Favorite Books 2006

Shakespeare : The Biography	Ackroyd, Peter
Madame Secretary: A Memoir	Albright, Madeleine
Long Tail, The: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More	Anderson, Chris
Mark of the Lion	Arruda, Suzanne
Mansfield Park	Austen, Jane
Pride and Prejudice	Austen, Jane
Sari Shop, The	Bajwa, Rupa
Arthur and George	Barnes, Julian
Dave Barry’s Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?	Barry, Dave
Great Influenza, The: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History	Barry, John M
Company, The	Barry, Max
Darwin’s Radio	Bear, Greg
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic	Bechdel, Alison
City of Falling Angels, The	Berendt, John
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood	Booth, Martin
Talk, Talk	Boyle, T C
Startide Rising: The Uplift Saga Book 2	Brin, David
Brief History of the Dead, The	Brockmeier, Kevin
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War	Brooks, Max
Piece of Cake	Brown, Cupcake
Short History of Nearly Everything, A	Bryson, Bill
Paladin of Souls: Chalion Series Book 2	Bujold, Lois McMaster
Notes of a Dirty Old Man	Bukowski, Charles
Kidnapped	Burke, Jan
Secret Garden, The	Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Size 12 is Not Fat	Cabot, Meg
Q Road	Campbell, Bonnie Jo
Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future	Carville, James with Paul Begala
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born	Cassidy, Tina
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone	Chandrasekeran, Rajiv
My Life in France	Child, Julia
various books	Child, Lee
Walking the Perfect Square	Coleman, Reed Farrel
Bucking the Sarge	Curtis, Christopher Paul
Pop Gun War	Dalrymple, Farel
Last Dragon, The	de Mari, Silvana
Inheritance of Loss, The	Desai, Kiran
Year of Magical Thinking, The	Didion, Joan
Book By Book: Notes on Reading and Life	Dirda, Michael
March, The	Doctorow, E L
Whistling Season, The	Doig, Ivan
Paula Spencer	Doyle, Roddy
Memory Keeper’s Daughter, The	Edwards, Kim
Worst Hard Time, The : The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl	Egan, Timothy
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why	Ehrman, Bart
Painted Drum, The	Erdrich, Louise
Last Witness, The	Erickson, K J
Middlesex	Eugenides, Jeffrey
Can’t Wait To Get To Heaven	Flagg, Fannie
Weather Makers, The : How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth	Flannery, Tim
1635: Cannon Law – Ring of Fire Series Book 4	Flint, Eric
1812: The Rivers of War	Flint, Eric
1824: The Arkansas War	Flint, Eric
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	Foer, Jonathan Safran
World is Flat, The	Friedman, Thomas
Coraline	Gaiman, Neil
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs, The	Gantos, Jack
Old Filth	Gardam, Jane
Prayer for the Night, A	Gaus, P L
Cold Comfort Farm	Gibbons, Stella
Child’s Life, A	Gloeckner, Phoebe
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior	Grandin, Temple and Catherine Johnson
Abundance of Katherines, An	Green, John
Water for Elephants	Gruen, Sara
On Nature: Great Writers on the Great Outdoors	Gutkind, Lee ed.
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The	Haddon, Mark
Spot of Bother, A	Haddon, Mark
Letter to a Christian Nation	Harris, Sam
Traveler, The: A Novel	Hawks, John Twelve
Messiah of Morris Avenue, The	Hendra, Tony
Sex With the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics	Herman, Eleanor
Widow of the South	Hicks, Robert
Holmes on the Range	Hockensmith, Steve
Kite Runner, The	Hosseini, Khaled
Dead Wrong	Jance, J A
Good Dog, A: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life	Katz, Jon
Birds in Fall	Kessler, Brad
Attack, The	Khadra, Yasmina
Intellectual Devotional, The: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently With the Cultured Class	Kidder, David S and Noah D Oppenheim
Redemption: Redemption Series Book 1	Kingsbury, Karen
Rejoice: Redemption Series Book 4	Kingsbury, Karen
Remember: Redemption Series Book 2	Kingsbury, Karen
Return: Redemption Series Book 3	Kingsbury, Karen
Reunion: Redemption Series Book 5	Kingsbury, Karen
Sorrow’s Anthem	Koryta, Michael
Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More	Lacey, Robert
What the Stones Remember: A Life Rediscovered	Lane, Patrick
Devil in the White City, The: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America	Larsen, Eric
Deep Blue Alibi: Solomon vs. Lord Series Book 2	Levine, Paul
Kill All the Lawyers: Solomon vs. Lord Series Book 3	Levine, Paul
Solomon vs. Lord: Solomon vs. Lord Series Book 1	Levine, Paul
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything	Levitt, Steven D and Stephen J Dubner
Ethical Assassin, The	Liss, David
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie	Lubar, David
Testament, The	Lustbader, Eric Van
Son of a Witch	Maguire, Gregory
Wicked	Maguire, Gregory
Owl & Moon Cafe, The	Mapson, Jo-Ann
Road, The	McCarthy, Cormac
Not the End of the World	McCaughrean, Geraldine
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art	McCloud, Scott
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The	McCullers, Carson
Stagger Lee	McCulloch, Derek and Shepherd Hendrix
1776	McCullough, David
Shadow Man	McFadyen, Cody
Cage of Stars	Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Black Swan Green	Mitchell, David
Gone With the Wind	Mitchell, Margaret
Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top	Mnookin, Seth
Anne of Avonlea: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 2	Montgomery, L M
Anne of Green Gables: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 1	Montgomery, L M
Anne of Ingleside: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 6	Montgomery, L M
Anne of the Island: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 3	Montgomery, L M
Anne of Windy Poplars: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 4	Montgomery, L M
Anne’s House of Dreams: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 5	Montgomery, L M
Rainbow Valley: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 7	Montgomery, L M
Rilla of Ingleside: Anne of Green Gables Series Book 8	Montgomery, L M
WE3	Morrison, Grant
Cinnamon Kiss	Mosley, Walter
Vanishing Point	Muller, Marcia
By Force of Arms: Revolution at Sea Trilogy Book 1	Nelson, James L
What to Eat	Nestle, Marion
I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny	Newhart, Bob
Freshwater Road	Nicholas, Denise
Time Traveler’s Wife, The	Niffenegger, Audrey
Black Powder War: Temeraire Series Book 3	Novik, Naomi
His Majesty’s Dragon: Temeraire Series Book 1	Novik, Naomi
Throne of Jade: Temeraire Series Book 2	Novik, Naomi
Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II	Osgood, Charles
Polio: an American Story	Oshinsky, David
Lost and Found	Parkhurst, Carolyn
Life of Insects, The	Pelevin, Viktor and Andrew Bromfield
Still Life	Penny, Louise
Truck: A Love Story	Perry, Michael
Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen	Powell, Julie
Going Postal: Discworld Series Book 30	Pratchett, Terry
Brimstone	Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child
Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution	Puls, Mark
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers	Roach, Mary
Dance of the Gods: The Circle Trilogy Book 2	Roberts, Nora
Morrigan’s Cross: The Circle Trilogy Book 1	Roberts, Nora
Valley of Silence: The Circle Trilogy Book 3	Roberts, Nora
Gilead	Robinson, Marilynne
Crazy Years, The:  Reflections of a Science Fiction Original	Robinson, Spider
They Call Me Naughty Lola	Rose, David ed.
Plot Against America, The	Roth, Philip
Children of God	Russell, Mary Doria
Sparrow, The	Russell, Mary Doria
God Went to Beauty School	Rylant, Cynthia
Seeing	Saramago, Jose
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	See, Lisa
Thirteenth Tale, The	Setterfield, Diane
On Beauty	Smith, Zadie
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy	Sones, Sonya
Luncheonette: A Memoir	Sorrention, Steven
Isolation Ward	Spanogle, Joshua
All Mortal Flesh	Spencer-Fleming, Julia
Gardenias	Sullivan, Faith
Liberating Paris	Thomason, Linda Bloodworth
Nerds Like it Hot	Thompson, Vicki Lewis
Snow Blind	Tracy, P J
English Social History	Trevelyan, George
Mask Market	Vachss, Andrew
Flight v 1	various
Flight v 2	various
Flight v 3	various
Rock Orchard, The	Wall, Paula
Yes Man	Wallace, Danny
Glass Castle, The	Walls, Jeanette
We Few: Empire of Man Series Book 4	Weber, David and John Ringo
Kill Me	White, Stephen
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead	Wicker, Christine
Luck Factor, The: Changing Your Luck, Changing Your Life – The Four Essential Principles	Wiseman, Richard
Prisoners of War	Yarbrough, Steve
Moon Butter Route, The	Yoho, Max
Book Thief, The	Zusak, Markus