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Amazon's Best Books of 2006

Editor’s Picks: Top 50 BOoks
1. Suite Francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky
  
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
  
3. The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
  
4. Sharp Objects: A Novel
by Gillian Flynn
  
5. The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
  
6. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Lawrence Wright
  
7. The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart
  
8. Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford
  
9. The Road (rough cut)
by Cormac Mccarthy
  
10. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
by Adrian Goldsworthy
  
11. Field Notes from a Catastrophe
by Elizabeth Kolbert
  
12. Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again
by Ina Garten
  
13. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
by Amy Sedaris
  
14. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
  
15. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks
  
16. Bird Songs
by Les Beletsky
  
17. Water for Elephants: A Novel
by Sara Gruen
  
18. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
  
19.
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 Cell: A Novel
by Stephen King
  
20. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
by Sid Jacobson
  
21. Beautiful Lies: A Novel
by Lisa Unger
  
22. The Littlest Hitler - Stories
by Ryan Boudinot
  
23. American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
  
24. The Children's Hospital
by Chris Adrian
  
25. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
  
26. Sweet and Low: A Family Story
by Rich Cohen
  
27. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate Dicamillo
  
28. Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
by Nando Parrado
  
29. My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret)
by Frank Warren
  
30. Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
  
31. A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005  
32. The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina
by Frank Rich
  
33. The Brief History of the Dead: A novel
by Kevin Brockmeier
  
34. The Brooklyn Follies
by Paul Auster
  
35. Absurdistan: A Novel
by Gary Shteyngart
  
36. The Bon Appetit Cookbook (purchase includes subscription to Bon Appetit magazine)
by Barbara Fairchild
  
37. From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
by Jay Kopelman
  
38. A Family Daughter: A Novel
by Maile Meloy
  
39. Mommy?
by Maurice Sendak
  
40. At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (America in the King Years (Hardcover))
by Taylor Branch
  
41. The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
by Rory Stewart
  
42. Encyclopedia Prehistorica Sharks and Other Sea Monsters: The Definitive Pop-Up (Sabuda Encyclopedias)  
43. Baking: From My Home to Yours
by Dorie Greenspan
  
44. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
  
45. The Last Town on Earth: A Novel
by Thomas Mullen
  
46. Twilight of the Superheroes: Stories
by Deborah Eisenberg
  
47. The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Novels)
by Lee Child
  
48. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose
  
49. This I Believe: Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women  
50. The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa
by Marcus Samuelsson
  
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Created by bijilah on Sep 13, 2007.