The Great 2006 Book List

[jethrien]

So last year, someone made a comment that made me decide to keep track of all of the books I read. In the interest of not going totally insane, I didn't include comics, comic strip collections, trade paperbacks, magazines, cookbooks, travel guides, or stories read online. So without further ado:


1.Thud! by Terry Pratchett
2.Sarah by Orson Scott Card
3.Rebekah by Orson Scott Card
4.Rachel and Leah by Orson Scott Card
5.S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
6.No plot? No problem! by Chris Baty
7.The Everything Bridesmaid by Jennifer Lata Rung
8.Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith
9.The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin
10.The Gratitude of Kings by Marion Zimmer Bradley
11.Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman
12.Star wars: Jedi Quest: Path to Truth by Jude Watson
13.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson
14.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson
15.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson
16.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The Master of Disguise by Jude Watson
17.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The School of Fear by Jude Watson
18.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The Shadow Trap by Jude Watson
19.Star wars: Jedi Quest:The Moment of Truth by Jude Watson
20.Star Wars: Clone Wars: Legacy of the Jedi by Jude Watson
21.Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
22.Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
23.Blood Price by Tanya Huff
24.Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff
25.Star Trek Memories by William Shatner
26.Dragon Precinct by Keith de Candido
27.Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
28.Magic Street by Orson Scott Card
29.Star Wars: Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard by Jude Watson
30.Star Wars: Jedi Quest: The False Peace by Jude Watson
31.Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon
32.Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
33.Star Wars: Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown by Jude Watson
34.Star Wars: Clone Wars: Secrets of the Jedi by Jude Watson
35.Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission by Jude Watson
36.The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
37.Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
38.Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Heinlein
39.Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
40.Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
41.Sporting Chance by Elizabeth Moon
42.Prince Caspian by C.S.Lewis
43.The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
44.Blood Trail by Tanya Huff
45.A Coming of Age by Timothy Zahn
46.The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Dianne Wynne Jones
47.Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
48.Last Refuge by Elizabeth Ann Scarbourough
49.Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette by Peggy Post
50.Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
51.Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey
52.The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
53.Born to Run by Mercedes Lackey
54.The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
55.Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
56.Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 by Liza Picard
57.Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
58.The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate by Alan Gold
59.God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut
60.Sailing to Byzantium and other stories by Robert Silverburg
61.The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
62.The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
63.The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
64.Lost in Jersey City by Paula Sharp
65.Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
66.Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
67.Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold
68.Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold
69.One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey
70.Winning Colors by Elizabeth Moon
71.Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
72.Alternate Generals ed. by Harry Turtledove
73.I'm an English Major, Now What? by Tim Lemire
74.Overnight Career Choice by Michael Farr
75.Serenity by Keith de Candido
76.Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
77.The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
78.Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
79.Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
80.Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
81.A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
82.Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
83.Noises Off by Michael Frayn
84.The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold
85.Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
86.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
87.The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
88.The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
89.In the Shadow of the Gargoyle ed. by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche
90.Freak Legion: A Player's Guide to Fomori
91.The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
92.The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
93.The Ecologic Envoy by L.E.Modesitt, Jr.
94.Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
95.Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
96.His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
97.Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
98.Heroics for Beginners by John Moore
99.The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
100.City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World by Witold Rybczynski
101.The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America 1865-1895 by Lewis Mumford
102.Dead Magic
103.Programs and Manifestos on 20th Century Architecture by Ulrich Conrads
104.Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
105.Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
106.Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
107.Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
108.The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
109.M is for Malice by Sue Grafton
110.N is for Noose by Sue Grafton
111.Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
112.Past Imperfect ed. by Martin Greenberg
113.A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
114.Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
115.Once a Hero by Michael Stackpole
116.Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey
117.Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey
118.The Once and Future King by T.H. White
119.Sun in Glory by Mercedies Lackey
120.The Whole Story and Other Stories by Ali Smith
121.Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey
122.Duchess of Aquitaine by Margaret Ball
123.Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
124.Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
125.Magic's Pride by Mercedes Lackey
126.American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It by James Marston Fitch
127.Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
128.Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture by R.W. Brunskill
129.Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
130.Old Man's War by John Scalzi
131.Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
132.The Female of the Species by Joyce Carol Oates

So that's 132 books, ranging from postmodernist masterpieces to media tie-ins, architectural treatises to historical analysis. I think the two conclusions that can be drawn here are a) I read really fast, and b) Maybe my commute is a little too long...