Lists of Bests: speakswithbears's "Books Read 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59631 Books I've read (and may or may not have enjoyed) for 2008 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:56:19 GMT en-us 0 50 44 0 0 Stardust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1115796 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> A Wolf at the Table http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4423589 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Augusten Burroughs</div> Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1461404 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garth Nix</div> Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1461422 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garth Nix</div> Abhorsen (Abhorsen Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3897980 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3897980"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CG-L6IEsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garth Nix</div> A Thousand Splendid Suns http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3204008 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> the yiddish policemans union http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4998418 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4998418"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iyNFeKe9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by michael chabon</div> the raw shark texts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4435865 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by stephen hall</div> Snow Falling on Cedars By David Guterson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118109 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118109"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E2ZN7O.01-A3HETDN5PN82XA._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Lullabies for Little Criminals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5070592 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heather O'neill</div> The House of the Scorpion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19918 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19918"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689852231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Farmer</div> A Wizard of Earthsea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237363 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula Le Guin</div> The Singer of All Songs: The Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy, Book 1 (Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119736 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119736"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400085152.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Constable</div> The Waterless Sea: Chanters Of Tremaris, Book Two (Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/420710 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/420710"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554810.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Constable</div> The Tenth Power: The Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy, Book III http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1661646 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1661646"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/140009030X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1140841796_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Constable</div> Darkly Dreaming Dexter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/403630 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/403630"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277887.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Lindsay</div> Dearly Devoted Dexter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901810 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901810"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400095921.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Lindsay</div> Dexter In The Dark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4468732 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Lindsay</div> The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/142341 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/142341"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Spencer Wells</div> Atonement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64741 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099429799.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> The Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766567 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac McCarthy</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3957768 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> A Million Little Pieces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58661 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58661"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307276902.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1141075472_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Frey</div> The Red Tent: A Novel: Tenth-Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586019 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Diamant</div> The Shipping News http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237468 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Proulx</div> The Eyre Affair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3581 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3581"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142001805.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> Barnacle Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237636 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony De Sa</div> Book of a Thousand Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237711 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shannon Hale</div> A spot of bother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2923649 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Runemarks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237855 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanne Harris</div> Twilight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256053 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> New Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2894974 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> Eclipse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2730711 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> Breaking Dawn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3338823 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> Crow Lake: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/527906 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/527906"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0770430104.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Lawson</div> Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11209 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11209"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394747232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1125033704_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Art Spiegelman</div> The Chrysalids http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3856878 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3856878"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hvLOWutTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> The Ear, the Eye and the Arm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237921 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Farmer</div> The Audacity of Hope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5237924 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barack Obama</div> Scar Tissue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1979640 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Kiedis</div> Embroideries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249164 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> The Golden Compass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249166 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The Subtle Knife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3554429 <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 Amber Spyglass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249170 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div>