Lists of Bests: Jay's "Books I own but haven't read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4967 I keep books... but then the library has so many lovely ones too... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:16:26 GMT en-us 0 50 46 0 0 Almost Like a Whale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027161 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027161"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/055299958X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Jones</div> Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/662408 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/662408"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393320634.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kunzig</div> The Spell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3025 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3025"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140286373.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Hollinghurst</div> The Folding Star: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93869 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93869"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596910038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Hollinghurst</div> The Lost Language of Cranes: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75312 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75312"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582345732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Leavitt</div> At Swim, Two Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20823 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20823"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743207149.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamie O'Neill</div> Snow Falling on Cedars By David Guterson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118109 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118109"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E2ZN7O.01-A3HETDN5PN82XA._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24156 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24156"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802139590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491871_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Flanagan</div> A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557828 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557828"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vikram Seth</div> Animal Farm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61893 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61893"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786184779.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Homestead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/530455 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/530455"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395977711.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosina Lippi</div> The Gates of Rome (Emperor, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93328 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93328"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440240948.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Conn Iggulden</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> Exquisite Corpse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19394 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19394"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684836270.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Poppy Z. Brite</div> The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14172 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14172"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44721 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44721"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451210859.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86197 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86197"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451210867.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13722 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13722"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451210875.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123826346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/254106 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/254106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/141651693X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979412 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979412"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416521496.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163662 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163662"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416524525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Colour of Magic (Discworld) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50802 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4720 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4720"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201484021.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Holt</div> Spineless wonders: The joys of formication http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/608434 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/608434"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0285634038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Conniff</div> The Year of the Tawny Owl: The Story of Ule of Dildawn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160951 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Thomas</div> Ride a rhino http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160955 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michaela Denis</div> Lynne Reid Banks: Return of the Indian, Secret of the Indian, Mystery of the Cupboard, Indian in the Cupboard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/370057 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/370057"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380724049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Reid Banks</div> The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222410 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222410"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140124454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138676343_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Various</div> The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3701 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3701"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014243714X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Murasaki Shikibu</div> Snow Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44352 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44352"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679761047.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yasunari Kawabata</div> Waiting: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9130 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9130"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375706410.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> The Bridegroom: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9249 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9249"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724931.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18874 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18874"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679743464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21097 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21097"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743246985.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jung Chang</div> Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10571 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10571"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385722206.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439411_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dai Sijie</div> The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10388 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10388"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385497954.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Liza Dalby</div> Half of Man Is Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161427 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zhang Xianliang</div> The Lost Daughter of Happiness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/654019 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/654019"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786887575.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056488527_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geling Yan</div> Memoirs of a Geisha Uk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2308 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2308"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099771519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Golden</div> Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980807 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0865476675.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Nicolson</div> AKU-AKU: The Secret of Easter Island http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344316 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thor. Heyerdahl</div> The Last Grain Race http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/926524 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/926524"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0864427689.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Newby</div> Survive the Savage Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161518 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161518"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0924486732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056507826_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dougal Robertson</div> The Brendan Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/958824 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/958824"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0717139271.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Severin</div> Two Years Before the Mast http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161553 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161553"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1404335064.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Henry Dana</div> A pattern of islands http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161571 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Francis Grimble</div>