Lists of Bests: dogonfire's "Books Read 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61834 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:17:16 GMT en-us 0 50 65 50 0 Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4119431 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Davis</div> Fool by Christopher Moore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5536021 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Best and the Brightest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13503 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13503"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449908704.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Halberstam</div> Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10580 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10580"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385730586.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> Macaroni Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5580894 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Light Fantastic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1634 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1634"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061020702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> The Last Innocent White Man in America: And Other Writings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5608997 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5608997"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/719XVF7S0VL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Leonard</div> Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3001036 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Lockhart</div> The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Book #1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214969 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214969"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0810959259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Buckley</div> The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2874748 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2874748"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/018PQtyd2rL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil deGrasse Tyson</div> The Folklore of Discworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4798323 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4798323"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518HBvalvaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> In the Land of the Lawn Weenies: and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Starscape) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480174 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765345706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lubar</div> The Merchant of Death (Pendragon Series #1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21388 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21388"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743437314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D. J. MacHale</div> I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5608265 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5608265"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HylwBIIxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Wilmore</div> Witches Abroad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1625 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1625"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061020613.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414635_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> A Year Down Yonder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3676 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3676"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142300705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Peck</div> An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4444860 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> I'll Take You There: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/599 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/599"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060501170.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Carol Oates</div> Thief of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1644 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1644"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061031321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5145957 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5145957"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511BaCLcMpL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerry Oppenheimer</div> The Mists of Avalon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4534625 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marion Zimmer Bradley</div> Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166980 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166980"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684848090.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Taylor Branch</div> Courtroom 302 : A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18491 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18491"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679432523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by STEVE BOGIRA</div> Travel Team http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1207373 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1207373"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0142404624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118153671_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Lupica</div> The Planets http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62669 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62669"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670034460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dava Sobel</div> Colored Lights: Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1669039 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1669039"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/057121133X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192022_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kander</div> The Liar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1602945 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Fry</div> A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4836820 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kristin Chenoweth</div> Small Gods http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5432292 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17106 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17106"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618001905.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122551213_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Hochschild</div> Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Book 5: The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5475863 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Riordan</div> King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6514698 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6514698"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FJYSDZZEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Hochschild</div> The Angel's Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5121383 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</div> Al Capone Does My Shirts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980151 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980151"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142403709.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gennifer Choldenko</div> Tesla: Man Out of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20846 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20846"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743215362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Cheney</div> Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Joey Pigza Books (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373209 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373209"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064408337.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531925_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Gantos</div> Do Penguins Have Knees? An Imponderables Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/666496 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/666496"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060740914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Feldman</div> Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5710045 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Grandin</div> The Magician's Assistant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3966 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156006219.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5367425 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5367425"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Giw4M22fL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Hunger Games http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3640908 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzanne Collins</div> Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5802477 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5802477"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nJ3eDhl5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzanne Collins</div> Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (Popular Culture and Philosophy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5492669 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5492669"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fe6MPDLIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6060516 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6060516"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518PIUyIhnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Flint</div> Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3914578 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3914578"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cu9xNpYTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell T. Davies</div> The Robber Bride http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10318 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10318"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385491034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2791245 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2791245"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/110aG0+LrgL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pete Jordan</div> Wintersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2659310 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Are You Dave Gorman? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76617 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76617"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0091884713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Gorman</div>