Lists of Bests: DoctorTeeth's "My 999 Reading Challenge" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/63618 (From Librarything.com.) The goal is to read 9 books from 9 different genres in 2009. My nine categories are: Comics Trade Paperbacks Favourite Re-Reads Science/Technology History Biography/Memoir Philosophy Pop Cultural Studies Mystery/Crime Fiction Canadian Fiction (Note: there is overlap for two books, so instead of 81 books I have 79.) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:39:03 GMT en-us 0 50 78 50 0 Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/162195 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/162195"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785118284.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stan Lee</div> Showcase Presents: House of Mystery, Vol. 1 (Showcase Presents) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565237 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565237"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1401207863.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Len Wein</div> Hulk: WWH - Renegades TPB (The Incredible Hercules (Hulk)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3563685 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3563685"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11a5IJfxeuL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Pak</div> Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus: Volume 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2650524 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2650524"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401213448.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46913764_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Kirby</div> Soliel: Sky Doll Volume 1 Premiere HC http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3932116 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Canepa</div> Skyscrapers Of The Midwest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5513154 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5513154"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MCKDeJ-eL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Cotter</div> Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/357026 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/357026"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785107452.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roy Thomas</div> Northlanders Vol. 1: Sven The Returned http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4872752 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4872752"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P89HqAarL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Wood</div> The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54863 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54863"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0911903968.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110630064_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Rosa</div> Watchmen (Absolute Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67543 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67543"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401207138.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moore</div> No Coins, Please (Apple Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014463 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Korman</div> The Gun Seller http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17672 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17672"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067102082X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh Laurie</div> Microserfs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1561 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060987049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div> The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4556 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4556"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/019517500X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345391802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165785 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393926362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Men Of Tomorrow: Geek, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62776 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62776"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465036570.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V58509169_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerard Jones</div> The Last of the Crazy People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120072 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Findley</div> A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789703 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11AA6PJPTWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393316041.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard P. Feynman</div> The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3060570 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3060570"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01-x-1vTfaL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Doidge</div> The Island of the Colorblind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9006 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375700730.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438394_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Sacks</div> Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19089 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19089"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679772898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Temple Grandin</div> Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2160181 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2160181"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142001562.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Ellis</div> A Brief History of Infinity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79307 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79307"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1841196509.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084485210_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Clegg</div> The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration Of Technology Into Everyday Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/865863 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/865863"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0071382240.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Birth of the Chess Queen : A History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75944 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75944"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007D9VM8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilyn Yalom</div> All the President's Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1004024 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1004024"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416522913.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bob Woodward</div> The Stories of English http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54200 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54200"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585677191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Crystal</div> The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215056 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385658397.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre Berton</div> Legends of the Samurai http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149646 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149646"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879516194.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056503926_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hiroaki Sato</div> Victory At Vimy: Canada Comes Of Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896891 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896891"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZMqMriCzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Barris</div> Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/432700 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/432700"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287472.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Budiansky</div> The Russian Civil War 1918-22 (Essential Histories) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896893 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896893"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eIc1mE4%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bullock</div> Man in Black http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1132744 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Johnny Cash</div> On the Front Line of Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896896 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896896"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KD3N7198L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Magical Thinking: True Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58659 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58659"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312315953.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Augusten Burroughs</div> Black Like Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664078 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664078"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451208641.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Howard Griffin</div> Monkey Business: The Lives and Legends of The Marx Brothers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/688271 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/688271"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312283822.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Louvish</div> Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1068077 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1068077"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879308753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Davis</div> Night (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94284 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94284"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374500010.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elie Wiesel</div> Giacomo Casanova: History of My Life Volumes 1 & 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896899 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giacomo; Trask, Willard R. (trans.) Casanova</div> Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintainance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244807 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert M. Pirsig</div> A Brief History of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31020 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31020"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1570627401.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114883442_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Wilber</div> Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3183429 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Cathcart</div> The Inescapable Self: An Introduction to Western Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896901 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896901"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fEki63qRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Chappell</div> The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/335004 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/335004"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287448.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Baggini</div> The Social Contract and Discourses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2949011 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2949011"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11pielH-y1L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Jacques Rousseau</div> The Elements of Mentality: The Foundations of Psychology and Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896903 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5896903"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PRYMGTG0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hume</div> The Basic Works of Aristotle (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60715 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375757996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristotle</div>