Lists of Bests: Crash0810's "Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/69048 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:52:43 GMT en-us 0 50 398 50 0 Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189960 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189960"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CzXVLYDzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775146 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775146"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MDk6xZlGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Buford</div> The Moviegoer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9043 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9043"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pVDBKE6rL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walker Percy</div> Don't Point that Thing at Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32244 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32244"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Q716Y0CML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kyril Bonfiglioli</div> Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3605329 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3605329"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Anq6MMifL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Ariely</div> Drood: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3877816 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3877816"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41nAbWauhiL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Simmons</div> Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457683 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3457683"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fzPQL7qtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Carson M.D.</div> The Demon in the Freezer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1901661 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1901661"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0736687831.01-ABK0V7DLYO5NU._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Preston</div> The Areas of My Expertise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502070 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502070"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZJG5MH8CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hodgman</div> Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures inTV Writing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5984541 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5984541"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5176tSeKPrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Stepakoff</div> Finding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly (Smart Pop series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34510 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34510"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oNSbaxz5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3358917 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3358917"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512pBTl7Z7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phil Vischer</div> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3509876"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gMlxY5-mL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Junot Diaz</div> Hood (King Raven Trilogy, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/600211 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/600211"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JuUvEaDWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Lawhead</div> Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170341 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170341"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417J22NN40L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bodanis</div> A Long Way Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314490 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314490"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A8DD7E6YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> The Song Is You: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5155975 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Phillips</div> 1906 : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1155599 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1155599"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811849414.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Dalessandro</div> The Friday Night Knitting Club (Friday Night Knitting Club Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3498559 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3498559"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oL2a5XtJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Jacobs</div> The Various Haunts of Men (Simon Serrailler Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3441081 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3441081"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S1DbnN80L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Hill</div> Admission http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6023136 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6023136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414PgIVxbWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Hanff Korelitz</div> This Is Not a Game: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4171544 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4171544"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M-NCsMy2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Jon Williams</div> The Last Good Kiss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11239 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11239"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ze7h5Tk8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Crumley</div> Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5642179 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Lockhart</div> Sag Harbor: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4581688 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colson Whitehead</div> Road Dogs: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5584867 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elmore Leonard</div> Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4630812 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4630812"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L86-Mq0jL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Oakley</div> How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6236985 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6236985"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-8qdcSwaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Goldsworthy</div> Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88289 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88289"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5112WE7VFWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Woodsburner: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5394608 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5394608"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bpf6nnjcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Pipkin</div> In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6158194 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6158194"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ytJakZYIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Meyerson</div> Down River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4929459 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4929459"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PQjbHkxqL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hart</div> The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6477070 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6477070"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ournL95WL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reif Larsen</div> Dear American Airlines: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392811 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392811"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S3P9z1TNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Miles</div> The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6408697 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6408697"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31xJjoAv5NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deyan Sudjic</div> Down Around Midnight: A Memoir of Crash and Survival http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6408699 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6408699"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41h8%2BANrEXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Sabbag</div> Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597308 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597308"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kv-pxFlQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rob Bell</div> Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3845102 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3845102"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31g8wDcqfIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rob Bell</div> The Way Home http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6285542 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6285542"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tJ2R0AF0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Pelecanos</div> The Scarecrow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5382707 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5382707"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vXIKDMpML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/192730 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/192730"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DZBKC24YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Singh</div> Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392812 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7392812"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EqY-VU9vL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edzard Ernst</div> Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10343 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10343"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X3s2zMTiL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Singh</div> Lies, Damned Lies, and Science: How to Sort through the Noise around Global Warming, the Latest Health Claims, and Other Scientific Controversies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4724425 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4724425"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Zv4ZClzjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherry Seethaler</div> Elyon (The Lost Books, No. 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5640266 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5640266"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518ZoD%2BjzCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Dekker</div> Lunatic (The Lost Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5640414 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5640414"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XJnSgz-hL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Dekker</div> Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1530 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1530"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510544RTYDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott McCloud</div> The Beekeeper's Apprentice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/278502 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie R. King</div> The City & the City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5074208 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by China Mieville</div> Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3010359 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3010359"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419hbCB1w6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Atul Gawande</div>