2006

In 2006 I read 70 books. Which is the same adjusted total I had for 2005. I actually went though 78 books in 2005, but eliminated some of them as fluff.. coffee table type books, while interesting, were not serious reading. This year I only included serious type novels and such. A few were quick reads like some of the comedy books.. others like the leCarre' books took me forever to get through.
So here are the books I read:

1/4/2006 Riding The Rap Elmore Leonard
1/9/2006 Hard Living On Clay Street Joseph T. Howell
1/13/2006 Batman: The Stone King Alan Grant
1/14/2006 Family - The Ties That Bind.. And Gag Erma Bombeck
1/18/2006 Stallions Gate Martin Cruz Smith
1/23/2006 The Rules Of Attraction Bret Easton Ellis
1/27/2006 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard P Feynman
2/1/2006 A Long Way From Home Tom Brokaw
2/3/2006 The Eye Of Darkness Dean Koontz
2/6/2006 Disclosure Michael Crichton
2/9/2006 Violent Ward Len Deighton
2/13/2006 The Timothy Files Lawrence Sanders
2/19/2006 Hannibal Thomas Harris
2/21/2006 79 Park Avenue Harold Robbins
2/24/2006 If Tomorrow Comes Sidney Sheldon
2/26/2005 Schoolcraft's Ojibwa Lodge Stories Henry Schoolcraft
3/3/2006 My First Years in the Fur Trade George Nelson
3/7/2006 Hemingway Christopher Cook Gilmore
3/7/2006 The Place of the Pike (Gnoozhekaaning) Charles E Cleland
3/11/2006 The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John Le carre
3/14/2006 2061: Odyssey Three Arthur C Clarke
3/21/2006 Reflex Stephen Gould
3/28/2006 Frontsoldaten Stephen G. Fritz
3/30/2006 Dirty Jokes and Beer Drew Carey
4/18/2006 A Small Town In Germany John Le carre
4/25/2006 Only When I Laugh Len Deighton
4/28/2006 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
4/30/2006 The Hunted Elmore Leonard
5/5/2006 Dear George George Burns
5/6/2006 The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen Howard Carter, A. C. Mace
5/8/2006 Spy Story Len Deighton
5/10/2006 Tales of The Dark Knight Mark Cotta Vaz
5/24/2006 McNally's Secret Lawrence Sanders
5/26/2006 Call for the Dead John Le carre
5/30/2006 A Murder of Quality John Le carre
6/6/2006 The Looking Glass War John Le carre
6/9/2006 Mr Paradise Elmore Leonard
6/23/2006 Out Of Sight Elmore Leonard
6/27/2006 All My Sins Are Relatives W. S. Penn
7/1/2006 Dave Barry In Cyberspace Dave Barry
7/4/2006 Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy John Le carre
7/6/2006 Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys Dave Barry
7/20/2006 The Honourable Schoolboy John Le carre
7/24/2006 1984 George Orwell
7/24/2006 American on Six Rubles A Day Yakov Smirnoff
8/9/2009 Smiley's People John Le carre
8/15/2006 Dave Barry Is Not Making this up Dave Barry
8/16/2006 Hey Ranger! Jim Burnett
8/22/2006 The House of Thunder Dean Koontz
8/25/2006 The Big Bounce Elmore Leonard
8/30/2006 Angles and Demons Dan Brown
9/1/2006 The Switch Elmore Leonard
9/2/2006 Dave Barry Turns 40 Dave Barry
9/7/2006 The DaVinci Code Dan Brown
9/13/2006 The Passion of Molly T Lawrence Sanders
9/18/2006 An Expensive Place To Die Len Deighton
9/25/2006 Air Frame Michael Crichton
10/11/2006 Rivethead Ben Hamper
10/16/2006 Velocity Dean Koontz
10/25/2006 McNally's Luck Lawrence Sanders
10/30/2006 The World Trade Center: A Tribute Bill Harris
11/3/2006 The Moonshine War Elmore Leonard
11/9/2006 Starship Troopers Robert A Heinlein
11/20/2006 Tutankhamen Zahi Hawass
11/20/2006 Fill'er Up Daniel I Vieyra
11/29/2006 SS-GB Len Deighton
12/6/2006 "December 6" Martin Cruz Smith
12/20/2006 The Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need Dave Barry
12/27/2006 Little Drummer Girl John Le carre
12/31/2006 Wisdom Of the 90's George Burns

I started the year with an experiment of not re-reading the same author for the first 3 months.. that was hard because I like to read authors in series.. However it worked out great for me be forcing me to dig a bit deeper into my bookcase for things to read.
I think favorite book would be Dan Browns Angels & Demons, with DaVinci Code a close second.. I can see why these were such bestsellers.. well written and well devolved characters. Best "new" author would be LeCarre' I had never read him before, my wife had bought me The Spy Who Came In From The Cold years before and I finally read it and loved it. His style is thick, but it is most interesting. I put him in the same ranks as another favorite Len Deighton.
Rivethead might have been the best non-fiction book I read. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.. very quick reading..

For 2007 my emphasis is going to be on completing longer book, rather than a great quantity of book. So my total for 2007 will probably be lower, but I will get though some of the "thick" books on my self... I am starting the year with a Dilbert book.. As I see I did not read one last year.. Then I think on to Jean Auel....