Lists of Bests: rstrati's "List of Books about Books and Libraries" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61784 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:52:36 GMT en-us 0 50 175 50 0 Possession: A Romance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735909.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.S. Byatt</div> Inkheart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5354380 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> Inkspell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617295 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617295"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554012.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42464937_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> Inkdeath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3899377 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3899377"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fs4Pbi%2B5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5533841 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sven Birkerts</div> The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4618 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4618"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0198607024.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3631294 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth D. Samet</div> Q's Legacy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2581 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2581"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140089365.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helene Hanff</div> Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5129398 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5129398"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tZFKQmtCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Wartzman</div> The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3038990 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Ann Shaffer</div> The House of Paper http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1000820 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1000820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151011478.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Maria Dominguez</div> The Sign of the Book : A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel (Cliff Janeway Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118189 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118189"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743255054.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dunning</div> The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118190 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118190"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743289455.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66860813_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dunning</div> An Open Book: Chapters from a Reader's Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589394 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589394"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393326144.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Dirda</div> Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589395 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589395"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805078770.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Dirda</div> The Giant's House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/352101 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/352101"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385314337.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Mccracken</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">17</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> The Book on the Bookshelf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8699 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8699"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375406492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by HENRY PETROSKI</div> So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11526 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11526"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0399150838.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Nelson</div> Why Read? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31923 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31923"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1582344256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Edmundson</div> Bound to Please http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10741 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393057577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Dirda</div> Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1508496 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1508496"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0877790426.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia: Fourth Edition (Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1928009 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1928009"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006270110X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188157_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Murphy</div> The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children: 3rd Edition Revised and Updated (New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079413 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079413"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0812930185.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056495487_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eden Ross Lipson</div> The Book Club Cookbook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2418055 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2418055"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/158542322X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1083834286_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judy Gelman</div> The Library at Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3336610 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3336610"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01j1Hm4RxOL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alberto Manguel</div> Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1024203 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1024203"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312347405.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59584502_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeremy Mercer</div> The Bookseller of Kabul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6916 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6916"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316159417.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Asne Seierstad</div> The Jane Austen Book Club (movie tie-in) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773499 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Joy Fowler</div> Good Books Lately: The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1830223 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1830223"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312309619.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114247657_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Moore</div> Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577556 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577556"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374148600.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Fadiman</div> At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366873 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366873"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374106622.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44119623_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Fadiman</div> Speaking of Books: The Best Things Ever Said About Books and Book Collecting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578202 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578202"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0609608525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056460366_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rob Kaplan</div> The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64697 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64697"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062720732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifton Fadiman</div> The Librarian from the Black Lagoon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/779772 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/779772"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0590503111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Thaler</div> At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14998 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14998"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517595001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Estelle Ellis</div> A Reading Diary : A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8482 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8482"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374247420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alberto Manguel</div> The Book Fair From the Black Lagoon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3099524 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Thaler</div> Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8922 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8922"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375504907.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by AZAR NAFISI</div> A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2277390 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2277390"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0198662491.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1106266533_.jpg" /></a></div> Sixpence House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31901 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31901"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1582342849.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Collins</div> The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589384 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589384"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1586632043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056524839_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. John Campbell</div> The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/925995 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/925995"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0816045585.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel S. Burt</div> The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5533924 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Buck</div> The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65049 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573225142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Bloom</div> How To Read and Why http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44206 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44206"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684859068.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Bloom</div> The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10703 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10703"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393050947.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. Wise Bauer</div> Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/497 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/497"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060196955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas A. Basbanes</div> Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271750 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271750"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060593237.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas A. Basbanes</div> A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24561 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24561"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0805061762.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056492978_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas A. Basbanes</div>