Lists of Bests: olduvai11's "Books I've Read in 2007" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58206 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:07:47 GMT en-us 0 50 88 50 0 The Year of Magical Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59245 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59245"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/140004314X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133895543_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society, http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244830 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244830"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520224736.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lila Abu-Lughod</div> The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2985 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2985"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140277447.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Chang</div> The Perfect Egg http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3024217 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3024217"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01HT7R4R7ZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldo Buzzi</div> All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of the Pacific Rim (Traveler) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2242883 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2242883"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0871132044.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Fenton</div> Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3463700 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Fox</div> The Mismeasure of Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10869 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10869"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393314251.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Jay Gould</div> Off The Shelf: Cooking From the Pantry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58964 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58964"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066214483.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Hay</div> China Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50440 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679723285.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maxine Hong Kingston</div> The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18631 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18631"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679721886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maxine Hong Kingston</div> SECOND HELPINGS OF ROAST CHICKEN http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4036168 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Hopkinson</div> Son of a Witch: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962457 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962457"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060747226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Maguire</div> Last Chance to Eat: The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544219 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544219"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ADDP9TWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gina Mallet</div> Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52645 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by V. S. Naipaul</div> Haroun and the Sea of Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2705 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2705"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140157379.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056419995_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Absurdistan: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1852178 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1852178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45181654_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Shteyngart</div> Blankets http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34003 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34003"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1891830430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Craig Thompson</div> Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036073 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036073"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684843420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Architecture of Happiness (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3512406 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3512406"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0142pVRwNHL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain De Botton</div> November: Fragments in a Nondescript Style (Hesperus Classics Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/478067 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/478067"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1843911124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gustave Flaubert</div> Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2500300 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2500300"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226297756.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1090607930_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dru C. Gladney</div> EVERY DAY http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3994821 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3994821"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4169M6C38NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by BILL GRANGER</div> The Ice Queen: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/261945 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/261945"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316154385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Hoffman</div> The Meaning of Race: Race, History, and Culture in Western Society http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544221 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544221"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JMA9D1EJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenan Malik</div> In Search of Perfection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544222 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544222"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jlO2OluoL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heston Blumenthal</div> The Inheritance of Loss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3952682 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3952682"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MEcCdOKPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kiran Desai</div> Simply Bill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3995537 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3995537"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41USzXsFXxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Granger</div> Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2638 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2638"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140127739.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eva Hoffman</div> Small Island: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Levy</div> Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> Mother's Milk: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1209180 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1209180"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1890447420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44208464_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward St. Aubyn</div> N.P. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2103803 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Banana Yoshimoto</div> The Complete Stories of Truman Capote http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319102 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319102"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/140009691X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> The Art of Travel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9258 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9258"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725342.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain De Botton</div> The Reasons I Won't Be Coming http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/477482 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/477482"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594482233.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elliot Perlman</div> Russian Debutante's Handbook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31283 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31283"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229881.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056521602_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Shteyngart</div> Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313863 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313863"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/034546401X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Tan</div> Cat's Cradle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038533348X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> The Secret History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400031702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Tartt</div> Couples http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13530 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13530"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/044991190X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> Far Eastern Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544233 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4544233"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A858M32KL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Somerset Maugham</div> Bright Lights, Big City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11190 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11190"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394726413.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay Mcinerney</div> The Little Friend http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28885 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28885"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400031699.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1061462755_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Tartt</div> Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71346 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722165.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pico Iyer</div> His Dark Materials http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2654722 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths, The) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356248 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356248"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841957984.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Remembering Babylon: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67035 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67035"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679749519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464955_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Malouf</div> Sexus (Rosy Crucifixion, Book One) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24209 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24209"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802151809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Miller</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038583.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45217283_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2900307 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2900307"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01F-%2BUHzEVL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Russell</div>