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Chicago Tribune 10 Best Books of 2006
FICTION
Desai, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss. F DES
Eggers, Dave. What is the What. F EGG
Ford, Richard. The Lay of the Land. F FOR
Hamilton, Jane. When Madeline was Young. F HAM; CDBK F HAM
Powers, Richard. The Echo Maker. F POW
NONFICTION
Applegate, Debby. The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher. B BEE
Branch, Taylor. At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68. 323.1196 BRA
Hampl, Patricia. Blue Arabesque. 818.5409 HAM
Kazin, Michael. A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. B BRY
Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War. 973.22 PHI; LP 973.22 PHI; CDBK 973.22 PHI
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2006
FICTION
Ford, Richard. The Lay of the Land. F FOR
Hempel, Amy. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel. F HEM
Messud, Claire. The Emperor’s Children. F MES; CDBK F MES
Pessl, Marisha. Special Topics in Calamity Physics. F PES
Shteyngart, Gary. Absurdistan. F SHT
NONFICTION
Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War. 973.22 PHI; LP 973.22 PHI; CDBK 973.22 PHI
Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. 394.12 POL
Stewart, Rory. The Places in Between. 915.8104 STE
Trussoni, Danielle. Falling Through the Earth. 306.874 TRU
Wright, Lawrence. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. 973.931 WRI
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