Books read in 2006

DateTitleAuthor
1-1Like Shaking Hands with GodKurt Vonnegut & Lee Stringer
1-5StrataTerry Pratchett
1-10A Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toole
1-15Who Let the Dogs In?Molly Ivins
1-16Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie
1-18Memories of My Melancholy WhoresGabriel Garcia Marquez
1-20NanotimeBart Kosko
1-24Grand Central WinterLee Stringer
1-25UnshelvedBill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
1-27Chasm CityAlastair Reynolds
1-29What Would Dewey Do? Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
2-7Here and NowConstance O'Day-Flannery
2-9I Am the ClayChaim Potok
2-14The Fifth ElephantTerry Pratchett
2-19Just a Couple of DaysTony Vigorito
2-20SnowOrhan Pamuk
2-22A Lesson Before DyingErnest J. Gaines
2-24To the Last ManZane Grey
2-26The Three Incestuous SistersAudrey Niffenegger
3-1The House of PaperCarlos Maria Dominguez
3-2Readers' Advisory Service in the Public LibraryJoyce G. Saricks
3-9Redemption ArkAlastair Reynolds
3-10Gaza BluesEtgar Keret and Samir El-youssef
3-11Chomsky for BeginnersDavid Cogswell
3-17Absolution GapAlastair Reynolds
3-19The Bear Comes HomeRafi Zabor
3-22Green EyesLucius Shepard
3-25A Dirty JobChristopher Moore
3-25The Cloud AtlasLiam Callanan
3-28The Cheating CultureDavid Callahan
4-1Walking the LabyrinthLisa Goldstein
4-10In Your DreamsTom Holt
4-21Foop!Chris Genoa
4-22The Dewey Decimal System of LoveJosephine Carr
4-26SolarisStanislaw Lem
4-29The Anarchist in the LibrarySiva Vaidhyanathan
5-5Standing Alone in MeccaAsra Nomani
5-7The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
5-13Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary TypesMarjorie Eberts & Margaret Gisler
5-19American GodsNeil Gaiman
5-26Mom's CancerBrian Fies
5-31The Last WitchfinderJames Morrow
6-14Fires of EdenDan Simmons
6-15Red DustMa Jian
6-16Adventures of the Artificial WomanThomas Berger
6-17Cloud of SparrowsTakashi Matsuoka
6-19Up from SlaveryBooker T. Washington
6-22Outbreak: Plagues that Changed HistoryBryn Barnard
6-23The ConfusionNeal Stephenson
6-25The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
7-7A Circle of CatsCharles De Lint
7-8The System of the WorldNeal Stephenson
7-12Carpe JugulumTerry Pratchett
7-13Starman JonesRobert A. Heinlein
7-15The Practice EffectDavid Brin
7-16Through the Looking GlassLewis Carroll
7-21Hannah West in the Belltown TowersLinda Johns
7-21The Pirates! in an Adventure with ScientistsGideon Defoe
7-22Carnet de VoyageCraig Thompson
7-26How to Learn Any Language Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on your OwnBarry Farber
7-27Longitudes and AttitudesThomas L. Friedman
7-28Genreflecting (5th ed)Diana Tixier Herald
7-29SaturdayIan McEwan
8-2The Arabian NightmareRobert Irwin
8-4How to Learn a Foreign LanguageGraham E. Fuller
8-6Good in BedJennifer Weiner
8-7Go Tell it on the MountainJames Baldwin
8-8Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn OneEdward Trimnell
8-11The Life of the World to ComeKage Baker
8-16Jane EyreCharlotte Bronte
8-17The Fourth BearJasper Fforde
8-23Ellis Island & Other StoriesMark Helprin
8-2513 PhantasmsJames P. Blaylock
8-25The Burglar Who Liked to Quote KiplingLawrence Block
8-26Fun HomeAlison Bechdel
8-30The Golem's Mighty SwingJames Sturm
8-30Fax from SarajevoJoe Kubert
9-1Deogratias: A Tale of RwandaStassen
9-4VeronicaNicholas Christopher
9-7The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton
9-8SpinRobert Charles Wilson
9-12The Know-It-AllA.J. Jacobs
9-15The Pirates! In an Adventure with AhabGideon Defoe
9-18Notes from a DefeatistJoe Sacco
9-19Citizen VinceJess Walter
9-20We are on Our OwnMiriam Katin
9-24Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightAlexandra Fuller
9-29Divine InterventionKen Wharton
10-6Anvil of the WorldKage Baker
10-14The Land of DreamsJames Blaylock
10-15Moon PalacePaul Auster
10-26The Illuminatus TrilogyRobert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
10-27WintersmithTerry Pratchett
10-28Downers GroveMichael Hornburg
11-1Children of the NightDan Simmons
11-8The TickingRenee French
11-22The LivingAnnie Dillard
11-24La PerdidaJessica Abel
11-27Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of SandSamuel R. Delany
12-2The Worst Hard TimeTimothy Egan
12-4The Tipping PointMalcolm Gladwell
12-5You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It HelpsTom Holt
12-6Hannah West in Deep WaterLinda Johns
12-7The Rabbi's CatJoann Sfar
12-14Singularity SkyCharles Stross
12-15Mao for BeginnersRius
12-18Shenzhen: A Travelogue from ChinaGuy Delisle
12-21Snow White and the Seven SamuraiTom Holt
12-24The 9/11 Report: A Graphic AdaptationSid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
12-26Banvard's FollyPaul Collins
12-27Iron & SilkMark Salzman

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