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The Guardian Best Books of 2006

Here is a list of the Guardian's best books of the year 2006. How many of these books have you read?
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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel (Jane Smiley)
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
1
Jane Smiley
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (Michael Morpurgo)
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
2
Michael Morpurgo
American Purgatorio (John Haskell)
American Purgatorio
3
John Haskell
America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier (Robert Vitalis)
America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier
4
Robert Vitalis
Ashes for Breakfast (Durs Grünbein)
Ashes for Breakfast
5
Durs Grünbein
At Her Majesty's Secret Service (Nigel West)
At Her Majesty's Secret Service
6
Nigel West
The Attack (Yasmina Khadra)
The Attack
7
Yasmina Khadra
Bad Faith (Carmen Callil)
Bad Faith
8
Carmen Callil
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Antony Beevor)
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
9
Antony Beevor
Be Near Me (Andrew O'Hagan)
Be Near Me
10
Andrew O'Hagan
The Beatles, Football and Me (Hunter Davies)
The Beatles, Football and Me
11
Hunter Davies
The Beautiful Fall (Alicia Drake)
The Beautiful Fall
12
Alicia Drake
Bertie, May and Mrs. Fish (Xandra Bingley)
Bertie, May and Mrs. Fish
13
Xandra Bingley
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
14
Charles Burns
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
15
David Mitchell
The Book of Blood (Vicki Feaver)
The Book of Blood
16
Vicki Feaver
Carry Me Down (M.J. Hyland)
Carry Me Down
17
M.J. Hyland
Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi)
Chicken With Plums
18
Marjane Satrapi
Connemara: Listening to the Wind (Tim Robinson)
Connemara: Listening to the Wind
19
Tim Robinson
Creatures of the Earth (John McGahern)
Creatures of the Earth
20
John McGahern
The Culture of the Europeans From 1800 to the Present (Donald Sassoon)
The Culture of the Europeans From 1800 to the Present
21
Donald Sassoon
The Damned United (David Peace)
The Damned United
22
David Peace
The Dangerous Book for Boys (Conn and Hal Iggulden)
The Dangerous Book for Boys
23
Conn and Hal Iggulden
Diana (Bradford)
Diana
24
Bradford
Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse (Brigid Keenan)
Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse
25
Brigid Keenan
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History (Jonathan Franzen)
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
26
Jonathan Franzen
Distant Star
Distant Star
27
District and Circle (Seamus Heaney)
District and Circle
28
Seamus Heaney
The Drift Latitudes (Jamal Mahjoub)
The Drift Latitudes
29
Jamal Mahjoub
Earth and Ashes (Atiq Rahimi)
Earth and Ashes
30
Atiq Rahimi
The Echo Maker
The Echo Maker
31
Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box (Elizabeth Bishop)
Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box
32
Elizabeth Bishop
The Emperor's Children (Claire Messud)
The Emperor's Children
33
Claire Messud
Everyman
Everyman
34
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Thomas E. Ricks)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
35
Thomas E. Ricks
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
36
Alison Bechdel
Gallatin Canyon (Thomas McGuane)
Gallatin Canyon
37
Thomas McGuane
George MacKay Brown: The Life (Maggie Fergusson)
George MacKay Brown: The Life
38
Maggie Fergusson
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
39
Richard Dawkins
The Greatest Story Ever Sold (Frank Rich)
The Greatest Story Ever Sold
40
Frank Rich
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