Lists of Bests: Summtime's "1001 Books I will Read by 2017" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44404 This list is a work in progress. A nod to my love of self-improvement. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:12:45 GMT en-us 0 50 58 50 0 Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2629185 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tyler Cowen</div> Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964103 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964103"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Gilbert</div> Sugar Blues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149581 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149581"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446343129.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Dufty</div> Get the Sugar Out: 501 Simple Ways to Cut the Sugar Out of Any Diet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/653636 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/653636"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517886537.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Louise Phd Cns Gittleman</div> Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life You Want http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2874886 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2874886"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/012H1KD2YPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by MP Dunleavey</div> The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/252908 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/252908"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EGF0QO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Perricone</div> YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009767 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mehmet Oz</div> Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/673744 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/673744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316010669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/274225 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/274225"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BZ6RJW.01-A1KTD478YXKD7V._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Kesey</div> Pride and Prejudice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56343 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56343"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven Life) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2597194 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2597194"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0310276993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43837657_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Warren</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160593 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160593"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/184195425X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110593171_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> Secret Life of Bees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1641210 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sue Monk Kidd</div> Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3028 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3028"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140286780.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Dominguez</div> The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743269519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Covey</div> Financial Peace: Restoring Financial Hope to You and Your Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504603 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504603"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670873616.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056462928_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Ramsey</div> Skinny Bitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131472 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131472"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0762424931.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Barnouin</div> Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Solutions for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap (and Start Looking Hot!) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2740942 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rory Freedman</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932216 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964318 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964318"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norah Vincent</div> Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2676566 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2676566"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0810992841.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Gunn</div> You, Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Thorndike Large Print Health, Home and Learning) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2998328 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mehmet, M.D. Oz</div> Results That Last: Hardwiring Behaviors That Will Take Your Company to the Top http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009774 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009774"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Yt7TVr7nL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Quint Studer</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">24</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> Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2950818 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Whitaker, Tony, Nathan Dungy</div> The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836429 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836429"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/010QDPAfRnL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. J. Jacobs</div> Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2075 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066620996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Collins</div> Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000280.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Allen</div> The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution -Free Productivity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009775 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Waters</div> The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can make a Big Difference http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2634049 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2957094 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2957094"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11cKKIZo9%2BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rachel Zoe</div> Shortcomings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2727058 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Tomine</div> Blind Spots in the Bible: Puzzles and Paradoxes that we tend to avoid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2770367 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Plass</div> Platform http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268587 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Houellebecq</div> The Poisonwood Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027742 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2936963 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2936963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/016KB%2Bl8HqL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Golden</div> Cocaine Nights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31971 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31971"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582430179.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> Arabian Nights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2943368 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Arabian Nights, Volume 1, The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784099 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adapted from Richard F. Burton's Unexpurgated Translation by Jack Zipes</div> Love In the Time of Cholera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800259 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135161.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanette Winterson</div> Nights at the Circus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335578 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Angela Carter</div> The Seven Stages of Money Maturity: Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in Your Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349485 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349485"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440508339.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056443528_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Kinder</div> Soul-Full Eating: A (Delicious!) Path to Higher Consciousness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3012100 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3012100"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01lEQYV90%2BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Whitehouse</div> French Women Don't Get Fat: the secret of eating for pleasure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787976 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mireille Guiliano</div> His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40883 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40883"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800717880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willard F. Harley Jr.</div> Little Black Book of Connections: 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/891280 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/891280"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1885167660.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45134532_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Gitomer</div> An Affair Before Christmas (Mass Market Paperback) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3012102 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eloisa James</div> Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2943127 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2943127"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01yhSz4zvYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Penn</div> The 5000 Year Leap: The 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2881468 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2881468"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ioJCvKteL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Cleon Skousen</div>