Lists of Bests: kris10s's "Books to Read in 2010" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/67077 Books I plan to read in 2010, both alone and to my girls (5 and 4.) Sort of a running to-read list, not firmly followed but certainly well used. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:19:18 GMT en-us 0 50 108 50 0 The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4533143 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4533143"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CjI-Q-bvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milan Kundera</div> Meet the Austins: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4604245 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4604245"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oA4BVgcwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine L'Engle</div> The Book Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195623 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195623"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xUKQkaW5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Markus Zusak</div> Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187272 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187272"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K2lqO6DuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendell Berry</div> A Bear Called Paddington http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5370464 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5370464"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31nJBvHWGiL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Bond</div> From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/742104 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/742104"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V4Z6QWYZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rose Marie Miller</div> Holiness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135863 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135863"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JHegt37jL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Webster</div> The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6075628 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6075628"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VgQ5HqN3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stieg Larsson</div> The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work" (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24976 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24976"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kbAIFUnZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathleen Norris</div> Olive Kitteridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4857389 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4857389"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J6z8FYgiL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Strout</div> Kit an American Girl (6 Book Set) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2252737 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2252737"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1584853573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130872301_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Valerie Tripp</div> A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6437719 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6437719"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4171JRde26L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Miller</div> Song of Solomon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56284 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56284"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41k3CtamoXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Heights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7405324 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7405324"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/616wQ%2BtJbCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Hedges</div> The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865419 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3865419"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V1Q-Hp1vL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Keller</div> When You Reach Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6477667 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6477667"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512lknGGD8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rebecca Stead</div> Patched Together: A Story of My Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7011338 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7011338"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615xCaxvc8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brennan Manning</div> The Children of Noisy Village http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81081 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81081"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61EUvJb%2BktL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Astrid Lindgren</div> Imperfect Birds: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6992870 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6992870"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XjJaOZkkL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Lamott</div> Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18715 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18715"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W8VzPH9XL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition (Harry Potter) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4968788 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4968788"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Q3w-K5lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">22</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> Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21004 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21004"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bWIoJ1WAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Lewis</div> The Postmistress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400170 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400170"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518dX9674XL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Blake</div> The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection (Modern Library Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9414 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9414"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dJepYPakL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Farrar Capon</div> The Thirty-Nine Steps (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3530 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3530"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KXFAmj-OL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Buchan</div> The Long Song: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7411164 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7411164"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/619wFJ6BuJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Levy</div> The Girl Who Played with Fire: Book 2 of the Millennium Trilogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7405829 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7405829"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DXAERrKdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stieg Larsson</div> The Last Gentleman: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52471 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52471"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wQx3wD30L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walker Percy</div> The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sp6oWt1DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> The Family Under the Bridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81554 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81554"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0064402509.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414862_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natalie Savage Carlson</div> The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6612473 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6612473"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FH1JpbxeL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rebecca Skloot</div> Plan B: What Do You Do When God Doesn't Show Up the Way You Thought He Would? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7411600 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7411600"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aXUFx0ieL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pete Wilson</div> The Moon by Night: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3923235 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3923235"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L02T2SRLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine L'Engle</div> Stuff Christians Like http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7414265 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7414265"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518OtzCj37L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Acuff</div> Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7409470 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7409470"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51m3mUohrHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sharon Davies</div> The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19092 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19092"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JphuOIeHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Turtle in Paradise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7414266 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7414266"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ooUxeTFXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer L. Holm</div> Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7416256 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7416256"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MRX491CRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Almond</div> The Year of Magical Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414gDND8EuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> Descent into Hell: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24273 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24273"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wIluMh6CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Williams</div> Portnoy's Complaint http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18979 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18979"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pT9wtzcWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Remembering: A Novel (Port William) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4015912 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4015912"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410qnCSlntL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendell Berry</div> The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7416862 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7416862"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51chw5k2SOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Stearns</div> The Girl Who Fell from the Sky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6006164 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6006164"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41s7frcSs4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heidi W. Durrow</div> The Optimist's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18712 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18712"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517CjKif5DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eudora Welty</div> The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50595 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50595"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WeF4Qa8HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Miller</div> Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1905 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1905"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2BsHIJgAXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Betty MacDonald</div> Perelandra (Space Trilogy, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45118 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45118"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZE6SQQZNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Lewis</div> The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6682234 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6682234"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31oTzUtrlKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div>