Lists of Bests: FrancisFrownsalot's "Anthologies and Books of Short Stories, Essays, or Letters" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58490 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:31:27 GMT en-us 0 50 197 50 0 Come to Me: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060995149.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414607_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Bloom</div> All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19004 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19004"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679761020.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464988_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Maxwell</div> Wrecking Yard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4034519 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4034519"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5168KY2Z0PL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pinckney Benedict</div> Wild Women: Contemporary Short Stories by Women Celebrating Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143468 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879515147.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div> A Stranger in This World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/811011 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/811011"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385473877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Canty</div> Open Secrets: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18977 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18977"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679755624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> Big Bad Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18787 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18787"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679734910.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464909_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Brown</div> The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3149 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3149"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140424385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Chaucer</div> Women and Ghosts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1653825 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1653825"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385518315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Lurie</div> Rattlebone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5136846 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5136846"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TAFX3XQ9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maxine Clair</div> Jesus' Son: Stories by http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1524 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1524"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060975776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128453300_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Denis Johnson</div> We So Seldom Look on Love: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33709 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33709"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1883642000.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1094876509_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Gowdy</div> Little Kingdoms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9028 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9028"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Millhauser</div> The Great Divorce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114562 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114562"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727183.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438474_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Valerie Martin</div> Lost in the City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428381 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006079528X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward P. Jones</div> Two Lives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271451 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271451"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140153721.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> Polite Society http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237367 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malanie Sumner</div> Cold Snap http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2509377 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2509377"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571179452.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thom Jones</div> Seduction Theory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/391909 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/391909"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0349107351.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Beller</div> A Parallel Life and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5257267 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5257267"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511M9CBED2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Beeman</div> Strange Pilgrims http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163055 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163055"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400034698.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> The Summer Before the Summer of Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1802596 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1802596"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0803293186.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marly A. Swick</div> On Fire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268580 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268580"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446671142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134615551_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Brown</div> In a Father's Place: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1950253 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1950253"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312155530.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430409_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Tilghman</div> The Palace Thief: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2055861 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2055861"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ethan Canin</div> Rest of Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2324815 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Gordon</div> Scissors, Paper, Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071261 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071261"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671795422.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fenton Johnson</div> William Trevor: The Collected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2857 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2857"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140232451.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> Emerald City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2866647 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Egan</div> First Love and Other Sorrows: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/442090 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/442090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805060103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Brodkey</div> Dancing After Hours: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18933 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18933"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679751149.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Dubus</div> Grey Area (Self, Will) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148629 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148629"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871136732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Self</div> Depth Takes a Holiday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31230 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31230"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573226114.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sandra Tsing Loh</div> Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166699 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393321207.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Watson</div> Lies of the Saints http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5307487 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5307487"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZPP801N3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erin McGraw</div> A Congress of Wonders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4037312 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4037312"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21BRSYP6RJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed McClanahan</div> First Comes Love (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/887104 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/887104"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679765557.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marion Winik</div> High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1249 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1249"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060927569.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1075825848_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> An Anthropologist on Mars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48161 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48161"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330343475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Sacks</div> Ship Fever http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10885 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10885"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0393316009.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113634548_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Barrett</div> Concrete Candy: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210124 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210124"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01S723QAMWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Apollo</div> Prize Stories 1996: The O. Henry Awards (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/697304 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/697304"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385481829.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439241_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Abrahams</div> Winging It: A Tale of Turning Thirty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/921097 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/921097"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573225282.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056521587_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Tippens</div> Sugar Among the Freaks (Front Porch Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30402 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30402"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565121317.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128030309_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Nordan</div> In the Loyal Mountains http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/353627 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/353627"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395877474.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077676085_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Bass</div> The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73229 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73229"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776249.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholson Baker</div> Wherever That Great Heart May Be. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5350730 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.D. WETHERELL</div> Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5350744 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5350744"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5193D02RBWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendy Brenner</div> Ocean of Words: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168445 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168445"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375702067.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298350 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298350"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140255281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138677444_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Angela Carter</div>