Lists of Bests: melydia's "Books Read in 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61932 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:33:31 GMT en-us 0 50 73 50 0 The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13382 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13382"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/044900371X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190955_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Orlean</div> Heart-Shaped Box http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3504048 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3504048"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/116D5OfXjbL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Hill</div> Brother Odd http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5478720 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5478720"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Vx2s2cfYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dean R. Koontz</div> Give Me a Break : How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media... http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/755 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/755"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060529148.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Stossel</div> Time and Again http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19229 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19229"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684801051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Finney</div> Banana Rose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67774 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67774"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/055337513X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natalie Goldberg</div> The Jane Austen Book Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773177 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Joy Fowler</div> The Secret Life of Bees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4166655 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sue Monk Kidd</div> Tickled Pink http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3040157 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3040157"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01DCZTAX3QL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rita Rudner</div> Invisible Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18757 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18757"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679732764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464902_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Ellison</div> Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10343 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10343"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385493622.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43050229_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by SIMON SINGH</div> The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145666 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145666"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0008EH6NC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pearl S. Buck</div> Naked http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7101 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7101"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316777730.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21469 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21469"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743457358.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133855066_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Island of Dr. Moreau http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3926915 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3926915"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BLA2JVpgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> The City of Falling Angels http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962501 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036939.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Berendt</div> The God Delusion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2822407 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2822407"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01vb-tG7pUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> The Lost Years of Merlin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1565549 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1565549"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0965581373.01-A1QD5BZH7HOXDU._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. A. Barron</div> What Makes Me A... ? - Muslim (What Makes Me A... ?) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4832434 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4832434"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CYH0FNMHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Catherine M. Petrini</div> Ten Great Mysteries By Edgar Allan Poe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2447658 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</div> Just a Geek http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16867 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16867"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/059600768X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wil Wheaton</div> Eragon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1604456 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Paolini</div> The Book Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6251233 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6251233"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZFi566bFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Markus Zusak</div> The Once and Future King http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3102620 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. H. White</div> Fear Nothing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16124 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16124"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553579754.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dean Koontz</div> Centauri Dawn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6351712 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ely</div> The Chocolate War (Readers Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977040 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375829873.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Cormier</div> Moomin Summer Madness (Moomin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717089 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717089"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0713639792.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056469295_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tove Jansson</div> Out of the Fallout http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6384552 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6384552"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U%2BJkGiKJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Veronica A. Mullen</div> Seize the Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16134 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553580191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455902_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dean Koontz</div> Ender's Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5925688 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Northern Lights (Golden Compass) (His Dark Materials) (His Dark Materials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3910373 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3910373"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qh4JawiqL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The Artist's Way http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41107 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585421472.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Cameron</div> The Bonesetter's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1657942 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Tan</div> Speaker for the Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6140303 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Xenocide (Ender, Book 3) (Ender Quartet) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81233 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312861877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430959_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Children of the Mind (Ender, Book 4) (Ender Quartet) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006345 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006345"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765304740.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2675069 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> The Ig Nobel Prizes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1743513 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1743513"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0752842617.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marc Abrahams</div> Everything Here Is Mine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4280379 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4280379"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RHKYVZS6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicole Hollander</div> The Eight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978649 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978649"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345419081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Neville</div> The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter (revised edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4750812 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4750812"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S8lJEJ4ZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Colbert</div> The Mists of Avalon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5518291 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5518291"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513ngrgnHtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marion Zimmer Bradley</div> Hotel World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10568 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ali Smith</div> The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5436822 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5436822"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Fuv6bRfML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Burton</div> Sideshow (Tales of the Galactic Midway #1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2786321 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Resnick</div> Twilight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316015849.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> The Three Legged Hootch Dancer (Tales of the Galactic Midway, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2786320 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Resnick</div> The Wild Alien Tamer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7367074 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Resnick</div> Redbeard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7377237 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7377237"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RLdWgV2sL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Resnick</div>