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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