I got through a few books in 2006, I'm actually a bit surprised by the quantity. I frequent a reading forum on DelphiForums called the Book and Candle Pub, and we keep lists monthly. Otherwise I wouldn't have had any way to know exactly what I read... At the end is my "favorite of the year".

Not in order:

By DEAN KOONTZ:
Odd Thomas
Forever Odd
Brother Odd
The Husband
The Taking

By ROBERT CRAIS:
Sunset Express
The Monkey's Raincoat
Stalking The Angel
Free Fall
Lullaby Town
Voodoo River
Indigo Slam
L.A. Requiem
The Last Detective
The Forgotten Man
Demolition Angel

By F. PAUL WILSON:
CrissCross
The Tomb
Infernal
Harbingers

By RICHARD LAYMON:
Come Out Tonight
After Midnight
Into The Fire
Night In THe Lonesome October (reread)

By C.J. BOX:
Trophy Hunt
Out Of Range
In Plain Sight

By JOSEPH FINDER:
Company Man
Paranoia
Killer Instinct

By GREG ILES:
Blood Memory
The Quiet Game
Turning Angel

By JONATHAN KELLERMAN:
Twisted
Rage

By LAURA LIPPMAN:
Every Secret Thing
To The Power Of Three

By DENISE SWANSON:
Murder Of A Barbie And Ken
Murder Of A Real Bad Boy

By PHILIP MARGOLIN:
Lost Lake
Proof Positive

By J. K. ROWLING:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

And one by each of the following:

GUARDIANS OF THE HORIZON Elizabeth Peters
DOUBLE SHOT Diane Mott Davidson
THE LINCOLN LAWYER Michael Connelly
DEAD DAYS OF SUMMER Carolyn Hart
THE BACKWOODS Edward Lee
PROMISE ME Harlan Coben
OFF SEASON Jack Ketchum
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
FIRESTAR Michael Flynn
TWELVE SHARP Janet Evanovich
WHO'S SORRY NOW Jill Churchill
KILLING FLOOR Lee Child
KILL ME Stephen White
ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING Lawrence Block
DOUBLE TAP Steve Martini
EMPIRE Orson Scott Card
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID Bill Bryson


My favorite of the year: PROMISE ME by Harlan Coben.

My least favorite: OFF SEASON by Jack Ketchum.

Honorable mention for best of the year: THUNDERBOLT KID by Bryson. Special kudos for being the only nonfiction on my list.

An even 60 books, and virtually no science fiction, which used to be a mainstay of my reading. Flynn's and Card's books are both set in the future, but not a distant future.

See if I can average 5 books a month in 2007.