Book Rankings of 2006. In 2006, in addition to my book awards, I also ranked all books I read on a scale of 1-10.
Awesome (10-9)
Dear Brutus, by JM Barrie
Farewell, Miss Julie Logan: A Wintry Tale, by JM Barrie
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Our Only May Amelia, by Jennifer L. Holm
Boys: Stories and a Novella, by David Lloyd
Autumn Street, by Lois Lowry
Looking Back: A Book of Memories, by Lois Lowry
The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
Above Average (8-7)
The Boy David, by JM Barrie
Shall We Join the Ladies: Four Plays, by JM Barrie
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares
When the Wind Blows, by Raymond Briggs
Hook Man Speaks, by Matt Clark
Matilda Bone, by Karen Cushman
Because of Winn-Dixie, by KateDiCamillo
Sees Behind the Trees, by Michael Dorris
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, by EL Konigsburg
Anastasia Again, by Lois Lowry
Anastasia Krupnik, by Lois Lowry
See You Around, Sam, by Lois Lowry
A Summer to Die, by Lois Lowry
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
Othello, the Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare
In the Shadow of No Towers, by Art Spiegelman
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, by Art Spiegelman
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
Average (6-5)
My Brother Tom, by James Aldridge
Echoes of the War, by JM Barrie
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Morning Girl, by Michael Dorris
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories, by James Herriot
My Louisiana Sky, by Kimberly Willis Holt
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
All About Sam, by Lois Lowry
Anastasia, Absolutely, by Lois Lowry
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst, by Lois Lowry
Anastasia at Your Service, by Lois Lowry
Gossamer, by Lois Lowry
Little Miss Stoneybrook ... and Dawn, by Ann M. Martin
Mary Anne and the Great Romance, by Ann M. Martin
Alice in April, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Kindergarten, by Peter Rushforth
Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez
Naked, by David Sedaris
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare
King Lear, by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
Meet Kit: An American Girl, 1934, by Valerie Tripp
Briar Rose, by Jane Yolen
Below Average (4-3)
Hide-and-Seek with Angels: A Life of JM Barrie, by Lisa Chaney
A Child's War: World War II Through the Eyes of Children, by Kati David
Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, by Kimberly Willis Holt
Arthur Rimbaud, by Benjamin Ivry
Anastasia on Her Own, by Lois Lowry
Anastasia's Chosen Career, by Lois Lowry
Attaboy, Sam, by Lois Lowry
The Ghost at Dawn's House, by Ann M. Martin
Introducing Kafka, by David Zane Mairowitz
Magritte, by Pierre Passeron
The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin
Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare
The City and the Pillar, by Gore Vidal
Crappy (2-1)
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Philip K. Dick
The Woman in the Wall, by Patrice Kindl
Peter Pan in Scarlet, by Geraldine McCaughrean
Red Stick Men, by Tim Parrish
The Last Safe Place on Earth, by Richard PeckLabels: books