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.

2006 best reading and gift book lists

The end of the year is notable for the publication on all sorts of summing-the-year-up lists, not the least of which are compilations of the year's best books. The Waterboro Public Library in Maine has published a great list of the best books of the year and best holiday gift books to get you started.