About.com: Top 10 Books of 2006 - Best Books of the Year

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Here are the top 10 books of 2006 that made it to the bestsellers lists. These 10 books are the best of the best, each providing a stimulating, enjoyable read. These top 10 books of 2006 include fiction, nonfiction, thrillers, memoirs and more. If you missed these books in 2006, find reviews and book club discussion questions for them here now.

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


2. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
   
   
   (literature and fiction, girl fiction)
   
   


3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
   
   
   (literature and fiction, sci-fi)
   
   


4. Splendor of Silence by Indu Sundaresan
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


5. Heat by Bill Buford
   
   
   (food and cooking)
   
   


6. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
   
   
   (literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers)
   
   


7. When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


8. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
   
   
   (history, literature and fiction, science)
   
   


9. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


10. Digging to America by Anne Tyler
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    



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