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Best Books of 2006
As chosen by the Material Selection Team at the King County Library System
Adult Books Fiction
Adult Non-fiction
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Adult Fiction
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 The Girlsby Lori Lansens 29-year old conjoined twins share a life on a rural Ontario farm. |
 The Emperor’s Childrenby Claire Messud A circle of friends working in the media face adulthood in this modern comedy of manners. |
 The Last Town on Earthby Thomas Mullen A small Northwest town attempts to isolate itself from the 1918 flu epidemic, with violent results. |
 The View from Castle Rock: stories by Alice MunroA master in short fiction delivers a collection of stories focusing on her family’s Scottish heritage. |
 Abundanceby Sena Jeter Naslund Marie Antoinette tells her side of the story. |
 The Echo Makerby Richard Powers - National Book Award Winner Mark awakes from a coma sure that the woman caring for him is not his sister but an impostor. |
 The Crimson Portraitby Jody Shields When a war widow donates the use of her estate as an army hospital, she is ill-prepared for the reality of the wounded. |
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Adult Non-fiction
 Let Me Finishby Roger Angell A collection of biographical essays from the New Yorker fiction editor and famed baseball writer. |
 Fun Home: a family tragicomicby Alison Bechdel Alison’s home life was not fun, especially the parts involving her father. |
 At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King years, 1965-68by Taylor Branch This final volume in Branch’s biography of Martin Luther King ends with his death in 1968. |
 The Worst Hard Time: the untold story of those who survived the Great American Dust Bowlby Timothy Egan This local author won the National Book Award for his account of Dust Bowl settlers on the Great Plains. |
 The Good, Good Pig: the extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwoodby Sy Montgomery Montgomery’s domestic life is transformed by her friendship with Christopher Hogwood, the runt of the litter who eventually grows to 750lbs. |
 Truck: a love storyby Michael Perry A man falls in love twice—once with a woman and once with a truck. |
 Mayflower: a story of courage, community, and warby Nathaniel Philbrick The historian re-examines our assumptions about the Plymouth Colony. |
 A Sense of the World: how a blind man became history’s greatest travelerby Jason Roberts Blinded at the age of 25, James Holman nonetheless became the greatest traveler of his age. |
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Teen Books
 The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing, Traitor To The Nation: Volume I: The Pox Partyby M.T. Anderson Octavian and his mother are subjects of an Enlightenment experiment that will end in tragedy. |
 Side Effectsby Amy Goldman Koss When Izzy is told she has cancer she cannot find one book where the kid with cancer lives. This is the book, day by day, treatment by treatment. |
 Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlistby David Levithan and Rachel Cohn Nick and Norah meet cute and then share a long night’s journey into day in the Manhattan club scene. |
 Life as We Knew Itby Susan Beth Pfeffer You will never again look at the moon the same way after reading this gripping story of survival in a world altered by natural disaster. |
 King of Attoliaby Meghan Whelan Turner Her subjects wonder what the beloved Queen of Attolia sees in Eugenides, her “goat-footed foreigner” of a King. |
 The Book Thiefby Marcus Zusak Death narrates this powerful story set in WWII Germany where nine year-old Liesl Meminger and her foster family live their lives in the midst of the violence of war. |
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Children’s Books
Fiction for Ages 4 - 8
 "I'm Not Cute!" by Jonathan Allen Baby Owl is definitely not cute. He is a “huge and scary hunting machine” unaware of his own adorableness. |
 G is for One Gzonk!by Tony Diterlizzi Silly sounding made-up word combinations create letter and number fun. |
 I Am I by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick ISBN: 1596430540 Two prospective boy kings learn the futility of fighting. |
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 Flotsamby David Wiesner A camera found on a beach shows untold wonders under the sea. |
 Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late!by Mo Willems Pigeon is not tired (“that was not a yawn!”) and does not want to go to bed. |
The Room Of WondersFiction for Ages 9 - 12
 Looking for Bapuby Anjali Banerjee A local author tells the story of a boy who misses his deceased grandfather and will do anything to bring him back. |
 Victoryby Susan Cooper Alternating chapters tell the story of two 11-year-olds, one a modern English girl living in the United States and the other a ship’s boy on a 19th century warship. |
 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulaneby Kate DiCamillo A pampered and proud toy rabbit is separated from the little girl who loves him and learns tough lessons about what it means to be a real friend. |
 Bread and Roses, Tooby Katherine Paterson Two children become caught in the Massachusetts millworkers strike of 1912. |
 The Legend of Bass Reevesby Gary Pauslen Paulsen tells the story of the first black US Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi River. |
Nonfiction
 Escape! The Story of the Great Houdiniby Sid Fleischman A Newbery Award winner brings to life the famous magician. |
 World’s Greatest Elephantby Ralph Helfer Bram and the elephant Modoc were born on the same day. Their circus act brings them celebrity but it is their friendship that sustains them through many hardships. |
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the Bold Umbrellaphantby Jack Prelutsky A collection of amusing creatures populate this collection by local poet Jack Prelutsky. |
 To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novelby Siena Cherson Siegel This illustrated autobiography tells the story of a young girl whose dancing dreams take her to the New York City ballet. |
 Dizzyby Jonah Winter Another biography, this time a picture book, about the life of bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. |
Last Updated: November 17, 2008