Lists of Bests: incessantly caffeinated's "List of books I'm keeping, checked off as I read them" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/39582 Paring down my book collection to 65 initially, and maybe fewer after that. This is to track how many of them I've read as I go along. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:50:50 GMT en-us 0 50 106 50 0 House of Leaves http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1825012 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Z. Danielewski</div> The Purple Decades A Reader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2330255 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom (Joe David Bellamy, Intro) Wolfe</div> Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101574 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101574"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400044618.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Experience: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9289 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9289"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726837.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> The Price Was High: Fifty Uncollected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/855007 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/855007"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1567311067.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> The Secret History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029 <div id="position">6</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> Gloria: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2871944 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2871944"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/013D0R5A4HL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Maillard</div> The Essential Foucault http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166653 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166653"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565848012.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucault</div> Waiting Period http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51686 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51686"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0714530905.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jr., Hubert Selby</div> Porn Studies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41538 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41538"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0822333120.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165561 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841954381.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1073510823_.jpg" /></a></div> The Corrections http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268177 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841156736.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Franzen</div> To The Spring Equinox And Beyond (Classics of Japanese Literature) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/426091 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/426091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804833281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Soseki Natsume</div> Ficciones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1298644 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div> Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and, Seymour: An Introduction (Bantam) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60668 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BGV69M.01-AM0TBPF72AOXR._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43223391_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by j. d. salinger</div> A Month of Sundays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2634361 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2634361"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140041508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57361036_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> Norwegian Wood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2728820 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2728820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860468187.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> East Village Tetralogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169020 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169020"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1888451858.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Nersesian</div> The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764785 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764785"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580051863.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelle Goodman</div> D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/125698 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/125698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1568985525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Lupton</div> Mainlines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/505564 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/505564"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1852428236.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lester Bangs</div> Down and Out in Paris and London http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4106 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4106"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/015626224X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188886_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Shampoo Planet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114888 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114888"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743231538.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div> The Disappointment Artist: Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227044 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227044"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076811.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> Franny and Zooey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7090 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> Delta of Venus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/807716 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/807716"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1579125743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anais Nin</div> Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64940 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375753737.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.H. Lawrence</div> THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50526 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50526"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000AVB8IW.01-A1A5861B2RBYD1._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by TOM WOLFE</div> The Bonfire of the Vanities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764350 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764350"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330491938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> Love in the Time of Cholera (MTI) (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766324 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020142 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020142"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006091307X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Pynchon</div> Steppenwolf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67254 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140282580.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056420609_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1825040 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1825040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0826419259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. D. Beghtol</div> The Replacements' Let It Be (33 1/3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57498 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57498"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0826416330.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Meloy</div> Sputnik Sweetheart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84927 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84927"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099448475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18624 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18624"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067972110X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Foucault</div> Last Exit to Brooklyn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1996534 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1996534"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747549923.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45186508_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hubert Selby</div> Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617575 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617575"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060777052.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45194088_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francine Prose</div> So Big (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65231 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65231"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060956690.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edna Ferber</div> Nightwood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233905 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233905"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811216713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Djuna Barnes</div> The Freud Reader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/99300 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/99300"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393314030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sigmund Freud</div> Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/100904 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/100904"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553380621.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455576_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> Lucky Jim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/686796 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/686796"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140016481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kingsley Amis</div> Dance, Dance, Dance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72763 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72763"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099448769.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77134 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067960331X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hunter S. Thompson</div> Marriage and Morals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972440 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972440"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0415079179.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bertrand Russell</div> The Hipster Handbook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28889 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28889"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Lanham</div> The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6015 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6015"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312270828.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Architectural Theory: From The Renaissance to the Present (Klotz) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2696095 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2696095"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/3822850853.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2496045 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2496045"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182873.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evelyn Waugh</div>