Best Books of 2006 04/16/2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Wins the 2007 Pulitzer Prize 03/08/2007: The Inheritance of Loss Wins the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award 02/26/2007: Philip Roth Wins 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award 01/20/2007: 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Finalists | Nonfiction | Bio 12/17/2006: TIME Magazine Ten Best Books of 2006: Fiction | Nonfiction 11/29/2006: The New York Times Ten Best Books of 2006: Fiction | Nonfiction 11/15/2006: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers wins the National Book Award for Fiction 11/08/2006: Amazon.com Best Books of 2006 : Literature & Fiction 10/12/2006: Orhan Pamuk Wins The 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature 10/11/2006: 2006 National Book Award for Fiction Finalists | Nonfiction Finalists 10/10/2006: The Inheritance of Loss Wins the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 09/14/2006: 2006 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Best Fiction of 2006 1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 2283 reviews (2006) (256p) (PP) (NBCCA) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 2. The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford 84 reviews (2006) (496p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 3. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud 261 reviews (2006) (288p) (NYTimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 4. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 175 reviews (2006) (336p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (ALA) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 5. What Is the What by Dave Eggers 210 reviews (2006) (386p) (NBCCA) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Best Nonfiction of 2006 1. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan 633 reviews (2006) (464p) (NBCCA Non) (NYTimes Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 2. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright 339 reviews (2006) (480p) (PP Non) (NBA Non) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 3. At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch 33 reviews (2006) (1056p) (NBCCA Bio) (NBA Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 4. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks 332 reviews (2006) (496p) (PP Non) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 5. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick 332 reviews (2006) (480p) (PP His) (NYTimes Non) (ALA Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't understand the data above? View the key.