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.

  1. 1.
    Dry
    by Augusten Burroughs

  2. 3.

  3. 4.
    Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs

  4. 5.
    Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
    by Chuck Klosterman

  5. 6.
    Teacher Man: A Memoir
    by Frank McCourt

  6. 7.
    Angela's Ashes
    by McCourt

  7. 8.
    'Tis: A Memoir
    by Frank McCourt

  8. 9.
    The Awakening
    by Kate Chopin

  9. 10.
    The Year of Magical Thinking
    by Joan Didion

  10. 11.
    Marie Antoinette: The Journey
    by Antonia Fraser

  11. 12.
    Six Nonlectures By EE Cummings
    by EE Cummings

  12. 13.
    Anne Sexton: A Biography
    by Diane Middlebrook

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

  14. 15.
    Middlesex: A Novel
    by Jeffrey Eugenides

  15. 16.
    In Cold Blood
    by Truman Capote

  16. 17.
    White Oleander: A Novel
    by Janet Fitch

  17. 18.
    Digging to America
    by Anne Tyler

  18. 19.
    Back When We Were Grownups
    by Anne Tyler

  19. 20.
    Breathing Lessons: A Novel
    by Anne Tyler

  20. 21.
    The Amateur Marriage: A Novel
    by Anne Tyler

  21. 23.
    A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
    by Frances Mayes

  22. 24.
    Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
    by Marya Hornbacher

  23. 25.
    The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
    by Jennifer Toth

  24. 26.
    The Wonder Spot
    by Melissa Bank

  25. 27.
    Embarassment of Mangoes
    by Ann Vanderhoof

  26. 28.
    The Myth of You and Me: A Novel
    by Leah Stewart

  27. 29.
    Leeway Cottage : A Novel
    by Beth Gutcheon

  28. 30.
    The Ha-Ha : A Novel
    by Dave King

  29. 31.
    My Friend Leonard
    by James Frey

  30. 32.
    The Tender Bar: A Memoir
    by J. R. Moehringer

  31. 33.
    Ya-Yas in Bloom
    by Rebecca Wells

  32. 34.
    A Paper Life
    by Tatum O'Neal

  33. 36.
    Cash: The Autobiography
    by Johnny Cash

  34. 37.
    A Cook's Tour
    by Anthony Bourdain

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

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

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

  38. 42.
    The Ways of White Folks: Stories
    by Langston Hughes

  39. 43.
    Memoirs of a Geisha
    by Arthur Golden

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

  41. 45.
    Less Than Zero
    by Bret Easton Ellis

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

  43. 47.
    Running with Scissors: A Memoir
    by Augusten Burroughs

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Created by alldoorsopen on Oct 24, 2006.
 

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