Lists of Bests: New York Times' Best Fiction Books of the Past Five Years http://www.listsofbests.com/list/3480 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:36 GMT en-us 0 50 43 0 0 Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079276.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46327 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46327"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594200637.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54316845_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Prep: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67700 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67700"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297235X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Curtis Sittenfeld</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10503 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10503"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385511809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> Veronica: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70874 <div id="position">5</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> Gilead: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8427 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8427"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374153892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> The Master: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358753 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358753"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743250419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colm Toibin</div> The Plot Against America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079497.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Runaway http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88494 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88494"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400077915.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> Snow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8701 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8701"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375406972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orhan Pamuk</div> War Trash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46252 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46252"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400075793.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> Brick Lane: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Monica Ali</div> Drop City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142003808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.C. Boyle</div> The Fortress of Solitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9248 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9248"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724885.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> The Known World: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/865 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/865"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060557559.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1086254630_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward P. Jones</div> Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21150 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21150"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743254430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1094698828_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038572179X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> Middlesex: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6406 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6406"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312422156.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Roscoe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3578 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3578"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142001732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132603159_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Kennedy</div> Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9342 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9342"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375756566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Winfried Georg Sebald</div> Borrowed Finery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589717 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589717"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007137230.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121227958_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paula Fox</div> The Corrections: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6393 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6393"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122533764_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Franzen</div> Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589718 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589718"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375413006.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> John Henry Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46817 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46817"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001PBY5O.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colson Whitehead</div> True History of the Kelly Gang http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205230 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205230"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AKXD6I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> Being Dead: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6036 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6036"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312275420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Crace</div> Beowulf: A New Verse Translation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10942 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10942"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393320979.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Gertrude and Claudius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13398 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13398"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0449006972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444341_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725784.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div> The Human Stain: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9277 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9277"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1125097141_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> White Teeth: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9073 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9073"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Close Range: Wyoming Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94158 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94158"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684852217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Proulx</div> Disgrace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3065 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140296409.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138679970_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Headlong: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5999 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5999"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312267460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430747_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Frayn</div> A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75855 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75855"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034618.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138676368_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roddy Doyle</div> Birds of America: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5932 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5932"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312241224.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lorrie Moore</div> Cloudsplitter: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1301 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060930861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Banks</div> The Love of a Good Woman : Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9067 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9067"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703632.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65398591_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/660 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/660"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060512822.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531326_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Preston Falls: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18978 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679756434.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464973_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Gates</div> American Pastoral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123891143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Blue Flowers (New Directions Paperbook) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/560848 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/560848"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811209458.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Queneau</div> Mason & Dixon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81861 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81861"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312423209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Pynchon</div>