Lists of Bests: roth_b's "Books I've read in the past year." http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7443 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:08:44 GMT en-us 0 50 45 0 0 Plainsong http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9119 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9119"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375705856.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438428_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kent Haruf</div> Microserfs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1561 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060987049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div> Home Town http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18116 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18116"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671785214.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Kidder</div> A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725784.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div> The Moor's Last Sigh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18885 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18885"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679744665.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464943_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Angels & Demons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1291287 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1291287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416524797.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> The Da Vinci Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227304 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227304"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Deception Point http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17706 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17706"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671027387.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134824 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393316041.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard P. Feynman</div> Invisible Man: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962378 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962378"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44539344_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Ellison</div> The Intuitionist: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10340 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10340"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385493002.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colson Whitehead</div> The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13382 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13382"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/044900371X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190955_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Orlean</div> I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18686 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18686"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067972477X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Graves</div> Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973381 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765356155.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susanna Clarke</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312282990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441013597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122692856_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Herbert</div> Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18990 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18990"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067975833X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Horwitz</div> The Falls: A Novel (Oates, Joyce Carol) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1083 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1083"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060722282.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123880346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Carol Oates</div> A Long Long Way http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1478739 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1478739"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FDK7FU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Barry</div> Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319183 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/319183"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060722932.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seb Hunter</div> Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15967 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15967"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553560735.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122549343_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Stanley Robinson</div> Four Souls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1507329 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1507329"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007P6ZTI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Erdrich</div> Don't Look Back (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/889701 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/889701"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karin Fossum</div> Ender's Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563187 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563187"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765342294.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695187_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Dandelion Wine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80277 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80277"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380977265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079276.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> Straight Man: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9039 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9039"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701907.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Russo</div> Beyond Black: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499210 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499210"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426054.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hilary Mantel</div> Ragtime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619826 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619826"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553135422.01-AP5EGDGANY8DS._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. DOCTOROW</div> The March: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61216 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61216"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375506713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Doctorow</div> Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25407 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25407"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812550757.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6419 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6419"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312422601.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Horwitz</div> Drop City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63302 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63302"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009YARGY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. C. Boyle</div> Heir to the Glimmering World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187879 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187879"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618618805.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cynthia Ozick</div> The Plot Against America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079497.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> About a Boy (Movie Tie-In) (Movie Tie-In) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31280 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31280"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229571.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222174 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060899220.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Bourdain</div> Wolves Eat Dogs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714757 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714757"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000F3T4DQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56285192_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Cruz Smith</div> The World According to Garp (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309647 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/309647"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679603069.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> Memory of Running, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/685806 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/685806"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EXZEZE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron McLarty</div> A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5008 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5008"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226500667.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Maclean</div> Jass (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/986880 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/986880"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fulmer</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038572179X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> Articles of War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/592190 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/592190"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400077346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Arvin</div>