Best Fiction Read 2006
Discover the best fiction reads of 2006 with our curated list of top books. Find award-winning novels, hidden gems, and must-read stories from a standout year in literature.
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March
by Geraldine Brooks
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize--a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord. From Louisa …
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Saturday
by Ian McEwan
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish …
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Swing
by Rupert Holmes
Jazz musician Ray Sherwood, playing at the 1940 World Fair, becomes involved in the investigation into the death of a mysterious Frenchwoman, who had previously …
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Orphan's Destiny
by Robert Buettner
In the bold, second installment of Buettner's military science fiction series that began with "Orphanage," 25-year-old General Jason Wander is returning home after long years …
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The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
An epic, Hugo Award-winning novel that draws upon the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Snow Queen.
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The Amalgamation Polka
by Stephen Wright
Born in 1844 in upstate New York as the child of ardent abolitionists, Liberty Fish finds his life influenced also by his grandparents, Carolina slaveholders, …