Lists of Bests: SelfishLittleThings's "Recommended Reading List for the Well Educated Adult" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/54143 When I was in high school 9th and 12th Grade English Teacher had a "Recommended Reading List for the Well Educated Adult". I had the list for several years after and liked that I had a list of classics and quality books, both fiction and non-fiction. Sometime in the last 5 years I lost the list. This list is an attempt to re-create it and have a major lists of books folks should read. This list has been compiled from various lists which can be found online and also from my own personal input. Hopefully it will not be easy to tell which is which. Accept no substitute. :) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:35:43 GMT en-us 0 50 33 0 0 The Fountainhead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310677 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310677"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0452286379.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Atlas Shrugged http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13625 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13625"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0451191145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Go Ask Alice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/197928 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/197928"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416914633.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Annotated Alice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594992 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594992"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140289291.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Carroll</div> Unsinkable: The Molly Brown Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846542 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846542"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VJ5PVZHCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce B. Lohse</div> Be Here Now http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14985 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14985"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517543052.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ram Dass</div> I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25577 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25577"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812969006.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Notaro</div> The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961158 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Notaro</div> The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86929 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86929"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932361243.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer L. Leo</div> An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59005 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59005"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400064368.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Notaro</div> 2008 Herbal Almanac (Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330886 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330886"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11kDurYIuHL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Llewellyn</div> Llewellyn's 2009 Herbal Almanac (Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846543 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846543"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BBtISOYGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Llewellyn</div> The Big-Ass Book of Crafts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3251369 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Montano</div> Baby-Gami: Baby Wrapping for Beginners http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2410439 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2410439"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWXZGM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Cornell Sarvady</div> The Feast of the Goat: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3741899 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3741899"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0161YGWX86L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Vargas Llosa</div> The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262077 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262077"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060527994.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Nineteen Seventy Four (A Five Star Title) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33158 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33158"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1852427418.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50068358_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Peace</div> Memoirs of a Geisha http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961356 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961356"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Golden</div> The Book of Dave: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2765560 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Self</div> Great Apes (Self, Will) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24102 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24102"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135765.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Self</div> The Quantity Theory of Insanity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18932 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18932"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679750940.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Self</div> Love in the Time of Cholera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3818231 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3818231"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BxggpAjnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060809248.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531616_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gaston Leroux</div> The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood (Live Girls) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31692 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31692"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580050298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ariel Gore</div> Kaiser Steel, Fontana (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Images of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2661060 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2661060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/073854650X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Charles Anicic Jr.</div> Fontana (CA) (Images of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846562 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846562"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QFWJ70YKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Charles Anicic Jr.</div> Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2534981 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2534981"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1599957191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V49823086_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irene Spencer</div> Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Millennium SF Masterworks S) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75980 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75980"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857988132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29045 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29045"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400049628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056513481_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Brooks</div> World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2711269 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Brooks</div> History Is Dead: A Zombie Anthology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3265521 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3265521"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11lLCexVvNL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott A. Johnson</div> The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120510 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120510"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399523308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vicki Iovine</div> The Modern Girl's Guide to Motherhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/287474 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/287474"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060885343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Buckingham</div>