Lists of Bests: olduvai11's "olduvai11's list of books to read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/56346 An ongoing list of books to be read, mostly fiction but with some non-fiction thrown into the mix Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:57:59 GMT en-us 0 50 1136 50 0 A Bigamist's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766699 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385333293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1119309152_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Mcdermott</div> Autobiography of My Mother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288365 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452274664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamaica Kincaid</div> At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3843439 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3843439"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61vbn-0vLcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Fadiman</div> At the Firefly Gate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2060141 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2060141"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385751133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Newbery</div> Autobiography of Red http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9023 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9023"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/037570129X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Carson</div> Asylum http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19133 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19133"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679781382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465047_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Mcgrath</div> Asleep in the Sun (New York Review Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/454876 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/454876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590170954.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adolfo Bioy Casares</div> Astonishing Splashes of Color http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2463463 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clare Morrall</div> Astrid and Veronika http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2771895 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2771895"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038079.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Olsson</div> Armadillo : A Novel (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158847 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158847"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375702164.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Boyd</div> Arctic Dreams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9303 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9303"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727485.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry Lopez</div> Animal's People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2980934 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Indra Sinha</div> Anita and Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30454 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30454"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565845293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meera Syal</div> Anil's Ghost: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9232 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9232"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724370.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ondaatje</div> Anja the Liar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2448504 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2448504"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWZ2WC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59191396_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Moran</div> Appointment in Samarra: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9226 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9226"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375719202.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John O'Hara</div> Angels: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1579 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1579"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060988827.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414605_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Denis Johnson</div> An Ordinary Spy: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2870205 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Weisberg</div> An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836580 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836580"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11-ojHJLBDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brock Clarke</div> Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1142527 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1142527"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0865476705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056501837_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wallis Wilde-Menozzi</div> An Altered Light http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/391662 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/391662"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151010439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jens Christian Grondahl</div> Dreiser American Tragedy (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/581471 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/581471"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082316.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Dreiser</div> Amy and Isabelle: A novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9108 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9108"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375705198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Strout</div> American Woman : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/718066 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/718066"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060542225.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Choi</div> American Son http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4109777 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Ascalon Roley</div> Always the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4208902 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4208902"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PBFJVKABL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Cross</div> All Whom I Have Loved : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1382605 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aharon Appelfeld</div> All Over Creation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423346 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330490273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth L. Ozeki</div> All Over http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2970856 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2970856"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Wvw5F5TKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roy Kesey</div> Ali and Nino: A Love Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/68777 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/68777"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385720408.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113580781_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurban Said</div> Air: Or, Have Not Have http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71704 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71704"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312261217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoff Ryman</div> Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210447 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210447"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/015xb95RhjL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Macintyre</div> Agamemnon's Daughter: A Novella and Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4208903 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4208903"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41F2Jm%2Bl90L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ismail Kadare</div> Afterwards: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3747603 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3747603"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MPMq5eAEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> After This: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766700 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766700"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374168091.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice McDermott</div> After: Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2569983 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2569983"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060779195.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Hirshfield</div> Accordion Crimes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19360 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19360"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684831546.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Proulx</div> Across the Bridge: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23107 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23107"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786701439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mavis Gallant</div> Accidents: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3170703 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3170703"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/114mXNUjLKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yael Hedaya</div> A Visit from Voltaire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3179334 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3179334"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SN1ECHG4L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dinah Lee Kung</div> A View of the Ocean http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3216873 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3216873"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/017QAC4-OFL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jan De Hartog</div> A Tiler's Afternoon (New Directions Paperbook) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2387032 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2387032"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811212408.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494829_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lars Gustafsson</div> A True Story Based on Lies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586498 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586498"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841953725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1061490937_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Clement</div> A Summons to Memphis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9018 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9018"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701176.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Taylor</div> A Spell of Winter: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66070 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66070"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802138764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491865_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Dunmore</div> A Stillness At Appomattox - The Army Of The Potomac http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/377153 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/377153"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B3O2P0.01-A2D7TTN6VOYI9V._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Catton</div> Sin of Colour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/280379 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sunetra Gupta</div> A Tale of Love and Darkness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67913 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67913"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/015603252X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amos Oz</div> A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/413328 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/413328"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060933429.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531701_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Spencer</div> A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/485539 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/485539"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451530152.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div>