Saturday, December 31, 2005

2005 in review: the books

January (3NF, 2F)
  • Molvanîa, by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch
  • Murder in Scorpio, by Martha C. Lawrence
  • The Word, by Ann Monroe
  • When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin
  • Aquarius Descending, by Martha C. Lawrence


  • February (12NF, 9F)
  • Real Simple: The Organized Home
  • American Jesus, by Stephen Prothero
  • We Shall Overcome, by Herb Boyd
  • America (The Book), by Jon Stewart
  • Teasing Secrets from the Dead, by Emily Craig
  • How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? by David Feldman
  • Hush, by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen (CD)
  • Underground London, by Stephen Smith
  • Pisces Rising, by Martha C. Lawrence
  • More That I Never Knew About Colorado, by Abbott Fay
  • The Fire Baby, by Jim Kelly
  • A Mind to Murder, by P.D. James
  • The Autobiography of God, by Julius Lester
  • Memoirs of an Unfit Mother, by Anne Robinson
  • The Good Samaritan Strikes Again, by Patrick F. McManus
  • Ashes of Aries, by Martha C. Lawrence
  • Where Was Rebecca Shot? Curiosities, Puzzles, and Conundrums in Modern Fiction, by John Sutherland
  • In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O’Brien
  • The Bush Survival Bible, by Gene Stone
  • A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L’Engle


  • March (7F)
  • The Witches of Chiswick, by Robert Rankin
  • Sweet, Savage Death, by Orania Papazoglou
  • A Blessing on the Moon, by Joseph Skibell
  • Wicked Loving Murder, by Orania Papazoglou
  • Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
  • The Stupidest Angel, by Christopher Moore
  • Hole in the Wall, by Margaret Coel


  • April (6NF, 7F)
  • Time: Great Buildings of the World
  • Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet? Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction, by John Sutherland
  • The Unending Mystery, by David Willis McCullough
  • The Stories of English, by David Crystal
  • With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy, by Florence King
  • No Opportunity Wasted (N.O.W.), by Phil Keoghan with Warren Berger
  • The Serpent on the Crown, by Elizabeth Peters
  • Hard Truth, by Nevada Barr
  • London's Underworld: Three Centuries of Vice and Crime, by Fergus Linnane
  • Throw Darts at a Cheesecake, by Denise Dietz
  • The Torching, by Marcy Heidish
  • The Rule of Four, by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
  • The Story Teller, by Margaret Coel


  • May (3NF, 7F)
  • With No One as Witness, by Elizabeth George
  • The Lost Bird, by Margaret Coel
  • The Weblog Handbook, by Rebecca Blood
  • Confessions of a Teen Sleuth: A Parody, by Chelsea Cain
  • The Placebo Chronicles, by Douglas Farrago, M.D.
  • The Yellow Room Conspiracy, by Peter Dickinson
  • The Spirit Woman, by Margaret Coel
  • The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight (ed. Jack Zipes)
  • The Thunder Keeper, by Margaret Coel
  • Why Americans Zigzag When They Eat, by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls


  • June (1NF, 4F)
  • Transgressions (ed. Ed McBain)
  • Eldest, by Christopher Paolini
  • Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
  • Gil's All-Fright Diner, by A. Lee Martinez
  • If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, by Jon McGregor (on CD)


  • July (6NF, 6F)
  • Rubbish, by William Rathje & Cullen Murphy
  • I'm Not the New Me, by Wendy McClure
  • Tough Plants for Northern Gardens, by Fedler Rushing
  • They All Laughed..., by Ira Flatow
  • Italy Out of Hand, by Barbara Hodgson
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page & Blog, by Paul McFedries
  • Fellowship of Fear, by Aaron J. Elkins
  • The Shadow Dancer, by Margaret Coel
  • A Guide for the Perplexed, by Jonathan Levi
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling
  • The Dark Place, by Aaron J. Elkins
  • Wife of Moon, by Margaret Coel


  • August (6NF, 10F)
  • Crusader, by Edward Bloor
  • Fast Women, by Jennifer Crusie
  • Boy Meets Girl, by Meg Cabot
  • 511 Things Only Women Understand, by Lorraine Bodger
  • At the Sign of the Naked Waiter, by Amy Herrick
  • The Tale of Desperaux, by Kate DiCamillo
  • Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons, by "Ernest Drake"
  • The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World, by Jacques Bosser
  • The World's Worsts, by Les Krantz & Sue Sveum
  • Murder in the Queen's Armes, by Aaron J. Elkins
  • The Waking Spell, by Carol Dawson
  • Baghdad Burning, by "Riverbend"
  • Henry V, War Criminal? by John Sutherland and Cedric Watts
  • A Deceptive Clarity, by Aaron J. Elkins
  • The Late Candidate, by Mike Phillips
  • Wildwood Boys, by James Carlos Blake


  • September (5NF, 3F)
  • To Seek Out New Life, by Athena Andreadis
  • Paul: the Mind of the Apostle, by A.N. Wilson
  • Old Bones, by Aaron Elkins
  • The Organized Student, by Donna Goldberg
  • Violent Crimes, by Hugh Holton
  • Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter's World, by George Beahm
  • New Rules, by Bill Maher
  • Point of Darkness, by Mike Phillips


  • October (4NF, 5F)
  • Breakaway Laughter, by Nan L. Crockett
  • The Order of Things, by Barbara Ann Kipfer
  • Heavy Words Lightly Thrown, by Chris Roberts
  • Until I Find You, by John Irving
  • The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde
  • The Grey King, by Susan Cooper
  • Long Time Gone, by J.A. Jance
  • The Shroud of the Thwacker, by Chris Elliott
  • Country Editor's Boy, by Hal Borland


  • November (6NF, 5F)
  • Faith and Betrayal, by Sally Denton
  • Glass Soup, by Jonathan Carroll
  • Scientific American's Ask the Experts, by the editors of Scientific American
  • Midnight for Charlie Bone, by Jenny Nimmo
  • Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, by Jenny Nimmo
  • The Vesuvius Club: A Bit of Fluff, by Mark Gatiss
  • Je Ne Sais What?, by Jon Winokur
  • Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy, by Jenny Nimmo
  • Skipping Towards Gomorrah, by Dan Savage
  • I Wonder as I Wander, by Langston Hughes
  • The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom


  • December (1NF, 9F)
  • An Image to Die For, by Mike Phillips
  • The Venetian's Wife, by Nick Bantock
  • America, Then & Now (ed. David Cohen)
  • Breath of Snow and Ashes, by Diana Gabaldon
  • The Queen's Head, by Edward Marston
  • White Ghost Girls, by Alice Greenway
  • Spurred Ambition, by Twist Phelan
  • A Wicked Slice, by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins
  • The Stalker, by Bill Pronzini
  • For Edgar, by Sheldon Rusch
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