Lists of Bests: NPR's 100 Best Beach Books Ever http://www.listsofbests.com/list/66587 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106983620 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:17:41 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Harry Potter series http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1205266 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> To Kill A Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800117 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800117"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/0172AfOHsTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Kite Runner [KITE RUNNER] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6088320 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6088320"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bPmlkZ6IL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled(Author) Hosseini</div> Bridget Jones Diary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3292549 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Fielding</div> Pride and Prejudice (Arcturus Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534015 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534015"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vKCU-0P6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4146368 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rebecca Wells</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4239324 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4239324"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FNVTRGE8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 25th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45214 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400052920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5230136 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5230136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21I1bkpTSsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fannie Flagg</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Time Traveler's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4064 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4064"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qsZrtLIDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Audrey Niffenegger</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eiyPdqd2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Joy Luck Club http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1739199 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1739199"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A1s6eDsfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Tan</div> The Hobbit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5182 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5182"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BC36M6T5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. R. R. Tolkien</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511BDFArolL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. D. Salinger</div> Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6800440 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6800440"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z3y4H88tL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Bel Canto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zxU3y-m-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/596527 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/596527"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX0TW42SL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Middlesex http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4025213 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Water for Elephants: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2020443"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ndVau1joL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Gruen</div> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4568955 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4568955"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pPKcIaXjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> The Bean Trees: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5272039 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5272039"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A2UwGDnPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Movie Tie-in Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4938276 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4938276"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KppM97Z1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander McCall Smith</div> The World According to Garp (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309647 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309647"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z96nqwSWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19589 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684865130.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> The Prince of Tides: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974445 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974445"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yUnbAcrOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Conroy</div> Like Water for Chocolate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7043050 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7043050"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71KZWRQHZ3L._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Esquivel</div> The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3875750 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3875750"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JLSRtaC-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Goldman</div> The Accidental Tourist: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8129 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8129"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GeYQZ1LFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Tyler</div> Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/804210"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MLd2DZYwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephenie Meyer</div> A Confederacy of Dunces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5932850 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5932850"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/319GJY32BFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kennedy Toole</div> East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/216567 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/216567"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670033049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> The Red Tent: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586019 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586019"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jHAFKYKaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Diamant</div> Beach Music: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967114 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967114"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZndGYFeXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Conroy</div> One Hundred Years of Solitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1424007 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1424007"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513GEHVNTBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/631641 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> Ender's Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563187 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563187"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511J8LyyVsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Lonesome Dove: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19633 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19633"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/068487122X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry McMurtry</div> The Thorn Birds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222255 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222255"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380444798.01-A225UMUJKH113X._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44400990_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colleen McCullough</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DsykAD33L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> The Pillars of the Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5771071 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5771071"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qDnOm8H9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Follett</div> Anna Karenina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2412116 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2412116"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HZTJmSLaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Interview with the Vampire (Vampire Chronicles) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434805 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434805"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2BL6JZ4eL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Rice</div> Cold Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846154 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846154"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xiRMYK42L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Frazier</div> Empire Falls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9279 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9279"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L9sXUm%2BDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Russo</div> Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/200281 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/200281"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E19SD0.01-AIR1YILJKP5Y._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Mayes</div> The Count of Monte Cristo (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/208360 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/208360"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wPYf5SV%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandre Dumas</div> Even Cowgirls Get the Blues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15859 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15859"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rZsoRVYkL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Robbins</div> I Know This Much Is True: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3519462 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3519462"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NkvfcReZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wally Lamb</div> Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/509965 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/509965"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aru%2B8H0PL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div>