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2005 Top Ten Reads
Books are listed in no specific order

Not everyone at MyShelf chose to participate.

Books that entertained and/or impressed us most in 2005

Jennifer M. Akers

  1. Gone, Baby, Gone - Dennis Lehane
  2. The Doctor's Wife - Elizabeth Brundage
  3. Soul Matters - Yolanda Tonette Sanders
  4. Adventures of Riley: Mission to Madagascar - Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz
  5. Thanksgiving on Thursday - Mary Pope Osborne (Children)
  6. Broken Windows, Broken Business - Michael Levine
  7. Home Enlightenment - Annie B. Bond
  8. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook - Clair Davies, N.C.T.M.B.
  9. Let the Crazy Child Write: Finding Your Creative Voice - Clive Matson
  10. You CanHeal Your Life - Louise L. Hayes

Barbara Buhrer

  1. Cold Burn - Kit Ehrman
  2. To the Last Man - Jeff Shaara
  3. Most Wanted - Michael Martinez
  4. Cut and Run - Ridley Pearson
  5. 1776 - David McCullum
  6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J P Rowling
  7. Emma Brown - Clare Boylan
  8. Good Morning Midnight - Reginald Hill
  9. The Camel Club - David Balacci
  10. For Valour - Douglas Reeman

Dennis Collins

  1. The man in my Basement - Walter Mosely
  2. Malevolence - Nancy Mehl
  3. White Tiger - Michael Allen Dymmoch
  4. Cinnamon Kiss - Walter Mosely
  5. Bullets - Steve Brewer
  6. Carnage on the Committee - Ruth Dudley Edwards
  7. Dutch Uncle - Peter Pavia
  8. Killer Chameleon - Chassie West
  9. The Good Guys - Bananno/Pistone
  10. Three Strikes You’re Dead - Robert Goldsborough

Willie Elliott

  1. The Winners Circle - Christopher Klim
  2. Everything Burns - Christopher Klim
  3. Outriders - Kathryn Mackel
  4. Life Sketches Of A College Teacher - Ralph Bonner
  5. In a Brother’s Eye - Aiken Brown
  6. A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
  7. Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years - Stefan Koski
  8. TrumpNation – Timothy L. O’Brien [audio]
  9. Family Illustrated - An Instant Replay of Family Humor - J. Michael Krivyanski
  10. When Crickets Cry - Charles Martin

Jan Fields

  1. Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl - Debra Garfinkle (teen)
  2. Project Mulberry - Linda Sue Park (middle grade)
  3. Ghost of Shady Lane - Dotti Enderle (middle grade)
  4. Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (middle grade)
  5. The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall (middle grade)
  6. Christmas Mouseling - Dori Chaconas (picture book)
  7. When Cows Come Home for Christmas - Dori Chaconas (picture book)
  8. Witch Dreams - Vivian Vande Velde (YA)
  9. Among the Enemy - Margaret Peterson Haddix (YA)
  10. Now You See It - Vivian Vande Velde (YA)

Janie Franz

  1. The Program - Gregg Hurwitz
  2. Murder Under a Mystic Moon - Yasmine Galenorn
  3. Grandfathers Song - Jake George
  4. Firecracker Jones Is on the Case - Christopher Klim (Children)
  5. Pretty, Pretty - K. C. Oliver (Children)
  6. Shelby and the Shifting Rings - A. M. Veillon (Children)
  7. Carnosaur Crimes - Christine Gentry
  8. Moon Child - Simone Maroney
  9. Twas the Bite Before Christmas - Lee Charles Kelley
  10. Party Princess - Vanita Braver, MD
  11. Nightly Specials - Michael Lomonaco
  12. A Day in the Life of An American Woman - Sharon J. Wohlmuth, Carol Saline, Dawn Sheggeby

 

Jennifer Glick

  1. A Girl's Guide to Vampires - Katie MacAlister
  2. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson
  3. Legacies - F. Paul Wilson
  4. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
  5. I'm Watching You - Karen Rose
  6. Deep Freeze - Lisa Jackson
  7. Don't Tell - Karen Rose
  8. Hunting Fear - Kay Hooper
  9. Dreaming of You - Lisa Kleypas
  10. Kick Ass - Maggie Shayne, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, Jacey Ford

Sheila Griffin

  1. We'll Always have Parrots - Donna Andrews
  2. Crouching buzzard, leaping loon - Donna Andrews
  3. Revenge of the wrought-iron flamingos Donna Andrews
  4. Never Naughty Enough - Jill Monroe
  5. Unmasked - C. J. Barry
  6. Blue Moon - Lori Handeland
  7. Hunter’s Moon - Lori Handeland
  8. Owls Well That Ends Well - Donna Andrews
  9. Awaken Me Darkly - Gena Showalter
  10. Shadowland - Meg Cabot

Suzie Housley

  1. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
  2. Call to Me - AngeliQue Shatzel
  3. Forgive the Wind - Cindy Holby
  4. Nothing More to Lose - Kathryn Shay
  5. Silent Weapon - Debra Webb
  6. Blind Curve - Annie Solomon
  7. The Journey Home - Anthology
  8. Up and Running - Mark Patinkin
  9. Let Your Goddess Grow - Charlene M. Proctor PhD.,
  10. The Year Ahead 2005 (Year Ahead) - Susan Miller

Rachel A Hyde

  1. Shadow of the Lords - Simon Levack
  2. Viking I: Odinn's Child - Tim Severin
  3. Outrageous Interlude - Richard patton
  4. The Last House In The Galaxy - Andy Secombe
  5. Shaman's Crossing - Robin Hobb
  6. Winds of Honor- Ashleigh Bingham
  7. Coyote- Allen Steele
  8. False Premises- Leslie Caine
  9. A-Z of Stumpwork - Various
  10. Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith
  11. Flashman on the March - George MacDonald Fraser
  12. Thud! - Terry Pratchett

Carol Ann Culbert Johnson

  1. Soul Matters – Yolanda Tonette Sanders.
  2. Obsession 101 – Michelle McGriff
  3. Original Love – J.J. Murray
  4. Getting Hers – Donna Hill
  5. Mr. Right Now – Monica Jackson
  6. The Amen Sisters – Angela Benson
  7. Crazy Love – Desiree Day
  8. Marry your Baby Daddy – Maryann Reid
  9. Beyond the Rapture – Beverly Clark
  10. The Million Dollar Divorce – R.M. Johnson

Carolyn Howard-Johnson

  1. Pilgrim Girl - Jule Selbo and Laura Peters (Children)
  2. S.A.H.M. I Am - Christine Hohlbaum
  3. 365 Tips for Writers - Dawn Colclasure
  4. Fear of Writing - Milli Thornton
  5. Snap Me a Future - Connie Gotsch (e-book)
  6. The Return of the Golden Age - Marilyn Peake
  7. In the Beginning...There Were No Diapers - Tim Bete
  8. Grab the Queen Power - Allyn Evans
  9. Ordinary Miracles - Sir Rupert A. L. Perrin, MD with Kristin J. Johnson
  10. Hattie, Get A Haircut! - Jenna Glatzer

Lael Johnson

  1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  2. The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
  3. The Wealthy Spirit - Chellie Campbell
  4. Women on Life-A Book of Quotations - Compiled by Rosalie Maggio
  5. The Book of Positive Quotations - Compiled by John Cook
  6. Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes - Compiled by Deborah DeFord
  7. The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren
  8. The New American Standard Bible
  9. Affirmations for Artists - Eric Maisel
  10. The Creativity Book - Eric Maisel

Susan Johnson

  1. Gap Creek - Robert Morgan
  2. The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks
  3. Crusaders Cross - James Lee Burke
  4. No Country for Old Men -Cormac McCarthy
  5. Creepers -David Morrell
  6. Remembering Sarah -Chris Mooney
  7. Forrests of the Night -James Hall
  8. Black Fly Season - Giles Blunt
  9. Lake of Sorrows - Erin Hart
  10. Signs in the Blood - Viki Lane

Ellen Edwards Kennedy

  1. Bitsy and the Mystery at Amelia Island - Vonda Skinner Skelton
  2. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
  3. The Perelandra Trilogy - C.S. Lewi
  4. Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
  5. Stitch n' Bitch - Debbie Stoller
  6. The Chocoholic Mysteries - JoAnna Carl
  7. Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle
  8. On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle

 

Sarah Lomas

  1. Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos
  2. Small Eternities - Michael Lawrence
  3. Shredderman: Secret Identity - Wendelin Van Draanen
  4. Bootcamp360 for Brides: The Few, the Proud, the Fit - Tamara Klienberg
  5. The Poet's Funeral - John M. Daniel
  6. The Not-So-Star Spangled Life of Sunita Sen - Mitali Perkins
  7. Star Sisterz Book I - Nova Rocks! - Tea Emesse
  8. Dreaming in Technicolor - Laura Jensen Walker
  9. Take back your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America - John De Graaf
  10. The Frog Princess - E. D. Baker

Mary Lynn

  1. Reflections of a Black Cowboy - Robert H. Miller
  2. Paws For a Minute – Inger Martens
  3. Tome of Death – D.R. Meredith
  4. Weeping on Wednesday – Ann Purser
  5. Grave Review - Cynthia Thomason
  6. Stagestruck - Cynthia Thomason
  7. Death of a Bore - M C Beaton
  8. Kid Caramel Ghost Ranch - Dwayne J. Ferguson
  9. Murder Past Due - D.R.Meredith
  10. Murder in Volumn - D.R.Meredith

Kim Malo

  1. Night Draws Near - Anthony Shadid
  2. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Donna Andrews
  3. Let Me Tell You A Story -John Feinstein
  4. The Mosaic of Shadows - Tom Harper
  5. The Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
  6. Who Murdered Chaucer - Terry Jones
  7. The Green Room - Deborah Turrell Atkinson
  8. Relics - Mary Anna Evans
  9. The Coroner's Lunch - Colin Cotterill
  10. The Last Time I Saw Pari - Elliot Paul
  11. Byzantium : a History - John Julius Norwich

Beth McKenzie

  1. A Treasure's Trove - Michael Stadther
  2. An Antic Dispostion - Alan Gordon
  3. Myrren's Gift - Fiona McIntosh
  4. Field Notes on the Compassionate Life - Marc Ian Barasch
  5. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  6. Serpent on the Crown - Elizabeth Peters
  7. Secrets - Frederick Ramsay
  8. The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
  9. Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
  10. Midnight's Delight - John Baillie

Linda Morelli

  1. When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander
  2. Enigma - Dee Davis
  3. Her Other Thief - Glenda Garland
  4. The Naked Duke - Sally MacKenzie
  5. The Perfect Wife - Mary Burton
  6. Ms. Simon Says - Mary McBride
  7. The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
  8. The Rebecca Bride - Charlene Tess
  9. Keeper of the Dream - Kim Mattson
  10. Keeper of the Spirit - Kim Mattson

Kumari Nallakumar

  1. The Rice Mother - Rani Manicka
  2. Touching Earth - Rani Manicka
  3. Sula - Toni Morrison
  4. Life Strategies - Phil McGraw
  5. It Takes a Parent to Raise a Child - Glen C. Griffin
  6. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - Deepak Chopra
  7. Mind Medicine - Uri Geller

Janine Peterson

  1. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and
    Societ
    y - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
  2. Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction edited by
    Judith Kitchen
  3. Danger Close - Michael Yon
  4. Jarhead - Anthony Swofford
  5. Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
  6. What Should I Do With My Life? - Po Bronson
  7. The Power of Now - Eckert Tolle
  8. Readings - Michael Dirda
  9. John Paul Jones - Evan Thomas
  10. Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring - Spencer Tucker

Beverly Rowe

  1. Sex With Kings - Eleanor Herman
  2. Vanish - Tess Gerritsen
  3. Falls the Shadow - William Lashner
  4. Killer Swell - Jeff Shelby
  5. The Motive - John Lescroart
  6. Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
  7. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich
  8. Pompeii - Robert Harris
  9. The Double Eagle - James Twining
  10. The Priest of Blood - Douglas Clegg

Michelle Shealy

  1. The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
  2. The BB King Treasures - BB King and Dick Waterman
  3. Everyone Elses Girl - Megan Crane
  4. Color Blind - Jonathan Santlofer
  5. River Rising - Dorothy Garlock
  6. Sea Glass - Anita Shreve
  7. Shades of Black - edited by Eleanor Taylor Bland
  8. Secret Goldfish Stories - David Means
  9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
  10. Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz

Jeff Shelby

  1. Out of Range - C.J. Box
  2. The Innocent - Harlan Coben
  3. Burn - Sean Doolittle
  4. Next Man Up - John Feinstein
  5. Prince of Thieves - Chuck Hogan
  6. Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath
  7. To The Power of Three - Laura Lippman
  8. Spook - Mary Roach
  9. Misdemeanor Man - Dylan Schaffer
  10. The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow

Steven L. Shrewsbury

  1. Man with the Barbed Wire Fists - Norman Partridge
  2. Berserk - Tim Lebbon
  3. Earthworm Gods - Brian Keene
  4. November Mourns - Tom Picirilli
  5. Pseudo City - D. Harlan Wilson
  6. Play Dead - Mike Arzen
  7. Bloody Crown of Conan - Robert E. Howard
  8. The Tolltaker - James Sneddon
  9. Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
  10. The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum

Faith Smith

  1. A Bite of Magick - Rhyannon Byrd
  2. A Family Portrait - J.J. Massa
  3. A Pride Christmas in Brooklyn - Shelly Laurenston
  4. Pack Challenge - Shelly Laurenston
  5. Go Fetch - Shelly Laurenston
  6. Here Kitty, Kitty - Shelly Laurenston
  7. At Her Service - Shari Anton
  8. Once a Bride - Shari Anton
  9. The Beauty Bride - Claire Delacroix
  10. The Lipstick Diaries - Lori Soard
  11. The Rose Red Bride - Claire Delacroix
  12. The Snow White Bride - Claire Delacroix

Janet Elaine Smith

  1. Black Tide - Ingrid McLaughlin Taylor
  2. Fun is Good - Mike Veech and Pete Williams
  3. IBDS: The World's Movers and Shakers - Tel Asiado
  4. Tracings - Carolyn Howard-Johnson
  5. Skull Music - Billie Williams
  6. The Baby Name Wizard - Laura Wattenberg
  7. Jackpot Blood - Jimmy Fox
  8. Beyond Dancing - Anita Bloom Ornoff
  9. Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Meyers
  10. Beyond Exuberance: The Passion for Life - Kay Redfield Jamison

Robin Thomas

  1. The Typhoon Lover - Sujata Massey
  2. False Profits - Patricia Smiley
  3. Access Denied - Donna Andrews
  4. Live Bait - P. J. Tracey
  5. The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams - Lawrence Block
  6. The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman
  7. Heavens to Betsy - Beth Pattillo
  8. Trouble in Spades - Heather Webber
  9. SunTzu was a Sissy - Stanley Bing
  10. See Isabelle Run - Elizabeth Bloom

Claudia VanLydegraf

  1. Outrageous Interlude - Richard Patton
  2. American Jezebel - Eve LaPlant
  3. Drama Kings, The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy - Dalma Heyn
  4. The New World Sport, Hating of America - John Gibson
  5. Turn Left at September - Dennis Collins
  6. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - Alan Alda
  7. Flowers for Megan - Gloria Davidson Marlow
  8. Godforsake - Steven Shrewsbury
  9. The Old Buzzard Had it Coming - Donis Casey
  10. Secrets of the Widow's Son - David A. Shugarts

Brenda Weeaks

  1. The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life – Steve Leveen
  2. Gardens to Go – Sydney Eddison
  3. My Jesus is . . . Everything! - Anne Graham Lotz
  4. The Pocket Book of Patriotism - Foreman
  5. Murder on Lenox Hill – Victoria Thompson (deaf character)
  6. Creature Cozies – Various authors
  7. Death and the Icebox – Linda Berry
  8. Death and the Walking Stick – Linda Berry
  9. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling [audio]
  10. The Closers – Michael Connelly [audio]

Nancy Williams

  1. Missing Persons - Stephen White
  2. The Slumber of Christianity - Ted Dekker
  3. Delectable Mountains - Earlene Fowler
  4. Broken Dishes - Earlene Fowler
  5. Soul Matters for the Heart - a compilation
  6. Always Green - Patti Hill
  7. Veiled Reflection - Tracie Peterson
  8. A Positive Plan for Creating More Calm, Less Stress - Karol Ladd Launching Your
  9. Kids for Life - Bob and Cheryl Reccord Rich
  10. Christians in an Age of Hunger - Ronald Sider

 

Tangela Williams

  1. Slow Burn - Julie Garwood
  2. Northern Lights - Nora Roberts
  3. Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts
  4. Black Rose - Nora Roberts
  5. The Truth About Love - Stephanie Laurens
  6. Lyon's Gate -Catherine Coulter
  7. Killing her Softly -Beverly Barton
  8. On Her Guard - Beverly Barton
  9. The Early Years - Beverly Barton
  10. The Blue Flame - Barbara M. Hodges
  11. The Emerald Dagger - Barbara M. Hodges
  12. The Silver Angel - Barbara M. Hodges

 

 

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