alldoorsopen's "Books I've read in 2006"

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I am usually one to read whatever is close at hand. In 2006, however, I made the time to seek out new favorite authors, old favorites, and to spend plenty of time (and money) in the sociology section.

On the non-fiction front I highly reccomend David Brooks’ On Paradise Drive and Bobos In Paradise-they offer a fascinating look at our ever-growing and changing suburban American society and our educated elite.

As for fiction-The Haha and The Myth of You and Me were two new favorties this year. I also love Melissa Banks’ witty look at coming of age and searching for love in The Wonder Spot.

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    Dry
    by Augusten Burroughs

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    Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs

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    Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
    by Chuck Klosterman

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    Teacher Man: A Memoir
    by Frank McCourt

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    Angela's Ashes
    by McCourt

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    Tis: A Memoir
    by Frank McCourt

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    The Awakening
    by Kate Chopin

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    The Year of Magical Thinking
    by Joan Didion

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    Marie Antoinette: The Journey
    by Antonia Fraser

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    Six Nonlectures By EE Cummings
    by EE Cummings

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    Anne Sexton: A Biography
    by Diane Middlebrook

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  13. 14.
    The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton
    by Anne Sexton

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    Middlesex: A Novel
    by Jeffrey Eugenides

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    In Cold Blood
    by Truman Capote

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    White Oleander: A Novel
    by Janet Fitch

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    Digging to America
    by Anne Tyler

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    Back When We Were Grownups
    by Anne Tyler

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    Breathing Lessons: A Novel
    by Anne Tyler

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    The Amateur Marriage: A Novel
    by Anne Tyler

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    A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
    by Frances Mayes

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    Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
    by Marya Hornbacher

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    The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
    by Jennifer Toth

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    The Wonder Spot
    by Melissa Bank

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    An Embarassment of Mangoes
    by Ann Vanderhoof

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    The Myth of You and Me: A Novel
    by Leah Stewart

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    Leeway Cottage : A Novel
    by Beth Gutcheon

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    The Ha-Ha : A Novel
    by Dave King

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    My Friend Leonard
    by James Frey

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    The Tender Bar: A Memoir
    by J.R. Moehringer

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    Ya-Yas in Bloom
    by Rebecca Wells

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    A Paper Life
    by Tatum O'Neal

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    Cash: The Autobiography
    by Johnny Cash

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    A Cook's Tour
    by Anthony Bourdain

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  35. 39.
    Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family
    by Patricia Volk

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  36. 40.
    A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean
    by Melinda Blanchard

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  37. 41.
    On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
    by Jack Kerouac

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    The Ways of White Folks: Stories
    by Langston Hughes

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    Memoirs of a Geisha
    by Arthur Golden

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  40. 44.
    A Monk Swimming: A Memoir
    by Malachy McCourt

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  41. 45.
    Less Than Zero
    by Bret Easton Ellis

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  42. 46.
    The Glass Castle: A Memoir
    by Jeannette Walls

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    Running with Scissors: A Memoir
    by Augusten Burroughs

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Created by alldoorsopen on Oct 24, 2006.
 

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