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford Fyle</div> Strandloper (Harvill Panther) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1885303 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1885303"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860461611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056531772_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Garner</div> Links of a Chain (Spear Books Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783672 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783672"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01n31eUelSL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Monica Genya</div> Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears (Harvest American Writing) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428495 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428495"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156005441.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Glancy</div> The Marx Family Saga http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2155902 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2155902"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0872863492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Juan Goytisolo</div> Trolls' Cathedral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1663609 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1663609"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1899197303.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olafur Gunnarsson</div> The Arizona Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783673 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783673"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01JBG3ZA1VL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georgina Hammick</div> Atticus: Novel, A http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/633127 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/633127"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060927860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Hansen</div> Jonestown http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167230 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167230"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0571177735.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056456644_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wilson Harris</div> The Fallen Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2575715 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Hillerman</div> Oyster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969985 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969985"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393319369.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janette Turner Hospital</div> The Enchantment of Lily Dahl: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6429 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6429"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031242339X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Siri Hustvedt</div> Middle Son: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783674 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783674"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01MRDAJMC9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Iida</div> State of Absence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1135199 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tahar Ben Jelloun</div> Slowness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1260 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1260"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060928417.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milan Kundera</div> The Debt to Pleasure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/403690 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/403690"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330344544.01-A1KTD478YXKD7V._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Lanchester</div> Love, Again http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1627571 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1627571"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0586092285.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Lessing</div> Epigraph: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026437 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026437"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1568580762.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Lish</div>