Absurdistan
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Year archive
Best books of 2006
Books selected by independent literary juries and editorial teams in 2006, gathered into one transparent, source-linked reading list. The chronology uses the award year for prizes and list year for editorial recommendations.
- Selections
- 23
- Authors
- 23
- Lists & prizes
- 14
Showing 1–23 of 23
Citizen Vince
Edgar Award for Best Novel
Criss Cross
John Newbery Medal
Falling Through the Earth
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
March
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Mayflower
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On Beauty
Women’s Prize for Fiction
Seeker
Nebula Award for Best Novel
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
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Spin
Hugo Award for Best Novel
Splay Anthem
National Book Award for Poetry
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
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The Echo Maker
National Book Award for Fiction
The Emperor's Children
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Inheritance of Loss
Booker Prize
The Lay of the Land
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The Looming Tower
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
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The Places in Between
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
National Book Award for Nonfiction