Lists of Bests: thesprawl's "my books of 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/43768 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:30:38 GMT en-us 0 50 43 0 0 Lolita http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39275 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39275"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739322060.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vladimir Nabokov</div> Poems of Fernando Pessoa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/506267 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/506267"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872863425.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fernando Pessoa</div> Absurdistan: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1852178 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1852178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45181654_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Shteyngart</div> God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470956 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470956"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446579807.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Hitchens</div> Dance, Dance, Dance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2804105 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2804105"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01EZWcur9BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/915 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/915"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060568232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Bukowski</div> Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18973 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18973"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679755411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonard Cohen</div> Home Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2619651 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Lipsyte</div> Growth of the Soil http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861503 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861503"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ARRgBs%2BTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Knut Hamsun</div> Every Second Counts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2983574 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2983574"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11DFBQEP4XL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lance Armstrong</div> Haunted: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95554 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95554"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032822.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> Epitaph of a Small Winner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2196839 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2196839"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747533555.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056476572_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Machado De Assis</div> The Painted Veil http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2395305 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Somerset Maugham</div> Air Conditioned Nightmare http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2494536 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Miller</div> Outlaws of the Marsh (Chinese Classics 4-Volume Boxed Set) [BOX SET] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35185 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35185"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/7119016628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2647818 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Diaz</div> Demian: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149506 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149506"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486420426.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> The Feng Shui Bible: A Practical Guide for Harmony & Well Being: Channel the special forces and properties of your mind, body and home with ancient techniques ... space full of calm and well-balanced energy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3337174 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3337174"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11GwFs1MLGL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gill Hale</div> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/845691 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/845691"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554896.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1061443430_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Dr No (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2043083 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2043083"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141187611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57012563_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Fleming</div> Milan Kundera Das Buch Vom Lachen Und Vom Vergessen (Milan Kundera the book of the laughter and of forgetting) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2953811 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2953811"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ShTw3eTaL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Peter Kunzel</div> Casino Royale (James Bond Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3590 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3590"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014200202X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Fleming</div> Living History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67683 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67683"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0008EH6I2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hillary Rodham Clinton</div> Wolf Totem: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3842928 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3842928"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wrLkNKDpL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jiang Rong</div> If It Die http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2983544 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Gide</div> LI PO AND TU FU : Poems Selected and Translated with an Introduction and Notes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1220287 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1220287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442723.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65732448_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Cooper</div> Monkey/Folk Novel of China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42948 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42948"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802130860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ch'Eng-En Wu</div> A Long Way Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836290 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836290"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11BQV16RBHL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> The Dream Songs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2111343 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2111343"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374530661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44056839_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Berryman</div> Modern De Quincey: Autobio. of an Opium... http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3598986 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3598986"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/010JNTTP8SL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by HR Robinson</div> Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2311583 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2311583"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/9745240508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118791299_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Mirante</div> Yao: A Life in Two Worlds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/185632 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/185632"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401359833.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yao Ming</div> The Poetry of Pablo Neruda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8656 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8656"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374529604.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pablo Neruda</div> Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1138053 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1138053"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1559706716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mo Yan</div> Delta of Venus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4059 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4059"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156029030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114233781_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anais Nin</div> The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: A Play http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010351 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010351"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0809012235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerome Lawrence</div> Mother Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10120 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10120"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385334141.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> We Meet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2955156 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Patchen</div> The Beach House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78720 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78720"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446612545.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Patterson</div> Three Blind Mice - James Patterson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3836222 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by </div> Beyond Freedom & Dignity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26789 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26789"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872206270.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by B. F. Skinner</div> Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23123 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23123"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/078670621X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122568577_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Lansing</div> Zuk: Translated from the French of Georges Zuk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5543225 <div id="position">52</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Zuk</div>