Lists of Bests: Stephen King's Suggested Reading from "On Writing" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59629 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:52:35 GMT en-us 0 50 95 50 0 A Perfect Crime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/726702 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/726702"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345426800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Abrahams</div> Lights Out http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235781 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Abrahams</div> Pressure Drop http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235826 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Abrahams</div> Revolution #9 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235868 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Abrahams</div> A Death in the Family: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4712578 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Agee</div> Lives of the Monster Dogs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235901 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kirsten Bakis</div> Regeneration http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235940 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> The Eye in the Door http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235968 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> The Ghost Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5235993 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> In the Night Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236026 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Bausch</div> The Intruder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236073 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Blauner</div> The Sheltering Sky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539256 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Bowles</div> The Tortilla Curtain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236163 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. Coraghessan Boyle</div> A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1777798 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1777798"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307279464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Thank You for Smoking: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/586600 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/586600"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Buckley</div> Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464877_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Carver</div> Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5964 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5964"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312254385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Latitude Zero http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806159 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Windsor Chorlton</div> The Poet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4951441 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> Heart of Darkness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48561 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580495753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Family Values http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236366 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by K.C. Constantine</div> Underworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2069212 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> Cathedral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/141211 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/141211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446358576.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V51553230_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson DeMille</div> The Gold Coast http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/988807 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/988807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446673218.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134669555_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson DeMille</div> Oliver Twist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4621753 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Common Carnage (Penguin Poets) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132380 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132380"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140587489.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056421651_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Dobyns</div> The Church of Dead Girls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6755 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6755"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312977360.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Dobyns</div> The Woman Who Walked into Doors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775112 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roddy Doyle</div> The Dick Gibson Show (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/399375 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/399375"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1564781984.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056518716_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Elkin</div> As I Lay Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71423 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> The Beach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558359 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Garland</div> Deception on His Mind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44127 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44127"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553575090.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth George</div> Gravity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236487 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tess Gerritsen</div> Lord of the Flies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846568 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846568"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571056865.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39975984_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Golding</div> Furnace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2796669 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Gray</div> This Gun for Hire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584172 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> Onze man in Havana / Our man in Havana http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3788738 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> The Fifties http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2508294 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Halberstam</div> Why Sinatra Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120279 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120279"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316738867.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134658747_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pete Hamill</div> Hannibal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577340 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Plainsong http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9119 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9119"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375705856.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438428_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kent Haruf</div> Smilla's Sense of Snow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4537424 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Hoeg</div> Dirty White Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80432 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80432"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/044022179X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190874_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Hunter</div> A Firing Offense http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236641 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Ignatius</div> A Widow for One Year (Modern Library of the World's Best Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2042948 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2042948"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056495528_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> The Tooth Fairy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236704 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Joyce</div> The Devil's Own Work http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3519660 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan JUDD</div> Good Enough to Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2134874 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2134874"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803277792.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Kahn</div> The Liars' Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5236795 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Karr</div> Right to Life: And 2 Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92124 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92124"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1887368566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Ketchum</div>