Lists of Bests: avidreader60's "Books Read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/50895 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:49 GMT en-us 0 50 68 50 0 The Things They Carried http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2668044 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim O'Brien</div> Delta of Venus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4059 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4059"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156029030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114233781_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anais Nin</div> The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3752 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3752"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the Philanthropic Ogre http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/390218 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/390218"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/080215042X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavio Paz</div> TIME STORM http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/473879 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/473879"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671721488.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon R. Dickson</div> Jack Maggs: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19002 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19002"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679760377.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464987_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> Heyday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3816842 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.M. SPACKMAN</div> Seascape http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3265799 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3265799"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01TqAFoD5YL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Albee</div> The Piano Tuner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134891 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134891"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330492691.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Mason</div> Fragile Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3689136 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3689136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01DYR3TXP3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2795491 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2795491"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/110KFwhAIVL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Xiaolu Guo</div> mind of my mind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3711526 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olivia Butler</div> Seven Types of Ambiguity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160421 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160421"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FDK7FA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elliot Perlman</div> Sarah Canary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428346 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452286476.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Joy Fowler</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076196.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3654805 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3654805"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/111ZkpraT3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Hill</div> Sputnik Sweetheart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9272 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9272"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122535590_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Half of a Yellow Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2610417 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</div> Theft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757963 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757963"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01T3SD78X5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86997 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86997"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316715972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Breece D'J Pancake</div> Amsterdam: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10350 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10350"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494246.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> My Life as a Fake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298237 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298237"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/057121620X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129665546_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> Treasure of the Sierra Madre/#09112 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2419022 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2419022"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9997653793.01-A1KTD478YXKD7V._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by B. Traven</div> Expendable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9734 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9734"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038079439X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113592098_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Alan Gardner</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39328843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2861933 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Millhauser</div> Gravity's Rainbow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3014 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3014"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Pynchon</div> Flaubert's Parrot (Picador Thirty) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2740620 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2740620"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330491962.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Barnes</div> A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources And Contexts for Pynchon's Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167290 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167290"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0820328073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven C. Weisenburger</div> His Illegal Self http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843965 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> Love in a Blue Time: Short Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48777 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48777"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/068484818X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192869_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanif Kureishi</div> Tipping the Velvet: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31253 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31253"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573227889.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> The Unconsoled http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18799 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18799"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735879.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114098434_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Song Yet Sung http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2859647 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James McBride</div> Falling...in Love with San Miguel: Retiring to Mexico on Social Security http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2463917 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2463917"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0978728629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V38072409_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Schmidt</div> Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227642 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227642"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01HNMRuP%2B8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Miles</div> Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15897 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15897"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/055337933X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Robbins</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Time Station Paris by David Evans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4423733 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594140 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> Fools of Fortune (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972197 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972197"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> The Wonderful "O" by James Thurber http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4560530 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Choke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1674915 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4044085 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4044085"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tNzzf5V4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Twelve Hawks</div> Moll Flanders (Signet Classics (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298146 <div id="position">52</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298146"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529855.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Defoe</div> The Village Voice Film Guide: 50 Years of Movies from Classics to Cult Hits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1602025 <div id="position">53</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1602025"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471787817.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Village Voice</div> The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5000836 <div id="position">54</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Palace of the End by Judith Thompson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5066689 <div id="position">55</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70228 <div id="position">57</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70228"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142002054.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46040002_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Fleming</div>