Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2006

[Dave Monroe]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Hudson
Booksellers, a brand unit of travel retailer Hudson
Group, has announced its list of the best books
published in 2006. Hudson operates 66 full-service
bookstores and sells books in over 400 Hudson News
newsstands throughout North America. Book sales were
close to $1 million last year.
    A panel of the company's book buyers selected the
Hudson Booksellers' Best Books of 2006. Books were
chosen for their quality of writing, storyline, and
sales performance. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
was chosen as the best book of the year.
    "The list was created to help airport travelers
make quick, educated buying decisions during the
holiday season," said Sara Hinckley, vice president,
Book Buying & Promotions. "Ten fiction and ten
nonfiction titles were selected. They will be
prominently displayed in all Hudson Booksellers and
large Hudson News stores, starting December 1st."
    In addition to the Frazier book, the "best books"
Fiction selections included: The Meaning of Night by
Michael Cox; The March by E.L. Doctorow; The Lay of
the Land by Richard Ford; Water for Elephants by Sara
Gruen; The History of Love by Nicole Krauss; The
People's Act of Love by James Meek; A Dirty Job by
Christopher Moore; Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon;
Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
    Nonfiction selections were: The Great Deluge by
Douglas Brinkley; The Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey;
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda; Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls; The Places in Between by Rory
Stewart; Blind Side by Michael Lewis; Collapse by
Jared Diamond; The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill Bryson; Thunderstruck by Erik Larsen; Leaving
Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood....

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