Lists of Bests: Maggie's "Books of 2006" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4846 These are the books I read in 2006. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:57:04 GMT en-us 0 50 31 0 0 Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12971 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12971"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gk3eJfrYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Hamper</div> The Falling Boy: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/881524 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/881524"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ADJTQ9CEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Long</div> Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5759 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5759"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51quM3ngNLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Florence King</div> Black Hole http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59098 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59098"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519%2BtqG7nxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Burns</div> Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13259 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13259"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qXFvM50lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ricardo Semler</div> Edie: American Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90497 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90497"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51aWz9HPAlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Stein</div> I Love You More Than You Know: Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/98157 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/98157"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-zmmM7BfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Ames</div> The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226097 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226097"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513AZ1YK2DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9549 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9549"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51I2yr16FSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> The Love Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87714 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87714"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u-OSAFTvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gish Jen</div> The Year of Magical Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59245 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59245"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414NSZ9WX7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> The Year of Yes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145162 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145162"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S3B0ECT2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maria Dahvana Headley</div> Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/449834 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Erdrich</div> The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79553 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79553"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060792442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131407944_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Francis</div> Surfacing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10320 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10320"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y40K0JB1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Are Men Necessary? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61662 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61662"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0399153322.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Dowd</div> Man Walks Into a Room http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10566 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10566"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ANX3BNFBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicole Krauss</div> The History of Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Oa2DFbcnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicole Krauss</div> Play It As It Lays: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77205 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77205"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BFYMRNJ4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120445 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120445"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/073933364X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594140 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> My Year of Meats http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SsqQDlP%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth L. Ozeki</div> Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/160554 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/160554"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670034665.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norah Vincent</div> French Women Don't Get Fat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28965 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28965"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WX5JGTZVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mireille Guiliano</div> The French Diet: Why French Women Don't Get Fat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/103582 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/103582"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/075661578X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Montignac</div> Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8585 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8585"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71883A3CWNL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> The House of Mirth (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14748 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14748"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486420493.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> Special Topics in Calamity Physics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161725 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161725"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V3KcC1mvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marisha Pessl</div> Roustabout: A Fiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/819959 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/819959"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SMRA3KE2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelle Chalfoun</div> Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2381263 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2381263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582346488.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natalie MacLean</div> A Short History of Nearly Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22692 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22692"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z3XNXTcHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div>