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Recommended Reading
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Best Fiction of 2006
Looking for a really good novel? The following
titles had the best reviews of 2006. Check back in
January for best reviewed books of 2007.
The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford
The author revives his Frank Bascombe character
("The Sportswriter" and the Pulitzer-winning
"Independence Day") for the first time in over a
decade with this novel set in the fall of 2000.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The author's follow-up to "No Country for Old Men"
is set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world.
After This by Alice McDermott
The acclaimed author's sixth novel follows the six
members of the Irish-Catholic Keane family in
Vietnam War-era New York.
The People’s Act of Love by James Meek
Meek's latest novel is set in Siberia during the
Russian Revolution.
The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
Messud's fourth novel follows the lives of three
soon-to-be 30-year-old friends--all in various jobs
in the media--in contemporary New York.
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
A Russian-born Jew who was a bestselling author in
pre-WWII France, Nemirovsky was at work on a
five-part novel about the German invasion when she
was captured by the Nazis, taken to Auschwitz, and
killed. Her daughters were eventually able to
smuggle the two completed portions of the novel out
of the country, and now, 64-years later, the work
has finally been published.
The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
The author sets his latest thriller in inner-city
Washington D.C., where a trio of cops attempt to
solve a 15-year-old series of murders which may be
related to a fresh crime.
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
A young man awakens from a 2-week coma--the result
of a truck accident--only to discover that he has a
rare brain disorder called Capgras syndrome, that
causes him to think that his sister is an imposter.
What ensues is a complex mystery.
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
The reclusive author's first novel in nine years is
a massive affair, covering a number of characters
(including balloonists, anarchists and scientists)
around the globe over a 30-year span beginning in
1893.
Hollywood Station by Joseph Wambaugh
The former cop and much-loved crime novelist returns
to writing about the L.A.P.D. for the first time in
over twenty years with this story set in present-day
Hollywood.
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