2005 Book List

Just trying to clear my About page. I should've done this last year!

I got the idea for this 52 Books in 52 Weeks meme from Large Hearted Boy, who did this last year.

1. A Map of the World, Jane Hamilton ** Fiction
2. Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Høeg *** Fiction
3. Contact, Carl Sagan *** Science Fiction
4. A Fire upon the Deep, Vernor Vinge *** Science Fiction
5. A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge
6. Dune: The Battle of Corrin, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
7. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman
8. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
9. The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon ** Fiction
10. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, Susanna Clarke
11. How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff
12. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown ** Fiction
13. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Luis Zafón *** Fiction
14. The Final Solution, Michael Chabon
15. Battle Royale, Koushun Takami ** Fiction
16. The Broker, John Grisham
17. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
18. A Density of Souls, Christoper Rice
19. The Other Side of the Story, Marian Keyes
20. London Bridges, James Patterson
21. I, Claudius, Robert Graves
22. A Winter Haunting, Dan Simmons
23. A Ladder of Years, Anne Tyler
24. The Twentieth Wife, Indu Sundaresan
25. Orlando, Virginia Woolf
26. The Ivy Chronicles, Karen Quinn
27. Leap of Faith, Queen Noor of Jordan ** Non-Fiction
28. 3rd Degree, James Patterson
29. How To Be Famous, Alison Bond
30. Gaudí: An Introduction to His Architecture, Juan-Eduardo Cirlot
31. Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky
32. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Ross King
33. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Oscar Hijuelos
34. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
35. The Manchurian Candidate, Richard Condon
36. The Fourth K, Mario Puzo
37. Matchbook, Samantha Daniels
38. Women About Town, Laura Jacobs
39. Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
40. Grecian Holiday, Kate Cann
41. Loose Lips, Claire Berlinski
42. In The Flesh, Emma Holly
43. The Nerd Who Loved Me, Vicki Lewis Thompson
44. High Country, Nevada Barr * Fiction
45. Empty Cradle, Karen Harper
46. Deep Freeze, Lisa Jackson
47. For My Daughters, Barbara Delinsky
48. The Good, The Bad, and The Undead, Kim Harrison
49. Ain't She Sweet?, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
50. Just The Way You Are, Christina Dodd
51. Almost Like Being In Love, Christina Dodd
52. Close To You, Christina Dodd
53. Life of Pi, Yann Martel *** Fiction
54. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
55. The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era, Norman Cantor
56. Stradivari's Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection, Toby Faber
57. Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver
58. The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, Yann Martel * Fiction
59. A Very Good Year, Mike Weiss * Documentary
60. A Time of Angels, Patricia Schonstein
61. Hidden Prey, John Sandford
62. Traditional Knitting: Aran, Fair Isle and fisher ganseys, Michael Person
63. Lucrezia Borgia, Sarah Bradford
64. Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran, Azadeh Moaveni
65. The Road to Dune, Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson
66. The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour, Joan DeJean
67. Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America, Morgan Spurlock
68. The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape, James Howard Kunstler
69. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini *** Fiction
70. Honeymoon, James Patterson and Howard Roughan
71. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, Yvon Chouinard *** Non-Fiction
72. The Snow Garden, Christopher Rice
73. Gilgamesh, English translation by Stephen Mitchell Not in my top 20, but a beautifully formatted book.
74. The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century, James Howard Kunstler *** Non-Fiction
75. Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, Paris Hilton, et al.
76. The Limits of Enchantment, Graham Joyce
77. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards
78. The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant
79. Magic Street, Orson Scott Card
80. A Slight Trick of the Mind, Mitch Cullin
81. Being Mrs. Alcott, Nancy Geary
82. The Turquoise Ring, Grace Tiffany
83. Chromosome 6, Robin Cook