I read some excellent books this year; in fact, I was quite happy with the last one I read, Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale and Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown.
2006 Book List
- Julie and Julia, Julie Powell (blogger)
- The Washingtonienne, Jessica Cutler (blogger)
- The Tapestries, Kien Nguyen
- Wolves in Chic Clothing, Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman
- How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli, Milton Parker and Allyn Freeman
- The Celtic Collection, Alice Starmore
- Saveur Cooks Authentic French (recipe book)
- Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Ayelet Waldman
- The Third Secret, Steve Berry
- The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
- The Chairman, Stephen Frey
- The Constant Gardener, John Le Carré
- The Pardon, James Grippando
- Dressed for Death, Donna Leon Good Fiction
- Acqua Alta, Donna Leon Good Fiction
- Johnny Cash: The Autobiography, Johnny Cash with Patrick Carr
- What If I had Never Tried It, Valentino Rossi
- Climbing Free, Lynn Hill Good Autobiography
- A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales, Robert Girardi
- Death and Judgment, Donna Leon Good Fiction
- A Noble Radiance, Donna Leon Good Fiction
- Uniform Justice, Donna Leon Good Fiction
- Doctored Evidence, Donna Leon Good Fiction
- The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece, Edward Dolnick Good "Documentary"
- What Einstein Told His Cook 2, Robert L. Wolke
- The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
- The Archer (The Grail Quest Series), Bernard Cornwell Good Historical Fiction
- Vagabond (The Grail Quest Series), Bernard Cornwell
- Heretic (The Grail Quest Series), Bernard Cornwell
- Last of the Amazons, Steven Pressfield Very Good Historical Fiction
- Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponessian War, Steven Pressfield
- The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great, Steven Pressfield
- Wendy Knits: My Never-Ending Adventures in Yarn, Wendy D. Johnson (blogger)
- Gnomes, text by Wil Huygen and illustrations by Rien Poortvliet Cute
- Predator, Patricia Cornwell
- The Constant Princess, Philippa Gregory
- The Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kinsella
- Bergdorf Blondes, Plum Sykes
- Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Anne Rice
- The Last Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell
- Victorine, Catherine Texier
- Pursuit, Thomas Perry
- Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge
- Mary, Mary, James Patterson
- Priceless, Marne Davis Kellogg
- Enemy of God, Bernard Cornwell
- Stonehenge, Bernard Cornwell
- Being Martha: The Inside Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing Life, Lloyd Allen
- The Gladiator, Fik Meijer
- Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business, Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon
- Sleeping Dogs, Thomas Perry
- Double Tap, Steve Martini
- Small Apartments, Alejandro Bahamon
- The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones, Anthony Bourdain
- Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-quoting Butcher in Tuscany, Bill Buford Interesting
- The Secret Supper, Javier Sierra
- Shalimar the Clown, Salman Rushdie Very Good Fiction
- Lifeguard, James Patterson
- The Beach House, James Patterson
- Broken Prey, John Sandford
- The Masque of the Black Tulip, Lauren Willig
- Primal Branding: Create Zealots for Your Brand, Your Company, and Your Future, Patrick Hanlon Informative
- The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart Nice take on Arthurian legend
- The Hollow Hills, Mary Stewart
- The Last Enchantment, Mary Stewart
- The Wicked Day, Mary Stewart
- Light Before Day, Christopher Rice
- The Cinderella Pact, Sarah Strohmeyer
- The Camel Club, David Baldacci
- Jewels: A Secret History, Victoria Finlay Interesting short history on select precious stone
- Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping, Judith Levine Not very good; I save more than her *with* shopping
- Ashes to Ashes, Tami Hoag
- Dust to Dust, Tami Hoag
- The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber
- When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra, Colin Falconer
- Belle de [sic] Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl, Anonymous (blogger)
- The Ice Queen, Alice Hoffmann Very Good Fiction
- The Debutante Divorcée, Plum Sykes
- Cage of Stars, Jacquelyn Mitchard Good Fiction
- In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant
- The Butterfly Hunter: Adventures of People who Found Their True Calling Way Off the Beaten path, Chris Ballard
- Leonardo's Swans, Karen Essex
- Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet, Adena Halpern
- Blood from a Stone, Donna Leon
- Eating Korean (recipe book), Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
- Holy Fools, Joanne Harris
- The Madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean
- Hunters of Dune, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Engaging read!
- An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore Must-have
- Toujours Provence, Peter Mayle
- No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks, Ed Viesturs and David Roberts Ed's the man
- The Brief History of the Dead, Kevin Brockmeier
- The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Sandra Gulland This trilogy was good
- Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, Sandra Gulland
- The Last Great Dance on Earth, Sandra Gulland
- The Templar Legacy, Steve Berry Average, but way better than Khoury's
- The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
- Spanish Lessons, Derek Lambert
- Bella Tuscany, Frances Mayes
- The Lost Painting, Jonathan Harr
- My Life in France, Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
- Paris to the Moon, Adam Gopnik
- Almost French, Sarah Turnbull
- A Death in Belmont, Sebastian Junger Very engaging, well written
- The Extra Mile: One Woman's Personal Journey to Ultra-Running Greatness, Pam Reed
- The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do, Clotaire Rapaille An eye opener
- The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina, Frank Rich
- The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel, Diane Setterfield Reads very much like Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind
