Lists of Bests: Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6876 The best books, as chosen by the authors of the Salon.com Reader's Guide, by all the authors profiled in the book. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:06:48 GMT en-us 0 50 224 50 0 The Monkey Wrench Gang (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1446 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1446"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060956445.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414560_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Abbey</div> Things Fall Apart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002919 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> Empire of the Senseless http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83800 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83800"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802131794.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Acker</div> The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58740 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58740"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802141676.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> Trash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14142 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14142"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452283515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Allison</div> !Yo! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71409 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71409"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452279186.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Alvarez</div> The Information http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18796 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18796"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735739.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114096171_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> The Hundred Brothers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340420 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340420"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679769420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465018_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Antrim</div> Cat's Eye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10317 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10317"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385491026.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Invention of Solitude: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41343 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41343"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140106286.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114232199_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The Fermata http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18998 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18998"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679759336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464982_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholson Baker</div> Empire of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47117 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47117"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743265238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> Continental Drift (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556897 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556897"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060854944.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44021837_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Banks</div> The BOOK OF EVIDENCE http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1378182 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> Regeneration http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14040 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452270073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132610379_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18736 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18736"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679731377.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Barnes</div> Chimera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17161 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17161"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618131701.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Barth</div> Sixty Stories (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106797 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106797"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437395.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1065043955_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Barthelme</div> The Watch (Norton Paperback Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503839 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503839"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039331135X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190432_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Bass</div> Rebel Powers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2146118 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Bausch</div> Park City: New and Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/536546 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/536546"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679781331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Beattie</div> About Schmidt (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13518 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13518"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449911160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444421_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Begley</div> The Year of Silence (Contemporary American Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/424530 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/424530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140115331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madison Smartt Bell</div> Seize the Day (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3721 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3721"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> Once in Europa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002499 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002499"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0747544492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1058990266_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Berger</div> Neighbors: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/949915 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/949915"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743257960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Berger</div> Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64368 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64368"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1887178384.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gina Berriault</div> Let the Dog Drive: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008950 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bowman</div> Riven Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17567 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17567"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670878812.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.C. Boyle</div> Trout Fishing in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52070 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52070"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099747715.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Brautigan</div> Stories in an Almost Classical Mode (Picador Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2146144 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2146144"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330311565.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Brodkey</div> Hotel Du Lac http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65394 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65394"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679759328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Brookner</div> Hot Water Music http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70867 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70867"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0876855966.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Bukowski</div> Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love-Life (Norton Paperback Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10875 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10875"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039331507X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24133 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24133"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802137989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Olen Butler</div> Possession: A Romance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735909.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.S. Byatt</div> The Palace Thief: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2055861 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2055861"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ethan Canin</div> Oscar and Lucinda: movie tie-in edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19118 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19118"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679777504.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> The Alienist: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978030 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978030"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Caleb Carr</div> Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298350 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298350"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140255281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138677444_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Angela Carter</div> Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18639"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464877_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Carver</div> Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54280 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54280"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060790598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> The Stories of John Cheever http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9234 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9234"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Cheever</div> The Beans of Egypt, Maine: The Finished Version http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43607 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43607"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156001888.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carolyn Chute</div> The Hunt for Red October (Special 15th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313868 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313868"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425172902.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Clancy</div> The House of Sleep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9009 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9009"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375700889.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Coe</div> Life and Times of Michael K: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2562 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2562"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140074481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132599556_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Goodbye Without Leaving http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/432824 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/432824"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060955333.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Colwin</div> Guide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/183377 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/183377"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135803.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Cooper</div> The Public Burning http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24093 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24093"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135277.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Coover</div>