Lists of Bests: lowlight22's "Books I've read since 2004" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46517 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:18:41 GMT en-us 0 50 152 50 0 What Is the What (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2769605 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div> Nineteen Minutes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015585 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015585"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11KnR%2BItfPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jodi Picoult|Jodi Picoult</div> Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2826839 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2826839"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01DiyJBWyLL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcus Luttrell</div> Gossip Girl #11: Don't You Forget About Me: A Gossip Girl Novel (Gossip Girl) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2411437 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2411437"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316011843.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42292047_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecily von Ziegesar</div> I Am America (And So Can You!) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785900 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785900"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11JPzV95lQL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Colbert</div> Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2331663 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2331663"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452288312.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43813639_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Palast</div> Unless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007154615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">8</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> The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2190071 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2190071"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ETQPWY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39932602_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elisabeth Robinson</div> Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304786 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304786"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451221214.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44216235_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Rieckhoff</div> Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3115427 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3115427"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01DHpqNxLnL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac McCarthy</div> Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868008 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868008"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393329127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roach</div> Queen of Babble http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773423 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773423"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060851996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42686854_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meg Cabot</div> conquering your quarter life crisis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3282911 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766007 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Setterfield</div> The I Hate the 21st Century Reader: The Awful, the Annoying, and the Absurd - from Ethnic Cleansing to Frankenscience http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3282947 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3282947"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/115KTMW0VKL.jpg" /></a></div> A Thousand Splendid Suns http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409318 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409318"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594489505.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44322525_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71191 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71191"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060845503.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared M. Diamond</div> The Book Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2526746 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Markus Zusak</div> Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1837172 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1837172"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307345718.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V52132884_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Taibbi</div> Every Boy's Got One http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/207817 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/207817"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739449656.01-A34OFMG1ZO6MU6._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meg Cabot</div> A Spot of Bother (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2614400 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Collapse: How Societies choose to Fail or Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3283016 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3283016"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11fBXtxHP1L.jpg" /></a></div> Motherless Brooklyn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2476699 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2476699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571226329.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546749 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546749"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374105235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45148870_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ishmael Beah</div> A Confederacy of Dunces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807126063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kennedy Toole</div> The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth in Bush's America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2798090 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2798090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11jgebTkpnL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Rich</div> The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">28</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> My Sister's Keeper: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2984560 <div id="position">29</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> The Areas of My Expertise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2998250 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2998250"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11BP2SRNJ5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hodgman</div> Voices of A People's History of the United States http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32069 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32069"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1583226281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139979610_.jpg" /></a></div> Animal Farm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1950527 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1950527"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EVNTBM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">33</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> Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113897 <div id="position">34</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> The Glass Castle: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074324754X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeannette Walls</div> American Pastoral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2487798 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2487798"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099771810.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Teacher Man : A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62266 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62266"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743243773.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank McCourt</div> Thunderstruck http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2844130 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2844130"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11rKfLppoSL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erik Larson</div> Beasts of No Nation: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2601079 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2601079"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MG1Z6A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Uzodinma Iweala</div> The Return of the Native (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1164392 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1164392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486431657.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1109799795_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> American Gods: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052838 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052838"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060558121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Rule of Four http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85091 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743552121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Caldwell</div> V for Vendetta http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340217 <div id="position">43</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> The Fortunate Pilgrim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/570147 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/570147"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345476727.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Puzo</div> Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434763 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434763"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316159972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Sallah</div> Prague: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9399 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9399"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375759778.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Phillips</div> A Long Way Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836290 <div id="position">47</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> Jarhead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58772 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58772"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0965767035.01-A1DI3XXAD7CH18._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46927414_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Swofford</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> Paradise Alley : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3005955 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3005955"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01CBABW10RL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Baker</div>