books 2006: Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card

Oh my god. So amazing. Unofficially the best book I've read so far this year, and it's book # 64. I liked it better than Ender's Game. Really, really good.

Is Xenocide worth reading? I'm very pleased with the place these characters have come to, so if things go bad in Xenocide, tell me and I won't read it. :)