Lists of Bests: linggeek's "NPR Summer Books 2007" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57556 NPR's Critics' Lists of recommended books for Summer 2007. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:36:58 GMT en-us 0 50 65 50 0 Jamestown http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2993921 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2993921"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11BU1M13FlL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Sharpe</div> No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2832834 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miranda July</div> The Children of Hurin: Deluxe Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2580825 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Userlands: New Fiction Writers from the Blogging Underground (Little House on the Bowery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1576540 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1576540"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1933354151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3318007 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3318007"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11sOm5O2bCL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Sellers</div> The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631742 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631742"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306815087.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46352307_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sean Manning</div> Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About TV http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308665 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594741174.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tara Ariano</div> Mouse Guard Volume One: Fall 1152 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2640191 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2640191"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932386572.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47017334_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Petersen</div> Phonogram: Rue Britannia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2229619 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2229619"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582406944.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kieron Gillen</div> Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59074 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932664084.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan Lee O'Malley</div> The Plain Janes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2650215 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2650215"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401211151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45303618_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecil Castellucci</div> Tales of Chekhov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1647842 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1647842"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061153869.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anton Chekhov</div> The Sunlight Dialogues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2039356 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2039356"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811216705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gardner</div> The Maytrees: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4393664 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4393664"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31fnDPLxLuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Dillard</div> The Story of the Cannibal Woman: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3527981 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3527981"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/017GIqrmsTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maryse Conde</div> Five Skies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3110100 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3110100"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01lu0QVB6GL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Carlson</div> Farewell Summer: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431715 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061131547.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Best American Fantasy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2937351 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2937351"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11EFe69NMkL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff VanderMeer</div> The Pushcart Book of Poetry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4447424 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4447424"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YvJa8DRwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Devotion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4448735 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4448735"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rDbft9y3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Norman</div> Finn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2910674 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2910674"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11hyXH3-L2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Clinch</div> Knots http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854920 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3854920"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414Q04c6diL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nuruddin Farah</div> On Chesil Beach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3626444 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3626444"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01k9fHyO9iL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> Soon I Will be Invincible (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3817860 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3817860"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iJP4rolHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Austin Grossman</div> Divisadero http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3635432 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3635432"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11WS9%2BPyPzL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ondaatje</div> Bangkok Haunts (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3790404 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Burdett</div> The Accidental Tourist: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8129 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8129"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345452003.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div> In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59521 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59521"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437190.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Chatwin</div> The Children's Hospital http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2765557 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Adrian</div> The Dud Avocado http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2260315 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2260315"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590172329.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V37016310_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elaine Dundy</div> Anagrams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020346 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277283.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lorrie Moore</div> At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3770877 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3770877"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/016GjqqYR8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Fadiman</div> Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Library Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2885737 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Be Near Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3636171 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3636171"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/015WJ4FQ52L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew O'Hagan</div> Summer Reading: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3734319 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3734319"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11QIqGWK%2BXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hilma Wolitzer</div> Tanglewreck http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3615854 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3615854"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01KAKKEVC2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanette Winterson</div> Each Little Bird That Sings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3939345 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3939345"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JXVHDBG0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by author of the award winning Love, Ruby Lavender Deborah Wiles</div> Wemberly Worried (Favorites on CD) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1345449 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Henkes</div> Ragweed (The Poppy Stories) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340941 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340941"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380801671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65774994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Avi</div> Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493841 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493841"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014240165X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Horowitz</div> Feed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22162 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763622591.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M.T. Anderson</div> Millicent Min, Girl Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4429074 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4429074"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BCN66VCWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Yee</div> The Teacher's Funeral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70977 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70977"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142405078.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Peck</div> The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 5, Full-Color Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503274 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503274"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064409465.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3941231 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3941231"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4102n-Ep-rL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Richards Shreve</div> Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2934498 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Katz</div> The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4448822 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4448822"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jOuu3tjFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Juliet Nicolson</div> Ralph Ellison: A Biography (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2973637 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2973637"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11irh5tck8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arnold Rampersad</div> Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4448832 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4448832"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UyGauN78L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Isenberg</div> The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4178509 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4178509"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DWPkCCZ6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Flynn Siler</div>