My 2006 Book List
For those of you new to my blog, I'm an avid reader, and not just of investing books. I've been sharing my book lists from previous years. Below is my book list for 2006. Please let me know your thoughts about any of the books on this list.
Distinguished
Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman
The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour Hersh
Battle Flag by Bernard Cornwell
The Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwell
The Closers by Michael Connelly
Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Excellent
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph Ellis
Fisher Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance by Perry Mehrling
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People by Jane Bryant Quinn
The Pitch That Killed by Mike Sowell
Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter
The Fallen Angels by Bernard Cornwell and Susannah Kells
Copperhead by Bernard Cornwell
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
With No One as Witness by Elizabeth George
Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell
Very Good Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Plan B by Jonathan Tropper Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman A Crowning Mercy by Bernard Cornwell and Susannah Kells Redcoat by Bernard Cornwell Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett The Little Book That Beats The Market by Joel Greenblatt Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell The Book by Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, Andrew Dolphin and Pete Palmer McNally's Alibi by Vincent Lardo and Lawrence Sanders Katherine by Anya Seton and Philippa Gregory
Good
Havana by Stephen Hunter
The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
The Number by Lee Eisenberg
Wall Street Versus America by Gary Weiss
Hot Lights, Cold Steel by Michael Collins
Kepler's Witch by James Connor
The Grand Idea by Joel Achenbach
Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath
Handbook of Inflation-Indexed Bonds by John Brynjolfsson and Frank Fabozzi
Global Capitalism by Jeffry Frieden
Investors and Markets by William Sharpe
In My Father's Bakery by Marvin Korman
Fair
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
The City of Fallen Angels by John Berendt
State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Jury of One by Laura Bradford
Nonprofit Investment Policies by Robert Fry
A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman
The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
More Than You Know by Michael Mauboussin
Murder After Hours by Agatha Christie
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Globalization and Its Enemies by Daniel Cohen
The Known World by Edward Jones
Predator by Patricia Cornwell
Water Music by T.C. Boyle and James Kincaid
Poor A God in Ruins by Leon Uris A History of the Theory of Investments by Mark Rubenstein A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter Miller
Terrible Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Foer
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