Lists of Bests: biogeek1's "Books I Read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/47488 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:57:06 GMT en-us 0 50 59 50 0 The Girls: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2405806 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2405806"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316066346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lori Lansens</div> Seventh Son (Alvin Maker) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336220 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336220"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/076534775X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793543 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793543"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11MjuYGQfhL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> The Giver http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12522 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12522"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440237688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39215717_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois Lowry</div> The Reckoning (Blood of the Lamb) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591164 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812575245.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas F. Monteleone</div> The Glass Castle: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/199164 <div id="position">6</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> Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9825 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9825"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380813815.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45303967_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Moore</div> Veil of Roses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2570580 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2570580"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553383884.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Fitzgerald</div> Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3410679 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3410679"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/019N155P9VL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard E. Kim</div> White Oleander http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710895 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710895"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008RWAZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Fitch</div> Gathering Blue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967749 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967749"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385732562.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois Lowry</div> The Silver Rose: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480298 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480298"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345482514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Carroll</div> Flowers for Algernon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963535 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963535"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156030306.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Keyes</div> Red Prophet (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25341 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25341"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812524268.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> The Burn Journals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61979 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61979"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096421.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brent Runyon</div> Cruel and Unusual: A Kay Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/216048 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/216048"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416505407.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Cornwell</div> Rosemary's Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/985941 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/985941"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451210514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira Levin</div> Boy in the Striped Pajamas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898343 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Boyne</div> A Tree Grows in Brooklyn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3214811 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3214811"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SYWYPTXWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Betty Smith</div> The God of Small Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1019308 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1019308"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007WYFHU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arundhati Roy</div> Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2958386 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2958386"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11y%2BbKY6JKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Rodriguez</div> Messenger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17271 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17271"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0618404414.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois Lowry</div> Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25279 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25279"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812502124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056495303_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> The House of the Spirits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15719 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15719"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553273914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Allende</div> Bel Canto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74555 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841155837.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> The Blind Assassin: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10548 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385720955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54673 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54673"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689865384.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43371514_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Westerfeld</div> Magic Study http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2770262 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maria Snyder</div> I, Mona Lisa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/897558 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/897558"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312341393.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanne Kalogridis</div> When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17040 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609808893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Falconer</div> The Things They Carried http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22615 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22615"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0767902890.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim O'Brien</div> Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20749 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20749"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074320011X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114278841_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Zimmer</div> Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4025926 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4025926"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/216j4foY5RL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling; Illustrator-Mary GrandPré</div> The Awakening and Selected Short Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3206522 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3206522"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01uzrhCeNRL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate O Flaherty Chopin</div> $64 Tomato http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2143070 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Alexander</div> Number the Stars (Laurel Leaf Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12477 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12477"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440227534.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44911725_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois Lowry</div> The Shadow of the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131148752_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</div> A Piece of Cake: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734701 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734701"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400052297.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cupcake Brown</div> Decipher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2646491 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2646491"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312366965.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stel Pavlou</div> Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10572 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10572"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385722435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Dunn</div> Murder On The Orient Express (1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767104 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Pig Island http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4880567 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mo Hayder</div> The Thieves of Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1610862 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1610862"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440242886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134064747_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Doetsch</div> The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4439058 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> a long way gone: memoirs of a boy solider http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846622 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Sixteen Pleasures: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10065 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385314698.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Hellenga</div> Fieldwork: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3249168 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3249168"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11swY4mJFqL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mischa Berlinski</div> The Rasputin Relic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307670 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307670"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1571742794.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William M. Valtos</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2778368 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> The Joy Luck Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4435242 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>