Lists of Bests: jantalking's "2008 Books Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/47262 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:07:08 GMT en-us 0 50 59 50 0 Patty Jane's House of Curl (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/350468 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/350468"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0449911004.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lorna Landvik</div> Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10331 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10331"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385492081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by JON KRAKAUER</div> The Girls: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/888433 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/888433"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316069035.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139338744_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lori Lansens</div> Dark of the Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785461 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11rzcpJFTTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Sandford</div> Blood Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1202099 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1202099"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0758209215.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Drusilla Campbell</div> Angel's Rest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3297652 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3297652"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01dj66EFmrL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Davis</div> If I Gained the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1184735 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1184735"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764227289.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Nichols</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038572179X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> Perfect Match: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997971 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997971"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/119HJZ84GJL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jodi Picoult</div> Patron Saint of Liars: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/813 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/813"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060540753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531386_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> Love in the Time of Cholera (MTI) (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766324 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> The Myth of You and Me: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55537 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55537"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400098068.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1111831898_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leah Stewart</div> Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2534981 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2534981"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1599957191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V49823086_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irene Spencer</div> Something Rising (Light and Swift): A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/696556 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/696556"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743247779.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haven Kimmel</div> Friday Night Knitting Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2846968 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2846968"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01KfdqUtw5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Jacobs</div> You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1580738 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1580738"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307237680.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzanne Hansen</div> Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2963923 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2963923"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11bRTgXyUBL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Weir</div> The Kindness of Strangers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3808677 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3808677"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sV2PrW92L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katrina Kittle</div> Pomegranate Soup: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025849 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025849"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812972481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39328723_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marsha Mehran</div> Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3200007 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Martin</div> Flies on the Butter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3556552 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Denise Hildreth</div> The Cat Who Went into the Closet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558532 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lilian Jackson Braun</div> The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3181562 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3181562"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01cydh9z4%2BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Bohjalian</div> Clapton: The Autobiography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3770888 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3770888"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01M2Lp-M2LL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Clapton</div> The Devil in the Junior League http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782501 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Francis Lee</div> Embrace Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2953450 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Samson</div> PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY, THE: A NOVELLA http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3612355 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3612355"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11EPT8AXRVL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Martin</div> Summer of Light http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1786329 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1786329"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764229966.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V38525711_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Dale Cramer</div> Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3885258 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3885258"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pYZoc2XZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jed Horne</div> Savannah by the Sea: Book 3 in the Savannah Series http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309846 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309846"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1595541608.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Denise Hildreth</div> The Book Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2526746 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Markus Zusak</div> Ready to Fall: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/389359 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/389359"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1882593480.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056534445_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Cook</div> Into the Wild (MTI) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2768417 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> Bel Canto (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838728.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> The Shack http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4648441 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4648441"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ubkEcpwsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Young</div> American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883447 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883447"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594862141.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Maguire</div> There's No Toilet Paper . . . on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tales) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194394 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194394"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932361278.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> In Search of Eden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5207958 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5207958"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513yRIRbFaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Nichols</div> Enduring Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494149.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122537350_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8062 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8062"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345443284.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134089999_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sue Miller</div> Who Stole the Funny?: A Novel of Hollywood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3818266 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3818266"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yjKE8Yr%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robby Benson</div> Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5533176 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5533176"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C0YbezVkL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Jacoway</div> The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2819282 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2819282"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11uiUGke0qL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Bahr</div> The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10026 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10026"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385265700.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439060_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Hamilton</div> Love Walked In http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1138216 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1138216"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0452287898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36991028_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marisa de los Santos</div> The Solace of Leaving Early http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28909 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28909"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056513455_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haven Kimmel</div> THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, 2006) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4835215 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Taft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309194 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by anne patchett</div> The Girl Who Stopped Swimming http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861789 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861789"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01cIa4dlW8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshilyn Jackson</div> Everything Must Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2884372 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2884372"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01LcC4MDR7L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Flock</div>