http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6760 a list of eighty-one books, the recommendations of Donald Barthelme to his students. Barthelme’s only guidance was to attack the books “in no particular order, just read them.” Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:31:06 GMT en-us 0 50 81 50 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30319 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30319"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/156478181X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Flann O'Brien</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30328 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30328"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/156478214X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Flann O'Brien</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10980 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10980"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393324028.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Babel</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25082 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811200124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494802_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5405 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5405"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0292760027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056428689_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/767 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/767"><img 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id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/374542"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140075577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grace Paley</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8558 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8558"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374515247.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grace Paley</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90966 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420102.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Sontag</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/985041 <div 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Gass</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/935911 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/935911"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879232544.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056503873_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William H. Gass</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486418 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/486418"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465026257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William H. 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class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonard Michaels</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4095 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4095"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156189216.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eudora Welty</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1421670 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Apple</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8559 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8559"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374515360.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438171_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Flannery O'Connor</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19318 <div 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