Lists of Bests: sycoraxpine's "August 2007 books to read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38995 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:32:40 GMT en-us 0 50 19 0 0 Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2713993 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2713993"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400065305.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Abbott</div> The Guardians: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806392 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11WEpW6M-ZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ana Castillo</div> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3448 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3448"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141181222.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Kesey</div> Gilgamesh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586929 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586929"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1843541831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan London</div> Voss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/237100 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/237100"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099324717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick White</div> The Cardboard Crown http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838882 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Boyd</div> Gate of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2499189 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2499189"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426704.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elias Khoury</div> The Inheritance of Loss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987843 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987843"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802142818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kiran Desai</div> Black Swan Green: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1440461 <div id="position">9</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> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120445 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120445"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/073933364X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711071 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711071"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060088745.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Shapiro</div> Empire Falls (HBO Tie-in) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320548 <div id="position">12</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> The Iliad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13940 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451527372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> Robinson Crusoe (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106758 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106758"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393964523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Defoe</div> James Joyce's Ulysses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11147 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11147"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394700139.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Gilbert</div> Tales from Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 5) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257576 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257576"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441011241.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula K. LeGuin</div> Runaway http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88494 <div id="position">17</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> The New York Trilogy: City of Glass/ Ghosts/ the Locked Room http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47343 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47343"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140169636.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, ... Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57321 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57321"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932416358.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1137715159_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Editors of McSweeney's</div>