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Best books of 2005
The best books published during 2005.

1
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
2
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
Something Rotten
Something Rotten
by Jasper Fforde 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
4
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
4
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
A Secret Atlas
A Secret Atlas
by Michael A. Stackpole 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
Spin
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
8
Elantris
Elantris
by Brandon Sanderson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
Twilight
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
Shadow of the Giant
Shadow of the Giant
by Orson Scott Card 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
Slave
Slave
by Mende Nazer 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland (Translator) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
Accelerando
Accelerando
by Charles Stross 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
1776
1776
by David McCullough 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
17
Slow Man
Slow Man
by J.M. Coetzee 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
Shaman's Crossing
Shaman's Crossing
by Robin Hobb 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
Vellum: The Book of All Hours
Vellum: The Book of All Hours
by Hal Duncan 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy
by Dean Koontz 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
by Per Petterson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass
The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass
by Vera Nazarian (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Fledgling
Fledgling
by Octavia E. Butler 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska
by John Green 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Knife of Dreams
Knife of Dreams
by Robert Jordan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
Paul Hausser - Generaloberst der Waffen-SS: "Ich diene". Ein Lebens- und Zeitbild
Paul Hausser - Generaloberst der Waffen-SS: &qu...
by Karl Heinz Mathias 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
Penguin Lost
Penguin Lost
by Andrei Kurkov 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domest...
by Judith Flanders 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Die Schwarze Front
Die Schwarze Front
by Richard Schapke, Otto Strasser (Vorwort) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Eldest
Eldest
by Christopher Paolini 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Madame Dread: A Tale of Love, Vodou and  Civil Strife in Haiti
Madame Dread: A Tale of Love, Vodou and Civil ...
by Kathie Klarreich 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web
Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi...
by Lynn H. Nicholas 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Peeps
Peeps
by Scott Westerfeld 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
The Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Balkenkreuz und Halbmond
Balkenkreuz und Halbmond
by Franz Wimmer-Lamquet 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Queen of the Amazons
Queen of the Amazons
by Judith Tarr 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
America's Game
America's Game
by Michael MacCambridge 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Enrique's Journey
Enrique's Journey
by Sonia Nazario 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Conrad's Fate (Chrestomanci, #5)
Conrad's Fate (Chrestomanci, #5)
by Diana Wynne Jones 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL
Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's...
by John Feinstein 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and...
by Carole Radziwill 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
The Masque of the Black Tulip
The Masque of the Black Tulip
by Lauren Willig (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
The Fairy-Tale Detectives
The Fairy-Tale Detectives
by Michael Buckley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
Already Dead
Already Dead
by Charlie Huston 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
A Spectacle of Corruption
A Spectacle of Corruption
by David Liss (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story
The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story
by Mark Frost 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.
Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakesp...
by Jeremy Mercer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
The Unusual Suspects
The Unusual Suspects
by Michael Buckley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
Midnight's Mask
Midnight's Mask
by Paul S. Kemp (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and t...
by Jeremy Schaap 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood
by Martin Booth 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
A Land As God Made It: Jamestown And The Birth Of America
A Land As God Made It: Jamestown And The Birth ...
by James Horn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
Princess Academy
Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic...
by Russell Shorto 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey "The Kid" Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player
One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey "...
by Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
Reunion in Barsaloi
Reunion in Barsaloi
by Corinne Hofmann 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
A Princess of Roumania
A Princess of Roumania
by Paul Park 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
by Diana Abu-Jaber 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
Gentlemen and Players: A Novel
Gentlemen and Players: A Novel
by Joanne Harris 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
Uglies
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
67
All in
All in
by Jonathan Grotenstein, Storms Reback 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
67
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
by Gail Carson Levine 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
70
Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King, The: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King, Th...
by Michael Craig 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
70
Pretties
Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
73
Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement
Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement
by Rodney Rothman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
75
Winning Low-Limit Hold'em
Winning Low-Limit Hold'em
by Lee Jones 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
76
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Texas Hold'em
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Te...
by Phil Gordon 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
77
Diary of a Mad Poker Player: A Journey to the World Series of Poker
Diary of a Mad Poker Player: A Journey to the W...
by Richard Sparks 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
78
The Best Hand I Ever Played: 52 Winning Poker Lessons from the World's Greatest Players
The Best Hand I Ever Played: 52 Winning Poker L...
by Steve Rosenbloom 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
79
Tournament Poker And The Art Of War
Tournament Poker And The Art Of War
by David Apostolico (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
80
Machiavellian Poker Strategy: How to Play Like a Prince and Rule the Poker Table
Machiavellian Poker Strategy: How to Play Like ...
by David Apostolico (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Tales from the Tiltboys
Tales from the Tiltboys
by The Tiltboys, Phil Gordon 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Winning at Internet Poker For Dummies
Winning at Internet Poker For Dummies
by Mark Harlan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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