Lists of Bests: southernbohemian's "My A-Z Author Challenge" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38076 The books I intend on reading for my A-Z author challenge. I tried to pick contemporary authors that I have never read before. It has basically turned into a shopping list since I only have one of these books at the moment. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:02:58 GMT en-us 0 50 26 0 0 In the Time of the Butterflies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14059 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14059"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452274427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Alvarez</div> The Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335 <div id="position">2</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> Shogun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1158381 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1158381"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340766166.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436518_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Clavell</div> The Brothers K http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15892 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15892"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/055337849X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David James Duncan</div> Baudolino http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4061 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4061"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156029065.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Umberto Eco</div> Giant (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690125 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690125"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060956704.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edna Ferber</div> Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/381852 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/381852"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stella Gibbons</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Rip Van Winkle And The Legend of Sleepy Hollow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465898 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1591090792.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Washington Irving</div> The Known World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/341251 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/341251"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061159174.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward P. Jones</div> Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056028 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056028"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802142435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ivan Klima</div> The Golden Notebook: Perennial Classics edition (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1315 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1315"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006093140X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Lessing</div> The Road (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766241 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766241"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307387895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V24696178_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac McCarthy</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/427483 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/427483"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596921536.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Audrey Niffenegger</div> Swim-Two-Birds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553551 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553551"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/2251442197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Flann O'Brien</div> Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1117767 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1117767"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Pynchon</div> Black and Blue (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95602 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95602"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385333137.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anna Quindlen</div> Empire Falls (HBO Tie-in) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320548 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320548"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307275132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Russo</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">19</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> The Master: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358753 <div id="position">20</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> Away http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2743055 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2743055"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0771086504.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Urquhart</div> Girl in Hyacinth Blue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2493201 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2493201"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0755305302.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Vreeland</div> The Optimist's Daughter: A Novel By http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2490928 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2490928"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/037550835X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eudora Welty</div> Soul Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1383 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1383"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060936231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gao Xingjian</div> Bread Givers: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584207 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0892552905.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anzia Yezierska</div> The Shadow of the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1163392 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1163392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0753820250.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44296770_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</div>