Lists of Bests: New York Times - Best Work of American Fiction of the Past 25 Years http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6452 Early this year, the Book Review's editor, Sam Tanenhaus, sent out a short letter to a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages, asking them to please identify "the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years." Following is the winner along with other books that received numerous votes. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:10:00 GMT en-us 0 50 22 0 0 Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Underworld - Parts I and II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/251536 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/251536"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402535481.01-A4P6RRXZ7PWEV._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18594 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18594"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679641041.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest (Everyman's Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66746 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66746"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679444599.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> American Pastoral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123891143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> A Confederacy of Dunces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807126063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kennedy Toole</div> Housekeeping: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6440 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6440"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424094.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> Winter's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112513 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112513"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Helprin</div> White Noise: (Great Books Edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035553 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035553"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> The Counterlife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18917 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18917"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679749047.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2701 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2701"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140156046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464877_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Carver</div> The Things They Carried http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46824 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim O'Brien</div> Mating http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78485 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Rush</div> Jesus' Son: Stories by http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1524 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1524"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060975776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128453300_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Denis Johnson</div> Operation Shylock : A Confession (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18927 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18927"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679750290.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122553915_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Independence Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18789 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18789"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735186.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54193176_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Ford</div> Sabbath's Theater http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19083 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19083"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679772596.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52767 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52767"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375407936.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> The Human Stain: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9277 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9277"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1125097141_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Known World: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/865 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/865"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060557559.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1086254630_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward P. Jones</div> The Plot Against America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079497.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div>