Lists of Bests: Skokie Public Library Staff Picks 2006 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34010 This is a mix of fiction and non-fiction titles. Year of publication varies. There are some repetitions which I have not included. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:55:41 GMT en-us 0 50 96 50 0 The Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335 <div id="position">1</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> Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787237 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787237"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01JF8dUa6rL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Weschler</div> A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010868 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010868"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426119.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> We Are All Welcome Here: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2652505 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2652505"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971000.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45181348_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Berg</div> White Male Infant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/390022 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/390022"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765342561.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056485085_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara D'Amato</div> A Venetian Affair: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44314 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44314"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726179.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Di Robilant</div> Second Honeymoon: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787238 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787238"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01HTHZMBMSL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanna Trollope</div> Behaving Badly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1492618 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1492618"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0778323188.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Wolff</div> Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332735 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332735"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618711651.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Safran Foer</div> Who Moved My Blackberry? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2653111 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lucy Kellaway</div> Gilead: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123162 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031242440X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Apex Hides the Hurt: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1390315 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1390315"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400031265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colson Whitehead</div> Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766575 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766575"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618871713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Bechdel</div> Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775146 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775146"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400034477.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42827024_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Buford</div> My Life in France http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/402922 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/402922"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400043468.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Child</div> Stuart: A Life Backwards http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2259214 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Masters</div> Black Swan Green: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1440461 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1440461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812974018.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150398 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150398"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307346609.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Brooks</div> The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/346674 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/346674"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393951693.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jan Harold Brunvand</div> The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10803 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10803"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393307948.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439814_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John D. Marks</div> The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/787871 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/787871"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1893121178.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128596350_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Okuda</div> Turn Me On, Dead Man: The Complete Story of the Paul McCartney Death Hoax http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787245 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andru J. Reeve</div> Company http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608829 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608829"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079373.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Barry</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2549560 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> The Attack: Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/328438 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/328438"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385517483.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yasmina Khadra</div> My Latest Grievance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402662 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elinor Lipman</div> The Friendship Test: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/409408 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/409408"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060777745.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Noble</div> Dandelion Wine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475907 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475907"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671037706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Farewell Summer: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431715 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061131547.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Crazy About Cupcakes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/781072 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/781072"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402719949.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129054711_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Krystina Castella</div> I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/777230 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/777230"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446578843.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Sedaris</div> Valley of the Dolls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227100 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227100"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860498876.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacqueline Susann</div> Mad River Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787272 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joy Fielding</div> The Girls: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2405806 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2405806"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316066346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lori Lansens</div> Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1575336 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1575336"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060518502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45303984_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James L. Swanson</div> After This: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766700 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766700"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374168091.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice McDermott</div> Everyman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629106 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277712.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42155909_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Birds Without Wings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56958 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56958"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079322.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis De Bernieres</div> The Inheritance of Loss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2772125 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2772125"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143101226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46904213_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kiran Desai</div> The Speed of Light (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1378199 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1378199"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345442253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056437131_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Rosner</div> The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/530506 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/530506"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1559705884.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gaetan Soucy</div> Hard Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1447723 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1447723"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1556592205.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christian Wiman</div> Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/988279 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/988279"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426267.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Booth</div> The Stolen Child http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2282867 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2282867"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096537.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42529190_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Donohue</div> The Sari Shop: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57490 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57490"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039332690X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rupa Bajwa</div> Beautiful Dreamer: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2172999 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2172999"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312355831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Bigsby</div> Disco for the Departed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776518 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776518"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1569474648.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44481568_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Cotterill</div> Ladies Coupe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6290 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6290"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312320876.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Nair</div> Digging to America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/110885 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/110885"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307263940.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div>