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Top selling Audiobooks for 2006

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The Broker
Author: John Grisham
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Publisher: Random House Audio

In Grisham's spy-versus-spy thriller, the CIA orchestrates the setup of a notorious Washington power broker who may compromise the world's satellite surveillance system. They want to know: Who will kill him — the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, or the Saudis?


  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Author: Douglas Adams
    Narrator: Stephen Fry
    Publisher: Random House Audio

    Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Much humorous, intergalactic craziness ensues.


  • The Memory of Running
    Author: Ron McLarty
    Narrator: Ron McLarty
    Publisher: Recorded Books

    Available exclusively as an audiobook, actor and playwright Ron McLarty tells a tale of 279-pound Smithy Ide. Ide searches cross-country on his old Raleigh bicycle to recover the body of his beautiful but schizophrenic sister. The unlikely hero takes readers on a quest for hope and redemption, trying to become the person he has always wanted to be.


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  • The Da Vinci Code
    Author: Dan Brown
    Narrator: Paul Michael
    Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.
    Note: The abridged version (available from Random House Audio), narrated by Colin Stinton, had its own entry in the Top 10. We've grouped them together here.

    While investigating the murder of the Louvre's curator, a Harvard symbologist and French cryptologist discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci, leading them on a fast-paced hunt for a breathtaking historical secret.


  • The Kite Runner
    Author: Khaled Hosseini
    Narrator: Khaled Hosseini
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

    Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner tells the tale of two boys growing up in Kabul. Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara — a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them.


  • America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
    Author: Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show
    Narrator: Jon Stewart
    Publisher: Time Warner Audiobooks

    Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots offer their humorous insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like "one man, one vote," "government by the people," and "every vote counts" have become such popular urban myths.


  • Angels and Demons
    Author: Dan Brown
    Narrator: Richard Poe
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

    In his first appearance in Dan Brown's work, symbologist Robert Langdon discovers a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb.


  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    Author: Stephen R. Covey
    Narrator: Stephen R. Covey
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

    Covey's comprehensive program illustrates how perceptions and assumptions hinder success — in business as well as personal relationships. His approach will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.


  • How to Win Friends & Influence People
    Author: Dale Carnegie
    Narrator: Andrew MacMillan
    Simon & Schuster Audio

    One of the best-selling books of all time, Dale Carnegie's perennial classic has carried thousands of now-famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Authored in 1936, before the term "motivational coach" became part of the lexicon, How to Win Friends is a reference book on how to achieve your goals by improving your people skills.


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  • The World Is Flat
    Author: Thomas L. Friedman
    Narrator: Oliver Wyman
    Publisher: Audio Renaissance

    Award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman allows listeners to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his unique ability to clarify complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the 21st century; what it means to countries, companies, communities and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.

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    New York Times Top 2006 Audiobooks

    Inspiration by Wayne Dyer

    5th Horseman by James Patterson

    Good to Great by Jim Collins

    The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

    The 7 Habits... by Stephen Covey

    At Risk by Patricia Cornwell

    Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen

    The DaVinci Code By Dan Brown

    Beach Road by James Patterson

    360 Degree Leader by John C. Maxwell

     

    From Nielsen BookScan (2005):

    1. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," by J.K. Rowling

    2. "A Million Little Pieces," by James Frey

    3. "The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini

    4. "1776," by David McCullough

    5. "The Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown

    6. "The World Is Flat," by Thomas L. Friedman

    7. "The Purpose-Driven Life," by Rick Warren

    8. "Angels & Demons," by Dan Brown

    9. "You: The Owner's Manual," by Mehmet Oz

    10. "Eldest," by Christopher Paolini