Lists of Bests: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die http://www.listsofbests.com/list/41166 This is a literary reference book compiled by over one hundred literary critics worldwide and edited by Peter Boxall. I copied the list for personal use. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:26:43 GMT en-us 0 50 44 0 0 Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076196.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639910 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0241142938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Slow Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081296 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081296"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099490625.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.M. Coetzee</div> Adjunct: An Undigest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712395 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Manson</div> Sea, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781481 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781481"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01PEH8AYWXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> The Red Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2689908 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2689908"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0771029071.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Drabble</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> The Master http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/511984 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/511984"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330485660.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colm Toibin</div> Vanishing Point: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32814 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32814"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593760108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Markson</div> The Lambs of London http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2778657 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2778657"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01C7xtsCiTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Ackroyd</div> Dining on Stones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/202223 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/202223"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141014822.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Sinclair</div> Cloud Atlas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1611950 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1611950"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340822783.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> Drop City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/414209 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/414209"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747568073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45186667_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.Coraghessan Boyle</div> The Colour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683416 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683416"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099425157.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rose Tremain</div> Thursbitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766157 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766157"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099459361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Garner</div> The Light of Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8824 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8824"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375415491.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Swift</div> What I Loved: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6392 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6392"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421192.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114272864_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Siri Hustvedt</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Islands http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010418 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010418"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099464683.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Sleigh</div> Elizabeth Costello http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61976 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61976"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142004812.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> London Orbital http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1805841 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1805841"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141014741.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Sinclair</div> Family Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9065 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/037570342X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268200 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268200"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860498833.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39900668_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> The Double http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961777 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961777"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156032589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> Everything Is Illuminated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962366 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962366"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060792175.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Safran Foer</div> Unless: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557998 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557998"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060874406.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736 <div id="position">28</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> The Story of Lucy Gault http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3622 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3622"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014200331X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44780602_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> That They May Face the Rising Sun (Great Irish Writers, 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2920916 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McGahern</div> In the Forest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2920917 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edna O’Brien</div> Shroud http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135741 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/037572530X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793543 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793543"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11MjuYGQfhL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3589 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142002003.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Dead Air http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/218865 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/218865"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349116644.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Banks</div> Nowhere Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2554888 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2554888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330393502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandar Hemon</div> The Book of Illusions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789659 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789659"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/018MYDTPDKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Gabriel’s Gift http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2920931 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanif Kureishi</div> Austerlitz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538440 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140297995.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.G. Sebald</div> Platform http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268587 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Houellebecq</div> Schooling http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511890 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511890"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571206719.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heather McGowan</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10435 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10435"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385503954.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> The Corrections http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268177 <div id="position">43</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> Don’t Move – Margaret Mazzantini http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2922392 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>