Lists of Bests: Ryan_Adams's "Books I've Read 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58316 Books that I've read in 2008. Definitely not complete, but it's a good effort. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:22:04 GMT en-us 0 50 37 0 0 The Night Manhattan Burned http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4563378 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Basil Jackson</div> Mayday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/141212 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/141212"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446604763.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Block</div> The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1257168 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1257168"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400062977.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Kelly</div> Anansi Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060515198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, And the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1082517 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1082517"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0309101921.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V58998339_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Siegfried</div> A Long Way from Euclid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1113325 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1113325"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0486436136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Constance Reid</div> The Novels of Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3675803 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3675803"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/110AAFIZ31L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Ringworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345333926.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436928_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10359 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10359"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385495323.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Singh</div> Isaac Asimov's Detectives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/725147 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/725147"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441005454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gardner Dozois</div> Passage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15540 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15540"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553111248.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by CONNIE WILLIS</div> Ringworld Engineers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7549 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7549"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345334302.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436928_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> The Guns of August http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968383 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968383"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345476093.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara W. Tuchman</div> Ringworld Throne http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7844 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7844"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345412966.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> The Fountains of Paradise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13323 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13323"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446677949.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> American Gods: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052838 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052838"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060558121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Riotous Assembly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26699 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26699"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871131439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Sharpe</div> Chain of Attack (Star Trek, No 32) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690763 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690763"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671666584.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene DeWeese</div> The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25570 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25570"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968581.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Toland</div> Assemblers and loaders (Computer monographs) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017247 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D. W Barron</div> Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (Nebula Awards Showcase) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470479 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470479"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451461347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36092824_.jpg" /></a></div> The Mask of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2096511 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Saberhagen</div> Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31921 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31921"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1582344167.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susanna Clarke</div> The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1550215 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seymour Reit</div> The Fox http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/743691 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/743691"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419163000.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59162956_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D. H. Lawrence</div> A Parents Guide to the New Mathematics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5376928 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evelyn Sharp</div> Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/377131 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2810574 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Sirens of Titan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10108 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10108"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385333498.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44915952_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> Dreamsnake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53792 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53792"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553296590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vonda Mcintyre</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393061310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> The Soul of a New Machine (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18584 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18584"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679602615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by TRACY KIDDER</div> Doomsday Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2313578 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Connie Willis</div> Three Plays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123056 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451214668.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> The Demolished Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310551 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310551"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BNXXEQ.01-A3L91G8GCDG7UG._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> The Big Both Ways http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4040999 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4040999"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZBAtsZOTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Straley</div> Death on Demand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335309 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carolyn G. Hart</div>