Lists of Bests: CarmanJ's "Books I Have Read 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/48196 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:49:35 GMT en-us 0 50 40 0 0 Blood Sports http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1567818 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1567818"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0771076053.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eden Robinson</div> Criss Cross http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960560 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960560"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11mZ6wQ8n3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Rae Perkins</div> Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1911 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1911"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0064402053.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia MacLachlan</div> This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2908047 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2908047"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ScOELplvL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel J. Levitin</div> Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470526 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Klosterman</div> Empire Falls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9279 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9279"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375726403.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by RICHARD RUSSO</div> Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2920161 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Harris</div> The View from Castle Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639394 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639394"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01GKIqJVs7L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2834806 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Martin</div> Holes (Yearling Newbery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12569 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12569"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0440414806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Sachar</div> The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3374763 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor L. Wooten</div> Kind of Blue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2848490 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2848490"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01bpRawW%2BiL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ashley Kahn</div> The Dead Zone (Signet) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63802 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63802"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451155750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Pernnial Moderns Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417364 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061120081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Ruins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790153 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790153"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/112HLuZ5h8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Smith</div> The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980164 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980164"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763625299.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Dicamillo</div> Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2923670 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2923670"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01oy166n64L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Cameron</div> Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3514 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3514"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439564.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V34858991_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> The Night Gardener http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2814366 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2814366"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11zVXUsBAJL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Pelecanos</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014671 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014671"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374529523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</div> Watchmen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28020 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28020"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0930289234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130519120_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3656514 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3656514"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11KoWb-PoJL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wilfrid Sheed</div> King Dork http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960710 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960710"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01REkJD-%2BwL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Portman</div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Díaz</div> Dear Mr. Henshaw (rpkg) (HarperClassics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65714 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380709589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beverly Cleary</div> Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13387 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13387"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/044900483X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Doria Russell</div> Scorsese by Ebert http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3887303 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Ebert</div> The Boys in the Trees: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3727204 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3727204"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11gZo1Ww8xL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Swan</div> Through Black Spruce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5193318 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5193318"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416xABDJOsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Boyden</div> Barnacle Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5277722 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5277722"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GFOv5exEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony De Sa</div> Cockroach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5012009 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5012009"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410byWoWwFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rawi Hage</div> Good to a Fault http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5413512 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5413512"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417Kp0%2BH4YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marina Endicott</div> Crispin: The Cross of Lead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23196 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23196"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786816589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Avi</div> Maniac Magee http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7124 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7124"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316809063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerry Spinelli</div> Nice Work If You Can Get It: My Life in Rhythm And Rhyme http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1488216 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Feinstein</div> Pastoralia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31264 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31264"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573228729.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60737561_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Saunders</div> On Chesil Beach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3828172 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3828172"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41U7KdlSjxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> Last Night at the Lobster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3807256 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stewart O'Nan</div> The Midwife's Apprentice (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1925 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1925"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006440630X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Cushman</div>