Lists of Bests: purpleprimate's "100 Books in 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61504 For the last few years, I've tried to read 100 books in twelve months. I haven't been successful yet -- perhaps in 2009. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:36:13 GMT en-us 0 50 82 50 0 Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534460 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534460"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572242310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056521247_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nina W. Brown</div> Why Is It Always About You? : Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20841 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20841"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743214285.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1124917852_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sandy Hotchkiss</div> The Ghost in Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3723504 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Carroll</div> Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87591 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87591"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465077145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Fausto-Sterling</div> A History of Hand Knitting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1574570 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1574570"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1931499373.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056539089_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Rutt</div> The Graveyard Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997996 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Rainbow Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70611 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70611"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689857705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Sanchez</div> Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5659499 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5659499"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510XXFxXXGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Orlando: A Biography (Wordsworth Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2040528 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2040528"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1853262390.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056529064_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> The Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1214232 <div id="position">10</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> Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy (Bloody Jack Adventures) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1427791 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1427791"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/015205085X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis A. Meyer</div> Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes (Knitting Without Tears SL 466) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19208 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19208"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684135051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Zimmermann</div> Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman, Vol. 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30185 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30185"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563890119.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1080259720_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319562 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319562"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0823084388.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanne Martinet</div> Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack Adventures) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1385521 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1385521"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152054596.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120008875_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis A. Meyer</div> Death: The Time of Your Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30210 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Queen of Attolia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1441023 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1441023"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060841826.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Megan Whalen Turner</div> Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301308 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301308"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931520194.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen F. McHugh</div> Rainbow High http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70612 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70612"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689854781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Sanchez</div> Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/818985 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/818985"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/015205345X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis A. Meyer</div> Bible Stories for Adults http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3945 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3945"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156002442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Morrow</div> The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28025 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28025"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0930289595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Best Fantastic Erotica http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858546 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858546"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X8N3JT9EL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Seize the Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2143532 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> Rainbow Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1980287 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1980287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/141691191X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43371575_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Sanchez</div> The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30186 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30186"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/156389016X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30187 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30187"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563890410.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Mezzanine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18692 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18692"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679725768.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholson Baker</div> The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30189 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30189"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563890895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129955917_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30191 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30191"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563891050.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30193 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30193"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563891387.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Sandman Vol. 8: Worlds' End http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30196 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30196"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563891719.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1385515 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1385515"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152055576.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis A. Meyer</div> Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West (Bloody Jack Adventures) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6313089 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6313089"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZGbmqp5oL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis A. Meyer</div> The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30199 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30199"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563892057.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129955917_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30206 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563892790.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Death: The High Cost of Living http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30192 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30192"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563891336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> The Sandman: Endless Nights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90847 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90847"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/140120113X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Sunshine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14914 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14914"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0515138819.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin McKinley</div> Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/151534 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/151534"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/158240500X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kirkman</div> Kingdom Come {New Edition} http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4730994 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4730994"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510Or%2BmHy7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Waid</div> Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10276 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10276"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385480016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Lamott</div> She-Hulk Vol. 1: Single Green Female http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73776 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73776"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785114432.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Slott</div> She-Hulk Vol. 2: Superhuman Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585773 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585773"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785115706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Slott</div> She-Hulk Volume 3: Time Trials TPB (She-Hulk) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585774 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585774"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785117954.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Slott</div> Madrox: Multiple Choice (X-Men) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/935105 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/935105"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785115005.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1101262950_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter David</div> Batman: The Dark Knight Returns http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30211 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/156389341X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Miller</div> Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22971 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22971"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785115315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joss Whedon</div> Starman: Sins of the Father (Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534047 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534047"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563892480.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Robinson</div> Starman: Night and Day (Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534049 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534049"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563892707.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Robinson</div>