Lists of Bests: justarodeoclown's "Books I've Read in 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/62415 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:28:36 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42937 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42937"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590302273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> The Blind Assassin: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10548 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385720955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Díaz</div> The Island of Doctor Moreau http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5588737 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5588737"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4132JstKwJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4960554 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hajdu</div> The Sun Also Rises http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233441 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233441"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743297334.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Hemingway</div> Life and Death of Harriett Frean http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3932775 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by May Sinclair</div> The Book of Imaginary Beings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1804525 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1804525"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div> A Universal History of Infamy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5824819 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div> The Hedge Knight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34574 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34574"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932796061.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George R. R. Martin</div> To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7871 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7871"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345419677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056437060_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Jose Farmer</div> Rabbit, Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13526 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13526"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449911659.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld Saga, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7872 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7872"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345419685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Jose Farmer</div> Ubik http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4533794 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Silas Marner (Enriched Classics Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/364061 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/364061"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416500340.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Eliot</div> Genesis (Memory of Fire Trilogy, Part 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10901 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10901"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317730.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eduardo Galeano</div> Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> The Hour of the Star (New Directions Paperbook) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166628 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166628"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811211908.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494827_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clarice Lispector</div> The Graveyard Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997996 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> A Princess of Mars (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2467561 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2467561"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143104888.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Rice Burroughs</div> Crooked Little Vein http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6407752 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6407752"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411HfX5sPSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Warren Ellis</div> Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5 (George Sherban Emissary) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/545107 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/545107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394749774.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Lessing</div> Rendezvous With Rama http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6438556 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6438556"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pD2dyaa3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> 500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4824061 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4824061"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R%2BaeFuukL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene Kannenberg</div> Bloodchild and Other Stories: Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82459 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82459"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1583226982.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> The Poison Belt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1809398 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1809398"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0755106571.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle</div> The Baron in the Trees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4083 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4083"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156106809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Calvino</div> A Feast for Crows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5463172 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5463172"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YbEm9tvrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George R. R. Martin</div> The Ice Storm: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7047 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7047"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316706000.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134503945_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Moody</div> Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!: Writers on Comics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8869 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8869"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375422560.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Forever War (Del Rey Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7128647 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7128647"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ehxixp3uL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Haldeman</div> Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> Equus (Plays, Penguin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2932 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2932"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140260706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132599564_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Shaffer</div> Choke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3831613 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> Kirby: King of Comics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898216 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898216"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11THSbULQtL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Evanier</div> The Path to the Spiders' Nest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1298661 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1298661"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0880016213.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Calvino</div> American Buffalo: A Play http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24190 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24190"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802150578.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491877_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mamet</div> Orlando (Annotated): A Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/917339 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/917339"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> Naked Lunch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1543158 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1543158"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000G2SXYC.01-A34BGT9FQIAQY3._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44591493_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William S. Burroughs</div> Burning Chrome http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/807 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060539828.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Gibson</div> Hunger Games http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3640908 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzanne Collins</div> Crash: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6375 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6375"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> The Stars My Destination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679767800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> Dog Soldiers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66383 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66383"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395860253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077689097_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Stone</div> Soft Machine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/317329 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Porush</div> The Atrocity Exhibition (Flamingo Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74910 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74910"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007116861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.G. Ballard</div> The Soft Machine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24070 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24070"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802133290.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William S. Burroughs</div> The Drowned World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33274 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33274"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857988833.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.G. Ballard</div> Blood and Guts in High School: A Novel (Acker, Kathy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24061 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24061"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080213193X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Acker</div> Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics (Manga) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140800 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140800"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0870117521.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederik L. Schodt</div>