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Best books of 2006
The best books published during 2006.

1
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen 65 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6483
vote
2
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls 52 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5174
vote
3
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everyth...
by Elizabeth Gilbert 47 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4672
vote
4
New Moon
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer 44 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4367
vote
5
The Road
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 35 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3473
vote
6
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote...
by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2175
vote
7
Walden
Walden
by Michael T. Dolan (Goodreads author) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1200
vote
8
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1186
vote
9
The Pact: A Love Story
The Pact: A Love Story
by Jodi Picoult 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 800
vote
10
In the Night Garden
In the Night Garden
by Catherynne M. Valente 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 799
vote
11
A Dirty Job
A Dirty Job
by Christopher Moore 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 791
vote
11
The Stolen Child: A Novel
The Stolen Child: A Novel
by Keith Donohue 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 791
vote
13
His Majesty's Dragon
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 694
vote
14
Suite Française
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky, Sandra Smith (Translator) 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 691
vote
15
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 397
vote
16
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 295
vote
16
Sovereign
Sovereign
by C.J. Sansom 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 295
vote
18
You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Ma...
by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
19
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 293
vote
19
Mayflower
Mayflower
by Nathaniel Philbrick 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 293
vote
21
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
22
Arthur and George
Arthur and George
by Julian Barnes 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
22
Turning Angel
Turning Angel
by Greg Iles 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
22
The God Delusion
The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
25
Prince Of Fire
Prince Of Fire
by Daniel Silva 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
26
Wild Fire
Wild Fire
by Nelson DeMille 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
26
La Perdida
La Perdida
by Jessica Abel 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
28
The Emperor's Children
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
29
The Tainted Relic: An Historical Mystery
The Tainted Relic: An Historical Mystery
by The Medieval Murderers, Michael Jecks 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
30
Against the Day
Against the Day
by Thomas Pynchon 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
Urbesque
Urbesque
by Moshe Zvi Marvit 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
The Thousandfold Thought
The Thousandfold Thought
by R. Scott Bakker 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
March of the Titans: A History of the White Race
March of the Titans: A History of the White Race
by Arthur Kemp 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
The Chronicles of the Virago: Book 1 The Novus
The Chronicles of the Virago: Book 1 The Novus
by Michael K. Bialys (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
by Michael Cox 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
So He Takes the Dog
So He Takes the Dog
by Jonathan Buckley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
Salt of the Air
Salt of the Air
by Vera Nazarian (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
Dreamsbane of Tamalor
Dreamsbane of Tamalor
by Bradley James Simpson (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
The Grand Ole Opry: The Making of an American Icon
The Grand Ole Opry: The Making of an American Icon
by Colin Escott, Vince Gill 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
The Scent of God: A Memoir
The Scent of God: A Memoir
by Beryl Singleton Bissell (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
Find Me
Find Me
by Carol O'Connell 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, And the War on Sex
How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America: Free...
by Cristina Page 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
Sojourn
Sojourn
by Jana G. Oliver 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
30
On The Jellicoe Road
On The Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
45
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
by Daniel Mendelsohn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
Denn der Hass stirbt... Erinnerungen eines europäischen Kriegsfreiwilligen
Denn der Hass stirbt... Erinnerungen eines euro...
by Leon Degrelle 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906
Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and...
by Nancy E. Turner 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
by Liz Jensen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
Lady of the Light
Lady of the Light
by Donna Gillespie 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Ba...
by Tom Holland 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1
The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Little Lady Agency
The Little Lady Agency
by Hester Browne 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits
The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits
by Joel Whitburn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
Bread and Roses, Too
Bread and Roses, Too
by Katherine Paterson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
by Tahir Shah 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
Terrier
Terrier
by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Pinhoe Egg
The Pinhoe Egg
by Diana Wynne Jones 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
45
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Lawrence Wright 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
59
Der letzte Patriot
Der letzte Patriot
by Andreas J. Voigt (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
True Evil
True Evil
by Greg Iles 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
Theft: A Love Story
Theft: A Love Story
by Peter Carey 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven
by Jennifer L. Holm 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere: a Memoir
The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Mi...
by Debra Marquart 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
The Brief History of the Dead
The Brief History of the Dead
by Kevin Brockmeier 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
A Much Married Man
A Much Married Man
by Nicholas Coleridge 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
The Arrival
The Arrival
by Shaun Tan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
The Problem Child
The Problem Child
by Michael Buckley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
59
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orlean...
by Douglas Brinkley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
70
Three Days to Never: A Novel
Three Days to Never: A Novel
by Tim Powers 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those ...
by Timothy Egan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
Virgin Earth
Virgin Earth
by Philippa Gregory 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
by Michael Lewis 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
Black Duck
Black Duck
by Janet Taylor Lisle 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
A Three Dog Life
A Three Dog Life
by Abigail Thomas 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
The King of Attolia
The King of Attolia
by Megan Whalen Turner 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 19...
by Taylor Branch 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
70
The Sea of Monsters
The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
79
Grease Monkey
Grease Monkey
by Tim Eldred 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
79
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Boleyn Inheritance
by Philippa Gregory 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
79
My Life in France
My Life in France
by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
79
The Deception of the Emerald Ring
The Deception of the Emerald Ring
by Lauren Willig (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
79
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
79
Fablehaven
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
85
Infoquake
Infoquake
by David Louis Edelman (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
85
The Hard Way
The Hard Way
by Lee Child 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
85
Invincible: My Journey from Fan to NFL Team Captain
Invincible: My Journey from Fan to NFL Team Cap...
by Vince Papale, Chad Millman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
85
Secret Girl
Secret Girl
by Molly Bruce Jacobs 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
85
My Latest Grievance
My Latest Grievance
by Elinor Lipman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
85
Sold
Sold
by Patricia McCormick 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
85
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
92
Die Trying
Die Trying
by Lee Child 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
92
King Dork
King Dork
by Frank Portman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
92
Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book: More Lessons and Hand Analysis in No Limit Texas Hold'em
Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book: More Lessons an...
by Phil Gordon 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
92
The World in My Kitchen: The Adventures of a (Mostly) French Woman in New York
The World in My Kitchen: The Adventures of a (M...
by Colette Rossant 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
92
Tyrell
Tyrell
by Coe Booth (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
92
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, an...
by Elizabeth Kolbert 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
98
Soldier of Sidon
Soldier of Sidon
by Gene Wolfe 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
98
The Innocent
The Innocent
by Harlan Coben 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
98
Her Mother's Daughter: A Memoir of the Mother I Never Knew and of My Daughter, Courtney Love
Her Mother's Daughter: A Memoir of the Mother I...
by Linda Carroll 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
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