(PRLEAP.COM) The following list, which represents Blackrefer.com’s Best Books for 2006, was compiled by the site’s literary expert, Delores Thornton. Ms. Thornton is an author, interviewer, columnist and talk show host. She reads hundreds of books a year. Some are good, others are exceptional. Blackrefer.com decided to acknowledge some of the outstanding reads of 2006.

Blackrefer.com commends these authors and other literary enthusiasts and wishes them success with all future works!

Best General Fiction 3-way tie:
In The Winter Of Her Season, Joan Robertson;
Instant Message (IM), Barbara Jones/Steven Jackson; Trippin’, Michelle Buckley

Best Nonfiction:
Break The Silence, Break The Chains, Stella S. Sabina

Best Mystery 2-way tie:
Black Rain, Vincent Alexandria;
Never Trust Your Dreams, Tim Smith

Best Novella:
Secret Lovers, Patricia Anne Phillips, Maxine Thompson, Michelle McGriff

Best Poetry General:
Tears of a Woman: The Light Within, Mocha Sistah

Best Poetry Inspirational:
Poems From The Heart, Annette Hoggs-Jackson

Best Autobiography:
Journey Through Darkness, Angela Jennings

Best Romance:
Dreaming of You, Francis Ray

Best Online Literary Forum:
Sexy Ebony BBW Book Club

Best Online eNewsmagazine:
The Rock
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