[Publib] Best Reads of '05 - Compiled

[David.Faulkner at ci.austin.tx.us]

Here's the compiled list of our favorite reads (and listens) of 2005. To
those that sent in suggestions, the list should be on its way. To everyone
else, I've got the list in both an Excel and Word document; let me know
which you prefer or I can send both.

David
mailto:David.Faulkner at ci.austin.tx.us


PUBLIBer's Favorite Reads of 2005
compiled by David Faulkner, Austin Public Library, Austin, Texas

TITLE					AUTHOR
1776					McCullough, David G.
12 Songs (MUSIC CD)			Diamond, Neil
Acqua Calda				McDermott, Keith
Across the Nightingale Floor		Hearn, Lian
All In My Head 				Kamen, Paula
American Prometheus			Bird, Kay and Sherwin, Martin
Amulet of Samarkand, The		Stroud, Jonathan
Anansi Boys 				Gaiman, Neil
Anansi Boys (AUDIO)			Gaiman, Neil and Henry, Lenny
Are We There Yet? 			Levithan, David
Arrowville 				Boedoe, Geefwee
Articles of the Federation 		DeCandido, Keith
Author, Author				Lodge, David
Baby Game, The			Hicks, Randall
Bait and Switch 				Ehrenreich, Barbara
Bangkok 8 				Burdett, John
Bangkok Tattoo 				Burdett, John
Beautiful Lies 				Unger, Lisa
Beauty Tips from Moosejaw		Ferguson, Will
Beekeeper's Apprentice			King, Laurie
Behind the Mystery 			Kaminsky, Stuart
Being Dead Is No Excuse 		Metcalfe, Gayden and Hays, Charlotte
Big Over Easy, The 			Fforde, Jasper
Billy Collins Live (AUDIO)		Collins, Billy
Birth of Venus, The			Dunant, Sarah
Blessed are the Cheesemakers		Lynch, Sarah-Kate
Blink					Gladwell, Malcolm
Blueprint for Action 			Barnett, Thomas
Borden Tragedy, The 			Geary, Rick
Boy Meets Boy				Levithan, David
Breath of Snow and Ashes, A 		Gabaldon, Diana
Breath of Snow and Ashes, A  (AUDIO)	Gabaldon, Diana
Brief History of the Dead, The		Brockmeier, Kevin
Broken for You				Kallos, Stephanie
Children's Blizzard, The			Laskin, David
City of Falling Angels 			Berendt, John
Clock of the Long Now, The		Brand, Stewart
Collection of Fine Baking, A	 	Kim, Yong-Mo
Company Car, The 			Hribal, C. J.
Company Man 				Finder, Joseph
Confessions of Max Tivoli, The		Greer, Andrew Sean
Creepers 				Morrell, David
Dancing Tiger, The			Doyle, Malachy
Dark Harbor 				Hosp, David
Daughter of God				Perdue, Lewis
Dead Run 				Tracy, P. J.
Dearly Devoted Dexter			Lindsay, Jeff
Divided by God 				Feldman, Noah
Eldest					Paolini, Christopher
Embers 				Marai, Sandor
End of Faith, The			Harris, Sam
Enslaved by Ducks 			Tarte, Bob
Excursion To Tindari, The 		Camilleri, Andrea
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Foer, Jonathan Safran
Fade 					Mills, Kyle
Fairy Godmother, The 			Lackey, Mercedes
Foretelling, The 				Hoffman, Alice
Freakonomics				Levitt, Steven and Dubner, Stephen
Game of Silence, The 			Erdrich, Louise
Game, The 				King, Laurie
Game, The:  				Strauss, Neil
Garlic and Sapphires			Reichl, Ruth
Good Priest's Son, The 			Price, Reynolds
Grace That Keeps This World, The 	Bailey, Tom
Graceland 				Abani, Chris
Great Influenza, The 			Barry, John
Ha-Ha, The 				King, Dave
Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince	Rowling, J. K.
Heir to the Glimmering World		Ozick, Cynthia
Historian, The 				Kosalov, Elizabeth
History of Love, The			Krauss, Nicole
History on Trial 				Lipstadt, Deborah
Ice Queen, The 				Hoffman, Alice
If God Is Love				Gulley, Philip
Inexcusable 				Lynch, Chris
Into Greenwood 				Grimsley, Jim
Julie and Julia 				Powell, Julie
Kepler's witch 				Connor, James
King of Mulberry Street, The		Napoli, Donna Jo
Kite Runner, The			Hosseini, Khaled
Last Chance to See			Adams, Douglas and Carwardine, Mark
Last of the Honky Tonk Angels, The	Moyer, Marsha
Leonardo the Terrible Monster		Willems, Mo
Lifemask				Donahue, Emma
Lighthouse, The				James, P. D.
Lincoln Lawyer, The 			Connelly, Michael
Lion Boy 				Corder, Zizou
Little Chapel on the River 		Bounds, Gwendolyn
Little Love Story, A 			Merullo, Roland
Live Bait				Tracy, P. J.
Locked Rooms 				King, Laurie
Looking for Alaska 			Green, John
Lost in the Forest			Miller, Sue
Lost Painting, The			Harr, Jonathan
Man without a Country, A		Vonnegut, Kurt
Maybe a Miracle			Strauss, Brian
Mermaid Tale				Kidd, Sue Monk
Momotaro and the Island of Ogres 	Wada, Stephanie
Monkeewrench 				Tracy, P. J.
Mrs. Kimble 				Haigh, Jennifer
My Friend Leonard 			Frey, James
One Bullet Away			Fick, Nathaniel
Ordinary Heroes 			Turow, Scott
Other Boleyn Girl			Gregory, Philippa
Oz Series, The 				Baum, L. Frank
Panic 					Abbott, Jeff
Passion					Morgan, Jude
Prom 					Anderson, Laurie Halse
Rebel Angels 				Bray, Libba
Salmon of Doubt, The 			Adams, Douglas  
Saturday 				McEwan, Ian
Sea House, The 			Freud, Esther
Second Coming of Lucy Hatch, The 	Moyer, Marsha
Shadow of the Wind			Zafon, Carlos Ruiz
Shape of Water, The			Camilleri, Andrea
Skeleton Man				Hillerman, Tony
Skinny Dip 				Hiaasen, Carl
Snack Thief, The			Camilleri, Andrea
Solomon vs Lord 			Levine, Paul
Splendid Friend Indeed, A		Bloom, Suzanne
Sudden Country, A			Fisher, Karen
Sudden Death 				Rosenfelt, David
Swallows of Kabul, The			Khadra, Yasmina
Tale of Love and Darkness, A		Oz, Amos
Tales of a Female Nomad		Gelman, Rita Golden
Terra-Cotta Dog, The			Camilleri, Andrea
Theatre of Fish				Gimlette, John
Third Secret, The 			Berry, Steve
This is not Civilization			Rosenberg, Robert
Tilt-a-Whirl				Grabenstein, Chris
Time Traveler's Wife, The 		Niffenegger, Audrey
To Be a Slave				Lester, Julius
Traveler, The 				Twelve Hawks, John
United States of Europe, The 		Reid, T. R.
Ursula, Under				Hill, Ingrid
Vanish					Gerritsen, Tess
Voice of the Violin, The 			Camilleri, Andrea
Waiting for Birdy			Newman, Catherine
What the Dog Did			Yoffe, Emily
Why I wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy	Lucas, Geralyn
World is Flat, The			Friedman, Thomas
Year of Magical Thinking, The		Didion, Joan
Zen Shorts				Muth, Jon