JOHN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR - 2006

All these books are reviewed below, but my top 8 are:

[1] ALI SMITH The Accidental
[2] JULIAN BARNES Arthur and George
[3] SEBASTIAN FAULKS Human Traces
[4] ALAN BENNETT Untold Stories
[5] MARTIN DAVIES The Conjuror's Bird
[6] ANN TYLER Digging to America
[7] ZADIE SMITH On Beauty
[8] DAVID PEACE The Damned Utd