Lists of Bests: melliemunster's "Books Read 2006" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25675 These are the books that I read for the first time in 2006 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:40:37 GMT en-us 0 50 47 0 0 Faith and Betrayal: A Pioneer Woman's Passage in the American West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1597227 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1597227"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739461001.01-AYXKC1DG6L7XH._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sally Denton</div> The Double http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712483 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> Assassination Vacation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133468 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074326004X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Vowell</div> The Genius Factory, The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Band http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1856475 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1856475"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739463055.01-A10E6B04DBQ3F7._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Plotz</div> Fat Girl : A True Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/740263 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/740263"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BKVH1A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judith Moore</div> The Emancipator's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/151451 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/151451"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553381938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Hambly</div> Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/473864 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/473864"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/042521236X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Dowd</div> Stranger in a Strange Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337784 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337784"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340837950.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Valley of the Dolls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2415328 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2415328"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739418378.01-AM538YKOTEV1F._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacqueline Susann</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> Me Talk Pretty One Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337679 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337679"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349113912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sedaris</div> The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308687 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/308687"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1423645 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1423645"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1595580735.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Raphael</div> Sula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019636 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019636"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786246537.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Devil in the White City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1551367 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1551367"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553813536.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erik Larson</div> Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714615 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714615"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425210235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Morgan Spurlock</div> Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1571 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1571"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060987529.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Maguire</div> 1776 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969063 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969063"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743226720.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> Lullaby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2533889 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2533889"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099437961.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003071 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003071"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393327809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Feldman</div> The Book of Shadows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1649 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1649"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061031844.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Reese</div> The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings About Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241079 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241079"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060565357.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Jones</div> Gone with the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/699611 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/699611"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0815410255.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Stenn</div> Hour Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169870 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169870"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/033041173X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44824104_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Baldacci</div> The Position : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980368 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980368"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BZ95K0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meg Wolitzer</div> Tommyknockers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11451 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11451"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399133143.01-A1EJKQD72ZO2AP._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Color Purple http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671727796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Walker</div> Portnoy's Complaint http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2644306 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2644306"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099399016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33726 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33726"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1884365302.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Upton Sinclair</div> PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63621 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63621"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060899190.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Warren</div> Girls' Poker Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987554 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987554"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345469674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" 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Davis</div> A Working Stiff's Manifesto: Confessions of a Wage Slave http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75241 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75241"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1569472807.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Levison</div> Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95009 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95009"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078474.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Confessions of a Shopaholic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93411 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93411"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440241413.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophie Kinsella</div> Grave's End http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81510 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0738700037.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elaine Mercado</div> The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17758 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17758"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671042858.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> A Year in the Merde http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/983857 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/983857"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582346178.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Clarke</div> A Wedding in December http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2347018 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2347018"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JGWDZK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Shreve</div> Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Musical Tie-in Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/110143 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/110143"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060745908.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Maguire</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Why Not? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584307 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1584307"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074348312X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shari Low</div> The Rule of Four http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85091 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743552121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Caldwell</div> A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010868 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010868"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426119.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> Sweet and Low: A Family Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157060 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374272298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rich Cohen</div> Little Children (Movie Tie-In) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502769 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502769"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031236282X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Perrotta</div> Making Friday The 13th: The Legend Of Camp Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368560 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368560"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1903254310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Grove</div>