A list of the 10 best books of 2006 compiled by the NY Times:
– Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
– The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel (Amy Hempel)
– The Emperor’s Children (Claire Messud)
– The Lay of the Land (Richard Ford)
– Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
– Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir (Danielle Trussoni)
– The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Lawrence Wright)
– Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Nathaniel Philbrick)
– The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Michael Pollan)
– The Places In Between (Rory Stewart)
Some of these books sound very interesting and will sure be on my to-read list.
[Source: NY Times]