Lists of Bests: loulougirl's "Books To Read 2009/10" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/64653 Books I have on my To Read shelf. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:04:42 GMT en-us 0 50 144 50 0 The New Kings of Nonfiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806391 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira Glass</div> McSweeney's Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34559 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34559"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932416080.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393061310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Survivor: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10395 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10395"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385498721.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> Why Do People Hate America? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158280 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158280"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1840465255.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ziauddin Sardar</div> The Unconscious Civilization - CBC Master Lecture Series ... from the Radio Program ' Ideas ' http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3886157 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ralston Saul</div> Fast Food Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55258 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55258"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838582.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Schlosser</div> Me Talk Pretty One Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7099 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7099"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316776963.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56788728_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766007 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Setterfield</div> The Stone Diaries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1876860 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> The Pilot's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6289150 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Shreve</div> We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1767431 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1767431"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006112429X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lionel Shriver</div> Stuck in Downward Dog: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3339589 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3339589"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01cSkhs4rpL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chantel Simmons</div> Prep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67699 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Curtis Sittenfeld</div> White Teeth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4534739 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> The Boys in the Trees: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3727204 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3727204"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11gZo1Ww8xL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Swan</div> A Complicated Kindness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60041 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60041"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582433224.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1141169990_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miriam Toews</div> How to Talk to a Widower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2951962 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Tropper</div> Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61988 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61988"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1592401716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Truss</div> Slaughter-House Five http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1187593 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut Jr</div> Partly Cloudy Patriot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2361594 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Vowell</div> Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5788654 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5788654"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gSFgAJo8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marlene Wagman-Geller</div> Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1953485 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elie Wiesel</div> The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3169434 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3169434"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01PBFw7--cL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oscar Wilde</div> Culture and Materialism (Radical Thinkers) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386345 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386345"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844670600.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121473804_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Williams</div> The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5964133 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naomi Wolf</div> A Room of One's Own http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820226 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820226"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0151787336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> October: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5357748 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5357748"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NVqmVYzLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard B. Wright</div> THE CHRYSALIDS http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4217361 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by JOHN WYNDHAM</div> The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/412492 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/412492"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060938226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59146224_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Yagoda</div> On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224574 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224574"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060891548.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William K. Zinsser</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/311653 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The White Tiger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4949452 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aravind Adiga</div> Go Ask Alice by Anonymous http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2151530 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Why Men Love Bitches http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5477253 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherry Argov</div> Margaret Atwood. Negotiating with the Dead: a Writer on Writing.(Book Review): An article from: World Literature Today http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1047904 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by B.A. St. Andrews</div> Northanger Abbey (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457338 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams (Revised Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22710 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22710"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076791029X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bach</div> The Pleasure of the Text http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105424 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105424"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374521603.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438179_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roland Barthes</div> The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot (Art of...) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2346381 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2346381"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1555974732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45466803_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Baxter</div> A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2931234 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ishmael Beah</div> The Gutenberg Elegies : The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1433492 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sven Birkerts</div> Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4607539 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4607539"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gTfD27PQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1469051 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1469051"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0415389550.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judith Butler</div> Magical Thinking: True Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58659 <div id="position">46</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> The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6340528 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6340528"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BQoJx--DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Carr</div> Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32064 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32064"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1583225900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Noam Chomsky</div> The Archivist: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6910 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6910"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316158461.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134521946_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martha Cooley</div> The Gum Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2952342 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div>