Lists of Bests: Maxwell_Smart's "My Favorite Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/42502 Not necessarily all the books I have read, or the best sellers, or most critically acclaimed, but these are the books I've really enjoyed and have read multiple times (and will likely read again). Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:31:42 GMT en-us 0 50 67 50 0 Bridge at Andau http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349158 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349158"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449210502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James A. Michener</div> Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296875 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296875"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060853980.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13595 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13595"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451169530.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59569231_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Razor's Edge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/107705 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/107705"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BUN7SQ.01-A3F0Z3BXDQJ51N._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Somerset Maugham</div> The Great Escape (Cassell Military Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954850 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954850"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01QHXP8JBML.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Brickhill</div> Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10343 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10343"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385493622.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43050229_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by SIMON SINGH</div> The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 (Chronicles of Amber) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9801 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9801"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380809060.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Zelazny</div> The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story (Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14968 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14968"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517226952.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511148 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511148"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394541553.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Art Spiegelman</div> Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18725 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18725"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679729771.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43041006_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Art Spiegelman</div> The Get Smart Handbook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/611489 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joey Green</div> The Lord of the Rings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17254 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618346244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Calendar:: Humanity's Epic Struggle To Determine A True And Accurate Year http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1648892 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1648892"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380793245.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Ewing Duncan</div> Deadly Lessons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954849 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954849"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/113508BQ5EL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Russell</div> The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6906 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6906"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316154970.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18066 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18066"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671742515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/758184 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Sagan</div> Like Water for Chocolate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114126 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114126"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739334190.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Esquivel</div> Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954862 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954862"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01K9J681EAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James, Morris</div> Foundation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969416 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969416"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553803719.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113897 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113897"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1592402038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Truss</div> Red Dwarf Omnibus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205646 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/205646"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140174664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grant Naylor</div> Watchmen (Absolute Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67543 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67543"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401207138.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> V for Vendetta http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340217 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340217"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401207928.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24157 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24157"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802139701.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491872_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P. J. O'Rourke</div> Bastards & boneheads: Canada's glorious leaders, past and present http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/385049 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/385049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1550547372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Ferguson</div> Radical Tories (Goodread Biographies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006026 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0887801315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Taylor</div> W.A.C. Bennett and the rise of British Columbia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/498032 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Joseph Mitchell</div> One Canada: Memoirs of the Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954863 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John G Diefenbaker</div> The Vancouver book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954864 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Day the Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed The Truth and Other Events in History That Dramatically Altered Our Understanding of the World (Back Bay Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575557 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575557"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316117048.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Burke</div> Divine Comedy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2639784 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2639784"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785821201.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante Alighieri</div> Who Killed Canadian History? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954865 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2954865"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YDH4DG4KL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. L. Granatstein</div> The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271094 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271094"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0590303295.01-A1QG3W3TZ7ACUQ._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1079623346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. V. Carey</div> What Might Have Been: Volume 2 (What Might Have Been) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1168049 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1168049"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743487370.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Greenberg</div> Isaac Asimov Presents Agent of Byzantium (Isaac Asimov Presents Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79375 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Turtledove</div> Road Fever http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843549 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843549"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/018Z57K1RDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Cahill</div> The Mother Tongue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9549 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9549"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380715430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2826607 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2826607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SSsepd3oL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Drew Curtis</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/427483 <div id="position">40</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> The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Sarum: The Novel of England http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95151 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95151"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517223546.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Rutherfurd</div> Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783922 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783922"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01n-Cyke2mL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rowling J. K.</div> Nineteen Eighty-four http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499993 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499993"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140126716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Hobbit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003206 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618260307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> The Five People You Meet in Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1641932 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1641932"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0751536148.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mitch Albom</div> Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86216 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86216"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743499344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ewan McGregor</div> The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767797 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Goldman</div> The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Twentieth-Century Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338060 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140189645.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Miller</div> One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1424007 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1424007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006112009X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div>