Lists of Bests: Antheras's "My 100 books to read this year" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4672 This is toward my goal of "create a list of 100 must-read books and read them." Now I'm sure that people meant this list to be "classics" or such but I took this as the 100 books I "have to" read this year for book reviews, book rings and to fulfilled owed book promises to people. So this is quite the mixed bag of books, unlike other people's lists. Thu, 31 May 2012 11:29:00 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 One Good Turn: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/939610 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/939610"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZO75CYdnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Atkinson</div> Wintersmith (Discworld) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463114 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463114"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YV209X3XL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Famous Writers School: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1491554 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1491554"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1582433569.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Carter</div> Marble Orchard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2148111 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Johnson</div> Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1925681 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1925681"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dkuD2DVKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McQuaid</div> Warrior and Witch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1832528 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1832528"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446616974.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marie Brennan</div> The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1153796 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1153796"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aQ5GC0NyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jed Rubenfeld</div> The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/303586 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/303586"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510YZKF1CJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Brinkley</div> Troubling Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/813309 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/813309"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BaN6oltAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elena Ferrante</div> Light My Fire (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/592616 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/592616"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JPzxnsi-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katie MacAlister</div> Pursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure (Life Writing) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614746 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614746"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51k68ikC5sL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Innis Dagg</div> It's the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025764 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025764"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gX3tqrgzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda McQuaig</div> The Dead Fish Museum: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1087737 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1087737"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400042860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles D'Ambrosio</div> The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332018 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/332018"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K2FAG7C2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aneva Stout</div> The Ministry of Pain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344289 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344289"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417EM389XAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dubravka Ugresic</div> The Uncrowned Queen: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1104585 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1104585"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61mhoYfMayL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Posie Graeme-Evans</div> The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340771 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1340771"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WRA6ealvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Edwards</div> Waking Lazarus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105250 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105250"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0764202049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138537187_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. L. Hines</div> Angelos (Quantum Cat) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979160 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979160"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EdWcbtpNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robina Williams</div> The Bullet Trick http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/209358 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/209358"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841957941.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Welsh</div> Even Vampires Get the Blues (The Dark Ones, Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/109593 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/109593"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41iay1c2oGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katie MacAlister</div> Natural Flights of the Human Mind: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486586 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486586"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C2VE1E1YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clare Morrall</div> Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195048 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195048"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511MS1oIoML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carrie Vaughn</div> Charmed to Death (Ophelia & Abby Mysteries, No. 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/299943 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/299943"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51y9i%2BkX0WL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Damsgaard</div> Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1209696 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1209696"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1566891817.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Savage</div> Grayson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/481939 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/481939"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0307264548.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65791194_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Cox</div> Sonnet of the Sphinx: A Poetic Death Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114473 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114473"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743466802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66860662_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diana Killian</div> My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1573505 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1573505"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5134LJTSv1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Clash</div> The Inhabited World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/494539 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/494539"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/061854335X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Long</div> Lake of Sorrows {Unabridged Audio} http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105517 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erin M. Hart</div> The Priest's Madonna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/459461 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/459461"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0399153179.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133989156_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Hassinger</div> Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187904 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187904"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VBMDDA1YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice S. Alexiou</div> One Mississippi: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575585 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575585"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316012114.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Childress</div> The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827931 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827931"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061170631.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V51207863_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Robinson</div> The Stolen Child: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88723 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88723"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385516169.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Donohue</div> The Whole World Over: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/225850 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/225850"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375422749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Glass</div> When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373106 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807085723.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54480481_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Pearce</div> Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die (Blackbird Sisters Mysteries, No. 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/193600 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/193600"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MJ4GHYT7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Martin</div> The Dodecahedron: Or A Frame for Frames http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/167717 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/167717"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513YXD54G0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Glennon</div> Morehouse Farm Merino Knits: More than 40 Farm-Fresh Designs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/510240 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/510240"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400097444.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margrit Lohrer</div> Every Mother Is a Daughter: The Neverending Quest for Success, Inner Peace, and a Really Clean Kitchen (Recipes and Knitting Patterns Included) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105171 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105171"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l5%2BDLccPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Perri Klass</div> Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction (Making History) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/684798 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/684798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060570830.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Gilbert</div> Sins and Needles (Needlecraft Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/141367 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/141367"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T3PS5WM3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Monica Ferris</div> The Man of My Dreams: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62029 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62029"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400064767.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65593521_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Curtis Sittenfeld</div> Interior Motives (Deadly Décor Mysteries, Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614747 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614747"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iiEhkkLtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ginny Aiken</div> Just One Sip (Dark Ones 5) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1318025 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1318025"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q4EwgHWnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katie MacAlister</div> A Deadly Yarn (Knitting Mysteries, No. 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504421 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504421"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51w7p6PTb3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maggie Sefton</div> Every Visible Thing: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1736661 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1736661"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066212898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Carey</div> A short history of Tractors in Ukrainian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639315 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marina Lewycka</div> The Restoration of Emily http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1861711 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1861711"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cvL1b3jKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Moritsugu</div>