Lists of Bests: SleepyJane's "Books I Want to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55729 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:52:19 GMT en-us 0 50 24 0 0 Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2663534 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Maguire</div> Dead Souls (Dover Thrift ed) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/179722 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/179722"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486426823.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikolai Gogol</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> If on a winter's night a traveler http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4121 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4121"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156439611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422689_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Calvino</div> The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/702 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/702"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006052085X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188108_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McWhorter</div> Reflections of Our Past: How Human History is Revealed In Our Genes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5920228 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> GENOME The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/395530 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matt Ridley</div> Lady Chatterley's Lover http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5573038 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5573038"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414FOIQk1%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D. H. Lawrence</div> A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725784.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div> Stranger in a Strange Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194544 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194544"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441788386.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1124236743_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> The Plot Against America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079497.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">12</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> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Díaz</div> The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14289 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465041760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114069462_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. B. M. De Waal</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079276.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Through a Window http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294714 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618056777.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Goodall</div> City of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5920235 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5920235"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JEMYEZPCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. L. Doctorow</div> The Armada by Garrett Mattingly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4458007 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8608 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8608"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374525641.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Fadiman</div> On Aggression (Harvest Book, Hb 291) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3108405 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3108405"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11acdcaGIqL.jpg" /></a></div> The Laughing Sutra by Mark Salzman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5938420 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Bliss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/794713 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> T.C. Boyle Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3003 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3003"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014028091X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.C. Boyle</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2433873 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2433873"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844081656.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1107999333_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div>