Lists of Bests: Amazon's Best Books of 2006 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/41269 Editor's Picks: Top 50 BOoks Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:22:13 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 Suite Francaise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2082203 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2082203"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096278.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irene Nemirovsky</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206406 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206406"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594200823.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2208448 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2208448"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743298020.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Setterfield</div> Sharp Objects: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2205003 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2205003"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307341542.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gillian Flynn</div> The Emperor's Children http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/813038 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/813038"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/030726419X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Messud</div> The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066250 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066250"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/037541486X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Wright</div> The Places In Between http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538837 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538837"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rory Stewart</div> Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89415 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89415"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400041201.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56508045_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Buford</div> The Road (rough cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/429456 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/429456"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307265439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> Caesar: Life of a Colossus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1457497 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1457497"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0300120486.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Goldsworthy</div> Field Notes from a Catastrophe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/754797 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/754797"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1596911255.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134585287_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Kolbert</div> Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431677 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431677"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400054346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ina Garten</div> I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/777230 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/777230"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446578843.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Sedaris</div> The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/167745 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/167745"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307237699.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barack Obama</div> Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1273424 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1273424"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/159420103X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas E. Ricks</div> Bird Songs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2116020 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2116020"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932855416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Les Beletsky</div> Water for Elephants: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373153 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373153"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565124995.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Gruen</div> World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150398 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150398"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307346609.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Brooks</div> Cell: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2565515 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1064862 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1064862"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0809057395.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V62575464_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sid Jacobson</div> Beautiful Lies: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973471 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973471"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307336689.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Unger</div> The Littlest Hitler - Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1395315 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1395315"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582433577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ryan Boudinot</div> American Born Chinese http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1883572 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1883572"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596431520.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene Luen Yang</div> The Children's Hospital http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2331440 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2331440"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932416609.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Adrian</div> Special Topics in Calamity Physics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161725 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161725"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/067003777X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marisha Pessl</div> Sweet and Low: A Family Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157060 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374272298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rich Cohen</div> The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138139 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138139"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763625892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45205628_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Dicamillo</div> Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1163777 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1163777"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400097673.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nando Parrado</div> My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/944641 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/944641"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061196681.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Warren</div> Lisey's Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/284271 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/284271"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743289412.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1486444 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1486444"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375505091.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/759065 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/759065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/159420098X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Rich</div> The Brief History of the Dead: A novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64806 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64806"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375423699.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1135101547_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Brockmeier</div> The Brooklyn Follies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70293 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70293"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805077146.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1125586747_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Absurdistan: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/181945 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/181945"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400061962.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57221044_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Shteyngart</div> The Bon Appetit Cookbook (purchase includes subscription to Bon Appetit magazine) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504056 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764596861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59194238_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Fairchild</div> From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1560006 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1560006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1592289800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay Kopelman</div> A Family Daughter: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131263 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131263"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/074327766X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133287159_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maile Meloy</div> Mommy? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1740902 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1740902"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439880505.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maurice Sendak</div> At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (America in the King Years (Hardcover)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/590268 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/590268"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/068485712X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64030764_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Taylor Branch</div> The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538836 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538836"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151012350.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V58768324_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rory Stewart</div> Encyclopedia Prehistorica Sharks and Other Sea Monsters: The Definitive Pop-Up (Sabuda Encyclopedias) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/830048 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/830048"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076362229X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Baking: From My Home to Yours http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373568 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2373568"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618443363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorie Greenspan</div> Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/126893 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/126893"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618477942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Bechdel</div> The Last Town on Earth: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2193944 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2193944"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400065208.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Mullen</div> Twilight of the Superheroes: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293535 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293535"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374299412.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126634354_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Eisenberg</div> The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/184815 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/184815"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385336691.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131594004_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lee Child</div> Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711171 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/711171"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060777044.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V61158576_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francine Prose</div> This I Believe: Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518340 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518340"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593979789.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36687082_.jpg" /></a></div> The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834857 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834857"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764569112.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V37531791_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcus Samuelsson</div>