Lists of Bests: olduvai11's "Books I've read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/60679 Books I've read in 2008 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:25:45 GMT en-us 0 50 148 50 0 The Gathering: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3008845 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Enright</div> The Reluctant Fundamentalist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5226539 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5226539"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21SYmzeLPPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hamid Mohsin</div> Into the Wild (MTI) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2768417 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> The Indian Clerk: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4487286 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4487286"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516MoFfIl0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Leavitt</div> Enduring Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10348"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494149.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122537350_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> The Glass Castle: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3901853 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeannette Walls</div> Gateway (Heechee Saga) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55354 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55354"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345475836.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederik Pohl</div> The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2675069 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> The Stolen Child http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2282867 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2282867"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096537.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42529190_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Donohue</div> GOOD IN BED http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4483297 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4483297"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41opod8pJcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Weiner</div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Díaz</div> Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2962757 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Jane Austen Book Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961280 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961280"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01RjtmvKP9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Joy Fowler</div> The Pesthouse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5153061 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5153061"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sJuFiS45L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Crace</div> Scar Tissue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1465919 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1465919"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000FVHJE4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Kiedis</div> The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664515 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664515"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060837055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Erdrich</div> The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811238 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> The Afterlife and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5178941 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5178941"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QRJF71M8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John UPDIKE</div> The Translator http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2014405 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2014405"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802170269.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leila Aboulela</div> As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1275 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1275"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060929596.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Colapinto</div> Quicksand and Passing (American Women Writers Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152932 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152932"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0813511704.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nella Larsen</div> Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19045 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19045"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679766529.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Millhauser</div> A Family Daughter: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1962231 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1962231"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743277678.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V48268588_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maile Meloy</div> Like Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9224 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9224"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375719164.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lorrie Moore</div> The Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1214232 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1214232"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060824972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Megan Whalen Turner</div> Breakfast of Champions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10122 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10122"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385334206.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> Gossip Girl #1: A Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar (Gossip Girl) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7148 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7148"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316910333.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecily Von Ziegesar</div> Oh the Glory of It All http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009242 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009242"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sean Wilsey</div> The Passion (Winterson, Jeanette) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24090 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanette Winterson</div> The Mistress's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3455754 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3455754"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01UhKut07YL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. M. Homes</div> The Last Unicorn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13782 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13782"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451450523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter S. Beagle</div> Hexwood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064473554.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diana Wynne Jones</div> The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5306676 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5306676"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BR%2Bw33Y8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susanna Clarke</div> All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838873 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838873"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/010CBA1QBGL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward P. Jones</div> The Keepers of the House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28862 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28862"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400030749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Ann Grau</div> Water for Elephants http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565125606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Gruen</div> This Side of Brightness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72288 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72288"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421974.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colum McCann</div> Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617575 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617575"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060777052.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45194088_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francine Prose</div> Purple Hibiscus: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29167 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29167"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076943.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1092448054_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</div> So I Am Glad: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128911 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375707247.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.L. Kennedy</div> Bitter Fruit: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24214 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802170064.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Achmat Dangor</div> The Falls: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3235333 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3235333"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01RSNNYP3WL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Carol Oates</div> The Travels of Jamie McPheeters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3794603 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Lewis Taylor</div> Lust, Caution: The Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2832405 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2832405"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11qMWRoRtSL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eileen Chang</div> Saving Agnes: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6018 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6018"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031227193X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rachel Cusk</div> The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers - Including Includes: The Borrowers; The Borrowers Afloat; The Borrowers Afield; The Borrowers Aloft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2887392 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Norton</div> La Cucina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586507 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586507"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/8426413064.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lily Prior</div> The Migrant Painter of Birds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2752038 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2752038"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860468861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lidia Jorge</div> Morvern Callar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10305 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10305"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/038548741X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190369_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Warner</div> The Commissariat of Enlightenment: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372977 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372977"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060501391.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1083194931_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Kalfus</div>