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Best nonfiction 2006
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68, by Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, $35)
This nuanced biography serves up a detailed portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. and the events of his time. (2/7/06)
Modigliani: A Life, by Jeffrey Meyers (Harcourt, $27)
This crisp, thoughtfully written examination of the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani helps to clarify his place in art history. (3/21/06)
Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, by Charles J. Shields (Henry Holt, $25)
Charles J. Shields, an English teacher, has produced the first full-scale biography of the reclusive author of "To Kill a Mockingbird." (6/13/06)
LBJ: The Architect of American Ambition, by Randall B. Woods (Simon & Schuster, $35)
This detailed biography of LBJ paints him as one of the most complex and fascinating of US presidents. (8/1/06)
The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music, by Dunstan Prial (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27)
A man born with golden ears, Hammond jumpstarted the careers of music greats Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. (10/3/06)
Memoir
Let Me Finish, by Roger Angell (Harcourt, $25)
New York grandee Roger Angell gracefully recounts his own life story. (Reviewed 6/6/06)
My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme (Knopf, $25.95)
Julia Child writes of some of the happiest years of her life – those she spent in France. (6/20/06)
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History, by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $22)
"Corrections" author Jonathan Franzen probes his own past with an acuity that is alternately painful and funny. (9/5/06)
Things I Didn't Know, by Robert Hughes (Knopf, $27.95)
Time magazine's longtime art critic tells of his formative years and experiences in Australia, Europe, and the US. (10/17/06)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25)
Writer Bill Bryson hilariously and tenderly recalls a 1950s childhood in Iowa. (10/31/06)
Religion
The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People, by Cathleen Falsani (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $24)
A journalist queries celebrities about their ideas on God and receives some surprising answers. (Reviewed 3/14/06)
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions, by Karen Armstrong (Knopf, $30)
Popular religion writer Karen Armstrong chronicles the religious breakthroughs that took place worldwide between 900 and 200 BCE. (4/4/06)
