Each year the staff at the Woodward Memorial Library chooses our favorite books read during 2006. Though it was difficult to narrow down, below are the books that we enjoyed the most this year.

Mary:

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
The Collectors by David Baldacci
The Hard Way by Lee Child
The Bookwoman’s Last Fling by John Dunning
Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank
Never Fear by Scott Frost
True Evil by Greg Iles
The Wrong Man by John Katzenbach
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope

Regina:

For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Wish You Well by David Baldacci
Daughters of Lancaster County Series by Wanda E. Brunstette
    The Bishop’s Daughter
    The Quilter’s Daughter
    The Storekeeper’s Daughter
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Left to Tell by Immaculi Ilibogiza
Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
Dakota Series by Lauraine Snelling
    Dakota Dawn
    Dakota Dream
    Dakota Dusk
All Mortal Flesh by Julie Spencer Fleming

Bonnie

For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Hollywood Tough by Stephen J. Cannell
Red Leaves by Thomas Cook
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
The Husband by Dean Kootz
Beach Road by James Patterson
Cross by James Patterson

Sue

The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Blood Memory by Greg Iles
Left To Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Torch by Cheryl Strayed
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
You’re Not You by Michelle Wildgen

Roberta

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Owen & Mzee:  The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Craig Hatkoff and Peter Greste
Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs
Island:  Shipwreck by Gordon Korman
Fat Girl:  A True Story by Judith Moore
For Laci:  A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and Justice by Sharon Rocha
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Chew on This:  Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White 

Pat

Teacher Man by Frank McCourt 

Cindy

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
Owen and Mzee:  The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Craig Hatkoff and Peter Greste
The Blue Djinn of Babylon by Philip Kerr

Julie

The Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler

Sam

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger

Kim

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Heir by Johanna Lindsey
Lie By Moonlight by Amanda Quick
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Rachel

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
To Have and to Hold by Jane Green
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
For Laci:  A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and Justice by Sharon Rocha