Best of 2006: Reading lists for adults and children

It's typical of the weeks that end the old year and begin the new that everyone who can commit a thought to a shareable medium compiles a list of the best [whatevers] of the year. Libraries, readers, reviewers and bloggers have been thinking back over the year's best reading and posting their lists of the best. Here's a (non-exhaustive) selection:

• American Library Assoc.: Notable Books, 2006
• Assoc. for Library Service to Children (ALA): 2006 Notable Children's Books
• Cybils: The 2006 Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards, including
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction
  • Fiction Picture Books
  • Graphic Novels
  • Middle Grade Fiction
  • Non-fiction (Middle Grade and YA)
  • Non-fiction Picture Books
  • Poetry
  • Young Adult Fiction
• The Economist: Books of the year 2006
• Library Journal: Best Books 2006 , including:
  • Best Genre Fiction 2006 (Mystery, Thriller, Romance, SciFi &Fantasy)
  • Best How-To 2006
• MotherReader: Top Picks for 2006 (So Far)
• New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2006
• Publishers Weekly: 100 Best Books of the Year (multiple adult and child genre divisions)
• The Seattle Times: Best books of 2006
• School Library Journal: Best Books 2006
• Time Magazine: 10 Best Books
• Washington Post: our editors reveal their favorite reads of 2006
• Young Adult Library Services Assoc. (ALA): Best Books for Young Adults 2006 and Teens' Top Ten

See something on these lists that you'd especially like to read? Stop by the library, call, email or leave a comment here on the blog to see if we've already got it in the collection or to ask to add it to our list of potential additions to the collection.