Lists of Bests: PretentiousAcademian's "Books I Read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68567 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:51:07 GMT en-us 0 50 66 50 0 Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775169 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775169"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rGBoqb4HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beth Nonte Russell</div> Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WaEeUQKxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> Oroonoko (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1172671 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1172671"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415HT-T0Y3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aphra Behn</div> Jane Eyre http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6995287 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6995287"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dtlu4ROvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Bronte</div> Wuthering Heights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7384924 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7384924"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yAXgbO4uL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> Othello (New Folger Library Shakespeare) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/103634 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/103634"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R1GeSot-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Every Woman's Marriage: Igniting the Joy and Passion You Both Desire (The Every Man Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/375896 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/375896"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400071194.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shannon Ethridge</div> Bleak House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008119 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008119"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037617.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Literacy and Longing in L.A. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2258758 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2258758"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OCGIUENwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Kaufman</div> The Gatecrasher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7388901 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7388901"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411hpg9qHbL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine Wickham</div> All's Well That Ends Well (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/609313 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/609313"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743484975.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The Perfect Fit: Fat-Free Dreams Just Don't Taste the Same http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1600305 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1600305"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061173088.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45194198_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Kean</div> A Clearing Season: Reflections for Lent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/633614 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/633614"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51htGTk4mKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Parsons</div> All Quiet on the Western Front http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6406172 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6406172"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Jy2vJ5zDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich Maria Remarque</div> Middlemarch (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4217818 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4217818"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FT5KAuW6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Eliot</div> Summer Reading: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3734319 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3734319"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-QKpMWAzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hilma Wolitzer</div> Miss Match (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7388903 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7388903"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ocp5Cuk%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erynn Mangum</div> 1984 (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13902 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13902"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31bMi9gBjXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Measure for Measure (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86737 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86737"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A6zwQ3%2BjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The Trophy Wives Club (The Trophy Wives Club, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2699803 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2699803"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41x-KuDgPhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kristin Billerbeck</div> Tess Of The D'Urbervilles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2107775 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21573 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21573"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zzIYT49mL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The Winter's Tale (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1650905 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Until Tomorrow (Christy and Todd: College Years) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106697 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106697"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764222724.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Jones Gunn</div> Rematch (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7388904 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7388904"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bKqWjhNRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erynn Mangum</div> Sisterchicks on the Loose! (Sisterchicks Series #1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32519 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32519"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515sB-bkNCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Jones Gunn</div> As You Wish (Christy and Todd: The College Years #2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106698 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106698"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RV3F7GJML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Jones Gunn</div> I Promise (Christy and Todd: The College Years #3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/380808 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/380808"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4114C9BP2FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Jones Gunn</div> Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93410 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93410"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51s-RGNI9xL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophie Kinsella</div> Peculiar Treasures (The Katie Weldon Series #1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2901567 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2901567"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YnXGV8yEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Jones Gunn</div> Can You Hear Me?: Tuning In to the God Who Speaks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1719436 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1719436"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i5WQaXAQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Jersak</div> A Marriage After God's Own Heart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466622 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466622"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xe1wZirQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Clarke</div> Lists to Live By: The Christian Collection: For Everything That Really Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320862 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/320862"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5171GAWDEAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Gray</div> The Manny http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2707807 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2707807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385340400.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Holly Peterson</div> Shopaholic & Sister (Shopaholic Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499347 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499347"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rlvhTBanL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophie Kinsella</div> Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5821682 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5821682"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FSQeFM62L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophie Kinsella</div> The Last Summer (of You and Me) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6349137 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6349137"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41OWyQW93uL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (Expanded and Adapted for Small Groups) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5695 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5695"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mbm45OkAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ortberg</div> Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19875 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19875"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689832133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122555588_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doreen Cronin</div> The Twits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2434388 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Running with Scissors: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6413 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6413"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yVSgcKcsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Augusten Burroughs</div> I Did (But I Wouldn't Now) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/375578 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/375578"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kW-jbhUJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cara Lockwood</div> Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123957 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123957"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31g8wDcqfIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rob Bell</div> One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014671 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014671"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41W2AK3H3PL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</div> Marriage On The Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/856607 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/856607"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MZYAHESPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jimmy Evans</div> Sushi for One? (The Sushi Series, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2892140 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2892140"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Qm6cTJTSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Camy Tang</div> I Dare You: Embrace Life with Passion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4649708 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4649708"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31utnwyaE8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Meyer</div> On a Whim (The Katie Weldon Series #2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3771487 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3771487"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41u-GaPie4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Jones Gunn</div> I Am Not, but I Know I Am: welcome to the story of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3466021 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3466021"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01EB7DGN79L.jpg" /></a></div> Completely His: Loving Jesus Without Limits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3928835 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3928835"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tB-d513%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shannon Ethridge</div>