Lists of Bests: mike247worldwide's "Mike's List for 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/62253 It's Botswana time! I'm doing Peace Corps work, but have loads of time to read. My only concern is keeping a steady stream of books coming my way. I read 130 in 2007, 107 last year. What will be my final total? Game on!!! Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:51:05 GMT en-us 0 50 124 50 0 Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: A Philosophical and Literary Companion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767400 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia (Continuum Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64513 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64513"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0826453244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nahem Yousaf</div> The Human Factor Graham Greene http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5588787 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Thirteen Moons: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781233 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01jXhLpoDpL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Frazier</div> The Golden Age by Gore Vidal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5588793 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> All over but the Shoutin' http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19090 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679774025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465029_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Bragg</div> McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5588800 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Shantaram http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38131 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38131"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/192076920X.01-ART9URYACHTU6._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory David Roberts</div> Smiley's People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83001 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83001"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743455800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John le Carre</div> The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4369353 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4369353"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517-Ty2i39L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Pisani</div> Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure [title page only] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3856969 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3856969"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tUqwt-ZzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Preston Falls: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18978 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679756434.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464973_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Gates</div> The Sound and the Fury http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18742 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18742"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679732241.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> The Patient http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961417 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Palmer</div> Eye of the Needle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/992002 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/992002"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006074815X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Follett</div> The Ethos Effect http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/633115 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/633115"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765347121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110486639_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. E. Modesitt Jr.</div> False Dawn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2055545 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2055545"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1862075301.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gray</div> Back When We Were Grownups http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88056 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345477243.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div> A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR, by Mark Helprin (Harvest Books, 2005) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5145895 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Secret Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149703 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528832.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frances Hodgson Burnett</div> The Call of the Wild http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1145447 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack London</div> Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22624 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22624"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767903382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Reichl</div> Treasury of African Love: Poems & Proverbs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1028705 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1028705"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0781804833.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5296573 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5296573"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wmjOSVFXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert M. Pirsig</div> Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/635016 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/635016"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/157075487X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057103998_.jpg" /></a></div> Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures : A True Story from Hell on Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2129740 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2129740"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GRU1M4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Cain</div> The White Tiger: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5127182 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5127182"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51s3oGYJP2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aravind Adiga</div> the stonemason by cormac mccarthy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6028443 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Oil! by Upton Sinclair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5549325 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4311901 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4311901"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E3mKTR0vL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert H. Bates</div> Zadie Smith's White Teeth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5312215 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5312215"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZtDyIZEKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire/ Smith, Zadie Squires</div> A Mercy by Toni Morrison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5516103 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Burr: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9171 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9171"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375708731.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gore Vidal</div> The Gutenberg Revolution http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6106760 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6106760"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Owm7pvZpL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Man</div> Cryptonomicon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/659 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/659"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060512806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> A Kiss Before Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45601 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45601"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786711647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira, Levin</div> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325297 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325297"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507906.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438385_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> The Black House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/330951 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/330951"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140087923.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Theroux</div> The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320241 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320241"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060832819.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> The Sargasso Bridge: America Speaks, Africa Answers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6301356 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6301356"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nKY5l%2BFKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Kofi J. Roberts</div> Journey to the End of the Night by Celine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5435540 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> As I Lay Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/938150 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/938150"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EEAU1G.01-AM0TBPF72AOXR._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43396484_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> Bel Canto (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838728.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793543 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793543"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11MjuYGQfhL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> A Fine Balance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5289306 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5289306"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mg4eUYhfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> The Man in the High Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679740678.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56210020_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> The Old Way: A Story of the First People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925301 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11zpCGnUqlL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas</div> A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3927879 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3927879"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21oJhmIUmTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gaines Ernest J</div> Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28935 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28935"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400035007.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Moses</div> You Shall Know Our Velocity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28915 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28915"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033543.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div>