Lists of Bests: Books Alive's "50 Books You Must Own 2005" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44033 Yearly Australian campaign where hundreds of books are reviewed by a panel to arrive at this selection. Loosely divided into Fiction (1-16); Crime, Thriller, Fantasy (17-24); Children, (25-36); Biography, (37-42; and Nonfiction, (43-50) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:56 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 Tara Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2770717 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2770717"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385341814.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43916493_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maeve Binchy</div> My Sister's Keeper: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2984560 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2984560"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/014DPFGMZSL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jodi Picoult</div> Three Wishes: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997159 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997159"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01TZ5BYCSVL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Liane Moriarty</div> Power of One http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423047 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423047"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074932418X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryce Courtenay</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Rachel's Holiday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060090383.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marian Keyes</div> Barra Creek http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997160 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997160"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01KMW48B7EL.jpg" /></a></div> Leaving Bondi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997161 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert G Barrett</div> The Girl in Times Square http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2687811 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2687811"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007118929.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paullina Simons</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/427483 <div id="position">10</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> I'm Not Scared http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29162 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400075637.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niccolo Ammaniti</div> Remembering Babylon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423232 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Malouf</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">13</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> Atonement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64741 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099429799.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> The Shadow of the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1163392 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1163392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0753820250.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44296770_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</div> Dirt Music http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293398 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293398"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330490265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> Cocaine Blues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2675407 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2675407"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/159058385X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kerry Greenwood</div> The Walker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997165 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997165"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Sf4dlt6LL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane R. Goodall</div> With No One as Witness (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/375996 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/375996"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060545615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth George</div> The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375423877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Mccall Smith</div> Past Mortem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136594 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136594"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552771236.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Elton</div> Surrender http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2760912 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2760912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763634239.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42530494_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sonya Hartnett</div> Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31210 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31210"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573223328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lian Hearn</div> Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363738 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363738"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006511066.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Douglass</div> Inkheart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49992 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49992"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439709105.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> Diary of a Wombat (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17264 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17264"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618381368.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jackie French</div> The Day My Bum Went Psycho http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224655 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224655"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0330400894.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andy Griffiths</div> Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/167577 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/167577"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439856264.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garth Nix</div> Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11352 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11352"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395706734.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Marsden</div> Specky Magee And The Great Footy Contest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1463686 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1463686"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014330061X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garry Lyon</div> Are We There Yet? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/605979 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/605979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1929132735.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1092715853_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Lester</div> How I Live Now http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979361 <div id="position">32</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> Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962789 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962789"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/044023848X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Paolini</div> Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2746654 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2746654"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0545010322.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44118423_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geronimo Stilton</div> Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493841 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493841"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014240165X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Horowitz</div> Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101269 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101269"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553494791.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122549269_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> Marching Powder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1081871 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1081871"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330419587.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rusty Young</div> Mao's Last Dancer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/155195 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/155195"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/039915096X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123804749_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Li Cunxin</div> Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332454 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332454"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786887842.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Pilkington</div> Joe Cinque's Consolation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/765898 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Garner</div> Me Talk Pretty One Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960686 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> Between a Rock and a Hard Place http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2233210 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2233210"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000IFS0LI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V41512511_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aron Ralston</div> Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11468 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399142789.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neale Donald Walsch</div> Kokoda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997199 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Ham</div> Gallipoli http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2969599 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2969599"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Fxj7a84cL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moorehead</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393061310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113897 <div id="position">47</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> Molvania (Jetlag Travel Guide) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607063 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607063"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LMPL7O.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46858267_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Santo Cilauro</div> The Cook's Companion 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2571497 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephanie Alexander</div> Great Working Dog Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997201 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Hayes Angela Goode</div>