Books read in the year 2006

January 2006

The Book on the Bookshelf Henry Petroski
The Cartoon History of the Universe III Larry Gonick
Hogfather Terry Pratchett
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne
On the Trail of the Space Pirates Carey Rockwell
Miss Whittier Makes a List Carla Kelly
Everything Bad is Good For You Steven Johnson
Inside the Victorian Home Judith Flanders

February 2006

Miss Leavitt's Stars George Johnson
As You Like It William Shakespeare (Arden)
American Gods Neil Gaiman

March 2006

Collapse Jared Diamond
Are Men Necessary? Maureen Dowd
Psychopathia Sexualis John Patrick Shanley
Perturbation Theory for Solid-State Quantum Computation with Many Quantum Bits Gennady P. Berman, Dmitry I. Kamenev, and Vladimir I. Tsifrinovich
Happy Birthday Wanda June Kurt Vonnegut
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (reread)
Ten Big Ones Janet Evanovich
Forever Peace Joe Haldeman
Inversions Iain M. Banks

April 2006

Memory in Death J.D. Robb
Life, the Universe, and Everything Douglas Adams (reread)
The Planets Dava Sobel
The Third Chimpanzee Jared Diamond
Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany
Dragons: A Natural History Dr. Karl Shuker
The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World Brian M. Fagan (editor)

May 2006

Not of an Age, but for All Time: Shakespeare at the Huntington Jane Purcell
Old Man's War John Scalzi
Hints on Etiquette "Your Guide" (1836)
Red Jack's Daughter Edith Layton
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, 1942 U.S. War Department
The Country House Explained Trevor Yorke

June 2006

The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
100 Great Wonders of the World Nia Williams, Sandy Draper and Isla Love
Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella Michael Olmert
Don't Look Down Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
Programming the Universe Seth Lloyd
3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated Donald E. Knuth
Short Course on Quantum Information Theory, an Approach from Theoretical Physics Lajos Diosi (rough draft)
Mission Child Maureen McHugh
Nine Crazy Ideas in Science Robert Ehrlich
Letters to a Young Mathematician Ian Stewart

July 2006

Active Liberty Stephen Breyer
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
The Louvre Alexandra Bonfante-Warren
Why Is Sex Fun? Jared Diamond
Spin Robert Charles Wilson
The King in the Window Adam Gopnik
How the Republicans Stole Christmas Bill Press
The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs
The Playful Eye Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding (editors)
To Reign in Hell Steven Brust
Learning the World Ken MacLeod

August 2006

Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer
Paris to the Moon Adam Gopnik
Dracula Bram Stoker
Take It Back James Carville and Paul Begala
Life: the Odds Gregory Baer

September 2006

Fab Neil Gershenfeld
The Space Pioneers Carey Rockwell
His Majesty's Dragon Naomi Novik
Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare
King John William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 1 William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 2 William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 3 William Shakespeare
Infinity and the Mind Rudy Rucker
Throne of Jade Naomi Novik
On Bullshit Harry G. Frankfurt
Time Enough For Love Robert Heinlein
Swordspoint Ellen Kushner

October 2006

What Jesus Meant Gary Wills
How to be Popular Meg Cabot
A Tangled Web Amanda McCabe
Black Powder War Naomi Novik
On the Razzle Tom Stoppard
Home Guard Manual, 1941 British War Office
Curry Lizzie Collingham
The Rabbi's Cat Joann Sfar
The Sonnets William Shakespeare
The Fine Gentleman: or, the Compleat Education of a Young Nobleman (1736) Mr. Costeker
Princess in Pink Meg Cabot
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein

November 2006

Quantum Information: An Introduction Masahito Hayashi
The Mystery of the Aleph Amir D. Aczel
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare
The Becket Leaves Janet Backhouse and Christopher de Hamel
Memoirs, the Ventian Years, vol 1a Giacomo Casanova
Spoiled Rotten America Larry Miller
The Victorian Internet Tom Standage
The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan
Death in the Stocks Georgette Heyer

December 2006

A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie
Traveling at the Speed of Thought Daniel Kennefick (draft)
Acts of Love George Economou (transl.)
Beasts and Saints Helen Waddell
The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light John D. Joannopoulos, Robert D. Meade, and Joshua N. Winn
Mistletoe Kisses Elizabeth Rolls, Deborah Hale, and Diane Gaston
Born in Death J.D. Robb
The Chronoliths Robert Charles Wilson
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

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