2006 Books

Inspired by Kevin Drum, in 2006 I began recording all the books that I read that year. However, I did not post my list from 2006. Here it is! In 2006, I read 54 books -- more than one a week!

For those interested in my taste in books, you may want to check out my Good Reads profile.

Camp Concentation, Thomas Disch

Profiles of Courage, John F. Kennedy

Ice Station Zebra, Alistair MacLean

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick

A Military History of Sovereign Hawai'i, Neil Bernard Dukas

The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste Elin McCoy

Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy, Lindsay Moran

Moneyball, Michael Lewis

Spin, Robert Charles Wilson

V for Vendetta, Alan Moore and David Lloyd

Tortilla Curtain, T.C. Boyle

Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Aproach to Web Usability (1st edition), Steve Krug

Pandora's Star, Peter F. Hamilton

Shadow Cities, Robert Neuwirth

Real World Web Services, Will Iverson

A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole

The White Mountains, John Christopher

The City of Gold and Lead, John Christopher

The Pool of Fire, John Christopher

Suburban Nation, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck

Superman: Red Son, Mark Miller

Misquoting Jesus, Bart D. Ehrman

Learning the World, Ken MacLeod

Stiff, Mary Roach

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford

The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi

Judas Unchained, Peter F. Hamilton

Fallen Dragon, Peter F. Hamilton

Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky

Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut

The Truth About Dogs, Sephen Budiansky

Information Dashboard Design, Stephen Few

Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The Know-It-All, A.J. Jacobs

Lost Christianities, Bart D. Ehrman

Bicycle Magazine's Bicycle commuting Made Easy

Confessions of a Tax Collector, Richard Yancy

Forty Signs of Rain, Kim Stanley Robinson

Fifty Degrees Below, Kim Stanley Robinson

Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon

The Prestige, Christopher Priest

Wind, Sand and Stars, Antoine De Saint Exupery

The Inverted World, Christopher Priest

Bios, Robert Charles Wilson

The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan

A Good Hard Kick in the Ass: Basic Training for Entrepreneurs, Rob Adams

City of Truth, James Morrow

Blind Lake, Robert Charles Wilson

Polaris, Jack McDevitt

End of an Era, Robert J. Sawyer

Perdido Street Sation, China Mieville

Newton's Wake, Ken MacLeod

Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck

A Scanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick