Lists of Bests: Heather1975's "Mrs. Calderwood's Ulitmate Book List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/50841 I found this list a few years ago. It is a great list of classic and modern literature created by a high school teacher. Almost every book I have read from this list has been great. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:35 GMT en-us 0 50 287 50 0 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Complete Text With Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical Essays (New Riverside Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/837116 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/837116"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039598078X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/908587 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/908587"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039563.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> The Age of Innocence (Barnes & Noble Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/231019 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/231019"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593080743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> The Alienist: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978030 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978030"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Caleb Carr</div> All quiet on the western front (A Fawcett premier book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1093098 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich Maria Remarque</div> The Ambassadors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2905877 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2905877"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/018Ap%2BoeqiL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> Dreiser American Tragedy (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/581471 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/581471"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082316.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Dreiser</div> The Andromeda Strain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/821 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/821"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060541814.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Crichton</div> Animal Dreams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968064 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968064"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1568496923.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Animal Farm: Centennial Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968557 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968557"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Angel of Dakness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3690810 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Caleb Carr</div> Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3758 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3758"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143035002.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo Tolstoy</div> Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70396 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70396"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/067182449X.01-A3O0LYUUM5Z9G6._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Another Good Loving Blues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/814394 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/814394"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345381033.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Flowers</div> Anthem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836277 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836277"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01zqR3fhYeL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Appointment in Samarra: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9226 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9226"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375719202.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John O'Hara</div> The Art of Breaking Glass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215467 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215467"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446605808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Hall</div> As I Lay Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/938150 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/938150"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EEAU1G.01-AM0TBPF72AOXR._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43396484_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> The Assistant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2593802 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard Malamud</div> At Play in the Fields of the Lord http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94208 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94208"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679737413.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114015838_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Matthiessen</div> At Palaces Of Knossos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/637046 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/637046"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0821408801.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056497017_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikos Kazantzakis</div> The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66089 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66089"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553263579.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455483_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest J. Gaines</div> The Awakening http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1145500 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Chopin</div> Trees: First Book In Awakening Land Trilogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668674 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668674"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0821409786.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Conrad Richter</div> Fields: Second Book In Awakening Land Trilogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668675 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668675"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0821409794.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Conrad Richter</div> Town: Third Book In Awakening Land Trilogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65248 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65248"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0821409808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Conrad Richter</div> Aztec (Aztec) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1690570 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1690570"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765317508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Jennings</div> Aztec Autumn (Aztec) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1690569 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1690569"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765317516.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Jennings</div> Babbitt (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/616936 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/616936"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486431673.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sinclair Lewis</div> Banker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3699785 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Bean Trees, With Related Readings (The Emc Masterpiece Series Access Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/276559 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Bear by William Faulkner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783334 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Being There http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24109 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24109"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802136346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerzy N. Kosinski</div> The Bell Jar : A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1147387 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1147387"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006VYG62.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Birds of Prey by Wilbur Smith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3699789 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Black Boy: (American Hunger) (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664784 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664784"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009K768K.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Wright</div> Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/184983 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/184983"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0674076273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464308_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Jeffrey Bolster</div> Bless Me, Ultima http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035634 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035634"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675369.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudolfo Anaya</div> Blood and Honor (Honor Bound (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1526687 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1526687"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0515121940.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. E. B. Griffin</div> Blood Red Roses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/626763 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/626763"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1585865230.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114660013_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Deauxville</div> The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2594274 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3357013 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3357013"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ACdCnuLeL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> A Book of Common Prayer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18968 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18968"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679754865.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> Boon Island http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3699791 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3699791"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Lf82KORwL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Roberts</div> Brat Farrar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/153850 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/153850"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684803852.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josephine Tey</div> Brave New World (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434784 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434784"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060850523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> Bread Givers: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584207 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/584207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0892552905.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anzia Yezierska</div> Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293865 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293865"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060580615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thornton Wilder</div> Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071693 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071693"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014200068X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div>