Lists of Bests: Skokie Public Library Staff's Picks 2005 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34034 Here's a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Occasionally a book title appears in more than one year. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:40 GMT en-us 0 50 108 50 0 The Chisellers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615925 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615925"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452281229.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132603206_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brendan O'Carroll</div> The Granny http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615926 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615926"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452281849.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132613994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brendan O'Carroll</div> The Mammy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787426 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787426"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01C878JKFTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brendan O'Carroll</div> The Young Wan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1327509 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1327509"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284848.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122543913_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brendan O'Carroll</div> The City of Falling Angels http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962501 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036939.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Berendt</div> The Year of Pleasures: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/640800 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/640800"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812970993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Berg</div> Alibi: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968544 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968544"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312425902.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Kanon</div> Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43475 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43475"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812973607.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Steinbach</div> I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54838 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54838"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> The Lemon Table http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106003 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106003"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Barnes</div> Birds Without Wings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56958 <div id="position">11</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> Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308882 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308882"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Kimmelman</div> The Glass Castle: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074324754X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeannette Walls</div> The Year of Magical Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> The Tomb in Seville: Crossing Spain on the Brink of Civil War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206758 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1206758"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786716878.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Lewis</div> The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584324 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584324"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374292795.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div> Epileptic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009505 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009505"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David B.</div> The History of Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393328627.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicole Krauss</div> Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59074 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932664084.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan Lee O'Malley</div> Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868008 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868008"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393329127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roach</div> Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439785960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4080 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156032937.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Almond</div> A Culture of Conspiracy : Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1075439 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1075439"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520248120.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Barkun</div> Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/799871 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/799871"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743470923.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Bishop</div> Weird Illinois (Weird) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/228304 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/228304"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/076075943X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130425146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Troy Taylor</div> Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your History Textbook Got Wrong http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962799 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962799"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/156584100X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James W. Loewen</div> Cold Hit: A Shane Scully Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973058 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973058"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312347359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V61307440_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen J. Cannell</div> The Mommy Fund http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56138 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56138"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452285763.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132361989_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine K. Jacob</div> Honeymoon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366193 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366193"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446613371.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Patterson</div> Everyone Worth Knowing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787461 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/0139HZ61PYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lauren Weisberger</div> Raising Hope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787462 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787462"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11YP9ES9MZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katie Willard</div> March http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294032 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geraldine Brooks</div> The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58744 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316734934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> The Memory Keeper's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340771 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340771"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Edwards</div> The Waiting Years http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119794 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119794"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/477002889X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fumiko Enchi</div> Veronica: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70874 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70874"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375421459.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Gaitskill</div> The Quitter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788898 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401204007.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harvey Pekar</div> Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: A Memoir of My Fifth-Grade Year http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010362 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010362"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786836520.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Esm? Raji Codell</div> When My Name Was Keoko http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12581 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12581"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440419441.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115470146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Sue Park</div> Michael Rosen's Sad Book (Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors (Awards)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170943 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170943"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763625973.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Rosen</div> The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134212 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134212"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452286700.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Braff</div> Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787467 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787467"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/016M2EV42BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dominique Browning</div> On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787468 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Y302AQETL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Dempsey</div> The Birth of Venus: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25576 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25576"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Dunant</div> Everything Is Illuminated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962366 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962366"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060792175.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Safran Foer</div> Pastoral: Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2477747 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2477747"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1555972985.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114652169_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Phillips</div> Eve Green: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/897815 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/897815"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393327981.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Fletcher</div> Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356354 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356354"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968069.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa See</div> Misfortune http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152157 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152157"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000FDFVRO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wesley Stace</div>