Lists of Bests: Crash0810's "Reading List 2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/63849 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:03:34 GMT en-us 0 50 150 50 0 Quicksilver http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3312915 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775146 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775146"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400034477.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42827024_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Buford</div> The Final Warning: A Maximum Ride Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5455760 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5455760"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511OB7T3TLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Patterson</div> Who Stole the Funny?: A Novel of Hollywood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3818266 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3818266"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yjKE8Yr%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robby Benson</div> Outliers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5659369 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> The Moviegoer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4985455 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walker Percy</div> Don't Point that Thing at Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32244 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32244"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585675628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kyril Bonfiglioli</div> The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071399 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071399"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786838655.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Riordan</div> Predictably Irrational http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3955046 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Ariely</div> Drood: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3877816 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Simmons</div> Then We Came to the End: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2997779 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Ferris</div> Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457683 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457683"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01RkE90FS2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Carson</div> The Demon in the Freezer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1901661 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1901661"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0736687831.01-ABK0V7DLYO5NU._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Preston</div> The Areas of My Expertise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1149743 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hodgman</div> Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures in TV Writing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5984541 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5984541"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5176tSeKPrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Stepakoff</div> finding serenity: anti-heroes, lost shepards, and space hookers in joss whedon's firefly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5984571 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3358917 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3358917"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01HtsUr8KDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phil Vischer</div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2922919 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Diaz</div> Hood: The King Raven Trilogy - Book 1 (The King Raven Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2824866 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Lawhead</div> Special Topics in Calamity Physics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5385328 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4444860 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> ELECTRIC UNIVERSE: THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF ELECTRICITY, by David Bodanis (Crown, 2005) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4933985 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Genesis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6062872 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6062872"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lS-QIstzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard Beckett</div> A long way down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970160 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> The Hunger Games http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5296683 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzanne Collins</div> MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press, 2005) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5585964 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Stranger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2171088 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus (Tr. Matthew Ward)</div> The House That Cleans Itself: Creative Solutions for a Clean and Orderly House in Less Time Than You Can Imagine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2742944 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2742944"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0736918809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43957322_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mindy Starns Clark</div> The Song Is You: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5155975 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Phillips</div> 1906 : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1155599 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1155599"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811849414.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Dalessandro</div> The Friday Night Knitting Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2770718 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Jacobs</div> The Various Haunts of Men (Simon Serrailler Crime Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3441081 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3441081"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/016s-8X0nPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Hill</div> Rosa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5960658 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Raab</div> Admission http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6023136 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6023136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414PgIVxbWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Hanff Korelitz</div> This Is Not a Game: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4171544 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4171544"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GoHWQDBhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Jon Williams</div> The Last Good Kiss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11239 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11239"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394759893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Crumley</div> Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3001036 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Lockhart</div> Sag Harbor: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4581688 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colson Whitehead</div> Road Dogs: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5584867 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elmore Leonard</div> Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5410372 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Oakley</div> How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6236985 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6236985"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vq2DKrz-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Goldsworthy</div> Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4434188 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Woodsburner: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5394608 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5394608"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bpf6nnjcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Pipkin</div> In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6158194 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6158194"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j8IyAasUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Meyerson</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">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Riordan</div> Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: Battle of the Labyrinth, The (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5437211 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Riordan</div> Titan's Curse, The (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539380 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539380"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01wxWdufLkL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Riordan</div> The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2610424 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2610424"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1423103343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Riordan</div> American Gods http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009084 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Down River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4872494 <div id="position">51</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hart</div>