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