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Books Read in 2006

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1

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls

22,954 members

842 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

2

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

22,591 members

714 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

3

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

82,670 members

1,301 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

5

by Kate Atkinson

8,766 members

378 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

6

Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

1,677 members

33 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

7

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

47,853 members

1,394 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

8

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

12,688 members

322 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

9

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

6,361 members

341 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

10

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,001 members

12 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

11

The Mark of a Man

by Elisabeth Elliot

740 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

12

The Pilgrim Hawk

by Glenway Wescott

523 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

13

Learning Perl [3rd edition]

by Randal L. Schwartz

410 members

1 review

4.1

Member: aethercowboy

14

by Christos Tsiolkas

226 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: being_blunt

15

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

11,501 members

261 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

16

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

26,682 members

1,015 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

17

A Million Little Pieces

10,350 members

238 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

18

by Christopher Moore

7,305 members

282 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

18,529 members

491 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

20

by Marilynne Robinson

13,135 members

416 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

21

A Long Way Down

9,061 members

198 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Stephen King

12,601 members

157 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Swimming-Pool Library

by Alan Hollinghurst

2,205 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: being_blunt

24

Forty Signs of Rain

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,514 members

50 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

25

On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted World

by Elisabeth Elliot

797 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

26

Eight Great Tragedies

by Sylvan Barnet

441 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

27

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

7,759 members

63 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aethercowboy, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Stephen King

9,717 members

202 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Programming Perl [4th edition, blue camel]

1,573 members

8 reviews

4

Member: aethercowboy

30

The Mouse and His Child

by Russell Hoban

1,152 members

32 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Virgin of Small Plains

by Nancy Pickard

863 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

32

The Shaping of a Christian Family

by Elisabeth Elliot

819 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

33

Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies

by Tom Perrotta

379 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

34

by Kief Hillsbery

117 members

1 review

½ 4.6

Member: being_blunt

35

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

9,065 members

196 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Lost Colony

8,790 members

89 reviews

4

Member: being_blunt

37

Keep a Quiet Heart

by Elisabeth Elliot

1,112 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: EGBERTINA

38

The Ballad of Frankie Silver

by Sharyn McCrumb

967 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

39

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2006, Vol. 110, No. 4

by Gordon Van Gelder

15 members

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

40

by Elizabeth Flock

1,305 members

48 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

41

Fifty Degrees Below

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,100 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

42

Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity

by Elisabeth Elliot

811 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

43

Marvel 1602: New World

142 members

5 reviews

3

Member: aethercowboy

44

Rhapsody in Blood

by John Morgan Wilson

80 members

3 reviews

4

Member: being_blunt

45

by Terry Pratchett

13,341 members

211 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

7,852 members

221 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: being_blunt

47

S is for Silence

4,618 members

90 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

48

487 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

49

The Music of His Promises: Listening to God With Love, Trust and Obedience

by Elisabeth Elliot

207 members

4.1

Member: EGBERTINA

50

107 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: sturlington

51

H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education

1,153 members

38 reviews

3.9

Member: being_blunt

52

Version Control with Subversion

by C. Michael Pilato

254 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

53

Chronicles of the House of Borgia

by Frederick Baron Corvo

174 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

54

Gateway to Joy: Reflections That Draw Us Nearer to God

by Elisabeth Elliot

59 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: EGBERTINA

55

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

11,438 members

290 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

56

by David Baldacci

3,327 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

57

Sea of Silver Light

by Tad Williams

3,263 members

28 reviews

4

Member: aethercowboy

58

by David Levithan

2,814 members

130 reviews

3.8

Member: being_blunt

59

The Girl in a Swing

by Richard Adams

912 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

60

Guided by God's Promises: Listening to God with Love, Trust, and Obedience

by Elisabeth Elliot

9 members

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

61

by Stephen King

10,941 members

114 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

62

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

by Elisabeth Elliot

1,904 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

63

What We Do Is Secret

by Kief Hillsbery

78 members

2 reviews

3.2

Member: being_blunt

64

by Lee Anne Phillips

29 members

2 reviews

2.9

Member: aethercowboy

65

Please Don't Kill Mommy!: The True Story of a man who killed his wife, got away with it, then killed again (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

by Fannie Weinstein

28 members

3.2

Member: dara85

66

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

29,716 members

838 reviews

3.9

Member: being_blunt

67

by Frank Herbert

19,777 members

218 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

68

by Terry Pratchett

13,823 members

217 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

9,553 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

70

Dive Into Python

by Mark Pilgrim

261 members

5 reviews

4

Member: aethercowboy

71

All That Was Ever Ours

by Elisabeth Elliot

62 members

3.8

Member: EGBERTINA

72

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

15,820 members

278 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Part One: Millennium Approaches Part Two: Perestroika

by Tony Kushner

783 members

11 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: being_blunt

74

These Strange Ashes: Is God Still in Charge?

by Elisabeth Elliot

576 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: EGBERTINA

75

Just a Couple of Days

by Tony Vigorito

420 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

76

Cause For Alarm

by Erica Spindler

305 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

77

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python

by Allen B. Downey

87 members

1 review

4

Member: aethercowboy

78

by Terry Pratchett

11,964 members

156 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

79

3,686 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: being_blunt

80

Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping

by Judith Levine

760 members

50 reviews

3.1

Member: sturlington

81

by Joseph Wambaugh

410 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

82

The Liberty of Obedience

by Elisabeth Elliot

306 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: EGBERTINA

83

A Byte of Python

24 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

84

by Terry Pratchett

9,796 members

152 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection

by Michael Ruhlman

916 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

86

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

899 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: aethercowboy

87

The Marquis de Sade

by Donald Thomas

129 members

1 review

3.1

Member: being_blunt

88

Made for the Journey: One Missionary's First Year in the Jungles of Ecuador

by Elisabeth Elliot

34 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

89

Moving Pictures

by Terry Pratchett

10,660 members

128 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

The Polysyllabic Spree

2,192 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

91

La Bête Humaine

1,849 members

26 reviews

4

Member: being_blunt

92

Don't Check Your Brains at the Door: A Book of Christian Evidences (Know What You Believe and Why)

by Josh McDowell

845 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

93

A Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God's Mercy and Our Pain

by Elisabeth Elliot

637 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

94

by Kashmira Sheth

176 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

95

by Terry Pratchett

12,762 members

180 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

Lamp for My Feet

by Elisabeth Elliot

295 members

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

97

by Joshua Dagon

23 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: being_blunt

98

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 2006, Vol. 110, No. 5

by Gordon Van Gelder

14 members

3.2

Member: aethercowboy

99

Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

12,093 members

155 reviews

4

Member: aethercowboy

100

by Terry Pratchett

11,192 members

163 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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