Lists of Bests: Books to read before you die http://www.listsofbests.com/list/60395 all these books are from 2000 or later. there are several other books on the list. i decided to list only fairly recent 1's. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:56:27 GMT en-us 0 50 69 50 0 Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076196.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856601 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Slow Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5399376 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.M. Coetzee</div> Adjunct: An Undigest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712395 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Manson</div> the sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1720164 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> The Red Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187743 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187743"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156032708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Drabble</div> The Plot Against America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079497.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Master http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567802 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colm Tóbín</div> Vanishing Point http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766155 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Markson</div> the lambs of london by Peter Ackroyd http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5399748 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Dining On Stones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2458237 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Sinclair</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39328843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> Drop City by T Coraghessan Boyle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5399749 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Colour: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373489 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373489"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312423101.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rose Tremain</div> Thursbitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712448 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Garner</div> The Light of Day: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/282123 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/282123"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032210.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Swift</div> What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5399754 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by </div> The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2436459 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Islands http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4025845 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Sleigh</div> Elizabeth Costello http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61976 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61976"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142004812.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> London Orbital http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1805841 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1805841"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141014741.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Sinclair</div> Family Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9065 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/037570342X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2571206 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> The Double http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712483 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> everything is illuminated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2724757 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by jonathan safran foer</div> Unless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007154615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932526 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> the story of lucy gault by William Trevor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5401584 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> That They May Face the Rising Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16376 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16376"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571212212.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McGahern</div> In the Forest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2920917 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edna O’Brien</div> Shroud http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135741 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/037572530X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> middlesex by jeffrey eugenides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2144311 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Youth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1267874 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> dead air by Iain Banks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5401585 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Nowhere Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/137012 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/137012"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandar Hemon</div> The Book of Illusions: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6402 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6402"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Gabriel's Gift http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/790992 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/790992"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571209297.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanif Kureishi</div> AUSTERLITZ. Translated by Anthea Bell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3788431 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. G. Sebald</div> Platform http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268578 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268578"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400030269.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Houellebecq</div> Schooling http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3926882 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heather McGowan</div> Atonement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64741 <div id="position">42</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 Corrections http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2785339 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathon Franzen</div> Don't Move http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712550 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712550"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400034663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mazzantini</div> The Body Artist by Don DeLillo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5404372 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Fury http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2495948 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20896 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20896"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743222954.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamie O'Neill</div> Choke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1674915 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> Life of Pi: Student Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84347 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84347"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156030209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077660117_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Feast of Goat by Mario Vargos Llosa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5404374 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>