Lists of Bests: semolinapilchard's "Nick Hornby's Complete Polysyllabic Spree" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/42696 Not a complete list of books mentioned in 'The complete polysyllabic spree', just the ones I plan on reading because I read about them there. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:07 GMT en-us 0 50 55 50 0 Nine Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962192 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962192"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316767727.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> Franny and Zooey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7090 <div id="position">2</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> Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2959004 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> In Search of JD Salinger: A Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/491216 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Hamilton</div> Pompeii: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/895768 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/895768"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812974611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Harris</div> The Fortress of Solitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338609 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338609"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571219357.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> Notes on a Scandal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3432 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3432"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141012250.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zoe Heller</div> Revolutionary Road (Modern American Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1676543 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1676543"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413757102.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Yates</div> How to Breathe Underwater http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42224 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42224"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400034361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julie Orringer</div> Old School http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2477702 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2477702"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747574650.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45173177_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tobias Wolff</div> Hangover Square (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70249 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70249"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185899.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60599504_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Hamilton</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">12</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> David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140439447.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42219544_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Random Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059122 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059122"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007163436.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc</div> This Is Serbia Calling (Five Star Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1655263 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1655263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1852427760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Collin</div> We're In Trouble http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961926 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961926"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11NSRA7PXXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Coake</div> How I Live Now http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979361 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979361"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553376055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meg Rosoff</div> Father and Son (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2062040 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2062040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192840665.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edmund Gosse</div> So Many Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631961 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631961"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0954221788.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Zaid</div> Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54908 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54908"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743244583.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bob Dylan</div> Fatherland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1595 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1595"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061006629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Harris</div> Little Children : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71793 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71793"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BSKKM4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Perrotta</div> The Book of Shadows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1982541 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1982541"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0330431846.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Paterson</div> Help Us to Divorce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2296203 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2296203"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0099478552.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121230373_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amos Oz</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">26</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> Case Histories: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57689 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57689"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316010707.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Atkinson</div> In Cold Blood (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/219153 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/219153"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182571.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> How to Be Lost: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63110 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63110"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345483170.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amanda Eyre Ward</div> Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2963413 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greil Marcus</div> Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2988094 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by SUE TOWNSEND</div> The Wonder Spot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2972407 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2972407"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01E243DH7ZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melissa Bank</div> Stuart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1653976 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1653976"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0007200374.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Masters</div> Gilead: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123162 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031242440X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> Spies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70248 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70248"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571212964.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Frayn</div> The Amateur Marriage: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2013381 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2013381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345472454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div> Life and Times of Allen Lane (Penguin Special) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1447428 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1447428"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0141015969.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeremy Lewis</div> Hard News: Twenty-one Brutal Months at The New York Times and How They Changed the American Media http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54262 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54262"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812972511.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seth Mnookin</div> Citizen Vince: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1205944 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1205944"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060989297.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jess Walter</div> A Complicated Kindness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2758346 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2758346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0676978568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miriam Toews</div> Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/182106 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/182106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039423.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francois Voltaire</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639910 <div id="position">43</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> The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880-1939 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27716 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27716"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0897335074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Carey</div> What Good Are the Arts? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94765 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94765"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/019530554X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Carey</div> The Man Who Was Thursday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/295392 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/295392"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1586170422.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. K. Chesterton</div> Death and the Penguin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1369940 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1369940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860469450.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrey Kurkov</div> Ghosting: A Double Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1822185 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1822185"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400079551.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65593527_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennie Erdal</div> The Shrimp And The Anemone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997822 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L.P. Hartley</div> Then We Came to the End: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2532960 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2532960"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316016381.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Ferris</div> Running in the Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18903 <div id="position">52</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18903"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746692.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ondaatje</div> Moondust : In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019174 <div id="position">53</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GG4LV2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Smith</div>