Lists of Bests: The Boston Globe's 100 Essential New England Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/65767 As published in the Boston Globe on June 14, 2009 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:10:55 GMT en-us 0 50 99 50 0 Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3992550 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3992550"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CEMyax7cL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herman Melville</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Make Way for Ducklings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17512 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17512"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670451495.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert McCloskey</div> Bell Jar (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066760 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066760"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061148512.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18602 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18602"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679642595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8942 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8942"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375506160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Kidder</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> The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm X</div> Empire Falls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9279 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9279"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375726403.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by RICHARD RUSSO</div> Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11207 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11207"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394746163.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056440110_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Anthony Lukas</div> Walden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2641341 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2641341"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1420922610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry David Thoreau</div> All Souls: A Family Story from Southie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836006 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01QjalxY7LL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Patrick MacDonald</div> Ethan Frome http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374289 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2374289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1600962122.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> Charlotte's Web http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064410935.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. B. White</div> Infinite Jest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2146934 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2146934"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316066524.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Foster Wallace</div> Paul Revere's Ride http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4417 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4417"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195098315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hackett Fischer</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> The Scarlet Letter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6362595 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6362595"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41U2ooR0ZNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathaniel Hawthorne</div> CARRIE (Stephen King Library - Red Leather) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591536 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> John Adams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3294787 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3294787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Q0N-GUTzL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> Blues (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281193 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281193"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394757025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hersey</div> Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9104 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9104"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/037570504X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edwidge Danticat</div> Affliction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060920076.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414471_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Banks</div> The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/822678 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/822678"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306810026.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45859529_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Beatty</div> Olive Kitteridge: Fiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6348681 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6348681"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21UcRrB7MNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Strout Elizabeth</div> Boston Boy: Growing up with Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1767859 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1767859"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/096796752X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nat Hentoff</div> She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17673 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17673"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671021001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056463208_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wally Lamb</div> Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140275010.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122532533_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Kurlansky</div> The Prince of Providence: The Rise and Fall of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89237 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89237"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375759670.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Stanton</div> Three Junes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10560 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10560"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385721420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114348499_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Glass</div> Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64763 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64763"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486277909.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Waldo Emerson</div> The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315393 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315393"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060555599.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Trevor Corson</div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Díaz</div> Summer of '49 (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1169671 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1169671"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060884266.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Halberstam</div> Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2393454 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2393454"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143111973.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45217660_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathaniel Philbrick</div> The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6392287 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6392287"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KOzyZXsaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Junger</div> Mystic River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963002 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963002"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060584750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Lehane</div> Peyton Place http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29555 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1555534007.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V62140221_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grace Metalious</div> Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5279981 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jhumpa Lahiri</div> The Education of Henry Adams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002887 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002887"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1594561354.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1097805576_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Adams</div> Promised Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64308 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64308"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0440171970.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122541029_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Parker</div> The Crucible (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3715 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Miller</div> Little Children (Movie Tie-In) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502769 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502769"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031236282X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Perrotta</div> Boston Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3155987 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Stafford</div> On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Kerouac</div> One Boy's Boston 1887-1901 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6537045 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Eliot Morison</div> House of Sand and Fog (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9298 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9298"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727345.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Dubus III</div> Sophie's Choice (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/583991 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/583991"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679602895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464854_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Styron</div> Waiting: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9130 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9130"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375706410.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ha Jin</div> Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22663 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22663"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076790592X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122564362_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mitch Albom</div>