Lists of Bests: Top 50 American Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34915 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:16:29 GMT en-us 0 50 49 0 0 The Stand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795764 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Ask the Dust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2500116 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Fante</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">3</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> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555 <div id="position">4</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> On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Kerouac</div> To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2151592 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Songs in Ordinary Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2672633 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2672633"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067087907X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary McGarry Morris</div> The Probable Future (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8160 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8160"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345455916.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Hoffman</div> A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1346006 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1346006"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061120073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Betty Smith</div> Picnic at Hanging Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2680980 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2680980"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099750619.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Lindsay</div> It - Stephen King http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2569104 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1132083 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> LIGHT IN AUGUST http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619722 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> Summer of Night (Aspect Fantasy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12944 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12944"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446362662.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Simmons</div> Manhattan Transfer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2165123 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dos Passos</div> 'Salem's Lot, Illustrated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88951 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385516487.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> TENDER IS THE NIGHT http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619621 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> Franny and Zooey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136650 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136650"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BWC1IG.01-A146YS1897FODB._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. D. Salinger</div> Gone With the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1496628 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1496628"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0330323490.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> Rosemary's Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2306313 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2306313"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000IMV8KG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira Levin</div> The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18578 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18578"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679601325.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Parker</div> The Misfits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2038661 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2038661"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413771768.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129621994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Miller</div> Desperation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13620 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13620"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451188462.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Grass Harp http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44291 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44291"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679745572.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> White Horses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/438649 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/438649"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425170500.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Hoffman</div> Martin Eden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792197 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792197"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ix9uPTBTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack London</div> The Pursuit of Happiness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792198 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792198"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01EBK8J5RWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Kennedy</div> Cavedweller: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14090 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452279690.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Allison</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28468 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0965818675.01-A3710T60SJPA7S._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Audrey Niffenegger</div> Bell Jar (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066760 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066760"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061148512.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47768 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47768"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082723.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. P. Lovecraft</div> The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478646 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Fante</div> Lonesome Traveller http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51274 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Kerouac</div> The Beatles Anthology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962430 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962430"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811836363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beatles</div> Journals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31214 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/157322359X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Cobain</div> The Jungle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962620 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962620"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0735101205.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Upton Sinclair</div> Dandelion Wine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475907 <div id="position">37</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> Rabbit Novels Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8225 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8225"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345464567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763190 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763190"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553495046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45159801_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> The Dive From Clausen's Pier: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9295 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Packer</div> How the Light Gets In http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2506468 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2506468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841956112.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M.J. Hyland</div> The Road to Los Angeles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26979 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0876856490.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Fante</div> Carrie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17742 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17742"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671039725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Judy Blume Set of Three (Wifey-Smart Women-Summer Sisters) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617426 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617426"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MO3MZ4.01-ANV2B987GQ3F8._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judy Blume</div> Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84726 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84726"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156572044.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Calvino</div> Carson McCullers: Complete Novels: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter / Reflections in a Golden Eye / The Ballad of the Sad Cafe / The Member of the Wedding / The Clock Without Hands (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34384 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34384"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carson McCullers</div> Absence of Nectar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/384963 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/384963"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0641505434.01-A1H3KVFEIVGQDG._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Hepinstall</div> The Secret History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400031702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Tartt</div> The Laments: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49522 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49522"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297218X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Hagen</div>