Lists of Bests: Shannon's "5-star Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46724 This is an ongoing list of my absolute favorite books that I have read or reread since 2000, books that I have awarded 5 stars. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:25:25 GMT en-us 0 50 28 0 0 Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15799 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15799"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/055329024X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Brin</div> Parable of the Sower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972746 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972746"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675504.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> Parable of the Talents http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13198 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13198"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446610380.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94101 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94101"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007149824.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46964033_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Specimen Days: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/965453 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/965453"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312425023.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Cunningham</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743273567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> American Gods http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2317826 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2317826"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060010606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056413849_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil. Gaiman</div> Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441013597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122692856_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Herbert</div> Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795812 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795812"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Jackson</div> We Have Always Lived in the Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2559 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2559"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140071075.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Jackson</div> The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1): Revised and Expanded http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2805647 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by </div> Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10276 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10276"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385480016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Lamott</div> The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6377 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6377"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420366.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Lanchester</div> To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060935464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115951817_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Left Hand of Darkness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272378 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272378"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441007317.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula K. Le Guin</div> Mystic River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963002 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963002"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060584750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Lehane</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Road (rough cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/429456 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/429456"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307265439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39328843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> Watchmen (Absolute Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67543 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67543"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401207138.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038583.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45217283_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/990682 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/990682"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060882034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francine Prose</div> The Years of Rice and Salt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16131 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16131"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553580078.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Stanley Robinson</div> 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534363 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534363"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033187.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Smiley</div> The Little Prince http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4006 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4006"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156012197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3647 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3647"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142004235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> Slaughterhouse-Five http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961898 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385333846.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44910329_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div>