Lists of Bests: The Books that shouldn't be missed http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5142 This is the list of books that others believe everyone should read. It can be added to, sort of like a recommendation list of the books you absolutely loved and would not want others to miss. Thu, 31 May 2012 11:49:19 GMT en-us 0 50 64 50 0 The Lord of the Rings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17254 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618346244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> The Da Vinci Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113284 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113284"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EQAHFVD6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Memoirs of a Geisha (Random House Large Print (Hardcover)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58885 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58885"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739326228.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Golden</div> Harry Potter Hardcover Box Set (Books 1-6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52301 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52301"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439827604.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Hobbit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5189 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5189"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61m1SLgX1lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43868 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43868"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zAZqgAloL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Bram Stoker's Dracula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50078 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50078"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/217AS16TWSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bram Stoker</div> The Asti Spumante Code: A Parody http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76780 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76780"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2Bl6GKuy1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toby Clements</div> The Silmarillion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17268 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17268"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J5PMHHYFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3513 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3513"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qIuOy2sTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Brontë</div> Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3511 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3511"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L2zuV18bL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15332 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15332"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-plsIRvtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. A. Milne</div> Bleak House (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1319469 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1319469"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140861777.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> I Capture the Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119020 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119020"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X1fPDIkAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dodie Smith</div> The Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025685 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025685"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014043786X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65732467_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Barchester Towers (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/802020 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/802020"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512DrIxSNGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Trollope</div> The Very Hungry Caterpillar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81679 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Carle</div> Howl's Moving Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1959 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1959"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519JkzH2PVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diana Wynne Jones</div> The Lovely Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6925 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6925"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41m06hBgZHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Sebold</div> The Horrendous Heap (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-12) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67793 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67793"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WBHDMN4CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lemony Snicket</div> My Sister's Keeper: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21455 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21455"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JSMkt%2BncL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jodi Picoult</div> Chronicles of Amber (Fantasy Masterworks 06) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94422 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94422"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yAaWxITCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Zelazny</div> American Gods http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67962 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67962"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747263744.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Night Watch: Adapted for the Stage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962158 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962158"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514xvoHF-oL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1586590 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1586590"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0770430074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511BDFArolL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. D. Salinger</div> The Joy Luck Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788777 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/788777"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1597770736.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Things They Carried (Bloom's Guides) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962869 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962869"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oS8B33vLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim O'Brien</div> Mrs. Mike http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/995260 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/995260"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oFvMmYeEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benedict Freedman</div> Kindred (Bluestreak) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24877 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24877"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510g3Qp95uL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia Butler</div> Gone with the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> The Magus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978517 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978517"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pt-BU6yzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Fowles</div> Daughter of the Forest (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22517 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22517"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512ZS8FEVNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Juliet Marillier</div> Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21569 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21569"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y05iwfDGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3528 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3528"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PyMkBYJEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Makepeace Thackeray</div> Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MLd2DZYwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> Secret Sacrament http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2233557 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2233557"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QSH32AEAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherryl Jordan</div> Time of the Eagle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2349736 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2349736"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006059554X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44065122_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherryl Jordan</div> The Stories of Eva Luna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1049597 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1049597"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XTR4DTEVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Allende</div> Oryx and Crake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10561 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10561"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l-slwJ9EL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eiFf1x23L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> Stranger in a Strange Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12882 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12882"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G%2BQhmRSuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6948 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6948"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qe5e8FMtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Fitch</div> Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (New Report) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79244 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79244"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fC-KoVzZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Thein Durning</div> The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)(Rough-cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578530 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578530"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511RE7EZ55L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The Temple of My Familiar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3472285 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3472285"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01DEQJB837L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Walker</div> The Bean Trees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3607153 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3607153"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11neRVi9gPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Carrie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/898888 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Clive Barker: The Books of Blood (1984-1986) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3839107 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3514 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3514"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51frsCb3J6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div>