Lists of Bests: shorty3682's "Compilation of Books to Read Before I Die" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/51857 Collected from the book 501 Must Read Books, 1001 Books to Read before you die and the Orange Prize of Fiction (50 books) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:10:04 GMT en-us 0 50 33 0 0 Misery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/738066 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/738066"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0450417395.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> A Bend in the River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961894 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by V. S. Naipaul</div> A Boy's Own Story (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/185576 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/185576"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375707409.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edmund White</div> A Christmas Carol (Great Stories) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423167 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423167"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1561797464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> 2001: A Space Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13827 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13827"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451457994.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444846_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> A Clockwork Orange (Essential.penguin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49951 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014027409X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the music of time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717028 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717028"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0500014108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> A Day Off http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/742209 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Storm Jameson</div> A Disaffection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319423 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Kelman</div> A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18602 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18602"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679642595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> A Suitable Boy : A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1658642 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1658642"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000GG4ZEA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vikram Seth</div> American Pastoral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123891143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Atonement (MTI) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3174640 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3174640"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/019p3q0TlXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> Being Dead : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/348426 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/348426"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00076VE02.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Crace</div> Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19108 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19108"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43048994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Faulks</div> Captain Corelli's Mandolin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16472 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16472"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0582461359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis de Bernieres</div> Cloudstreet: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3062355 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3062355"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01PZFVE6VAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> Disgrace (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition) (Penguin Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336794 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336794"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036378.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Enduring Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494149.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122537350_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> Faith singer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66743 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosie Scott</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3715261 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3715261"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01QY4GWVWXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> Fred & Edie: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66744 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618197281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Dawson</div> Fugitive Pieces: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19106 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776591.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Michaels</div> Girl with a Pearl Earring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81776 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81776"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007172826.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Chevalier</div> Grace Notes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66745 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66745"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393318419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard MacLaverty</div> High Fidelity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47380 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140295569.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121230565_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> His Dark Materials http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2654722 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> Hotel World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2064078 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2064078"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140296794.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ali Smith</div> Middlesex: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3300599 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3300599"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0121HEFNZ7L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Midnight's Children http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1269202 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1269202"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099578514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48440 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860463312.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Hoeg</div> Money http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2621807 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> Music & Silence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66346 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743418263.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43371340_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rose Tremain</div>