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2005
Top Ten Reads
Books
that entertained and/or impressed us most in 2005
Books
are listed in no specific order
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Jennifer
M. Akers
- Gone, Baby, Gone - Dennis
Lehane
- The Doctor's Wife - Elizabeth
Brundage
- Soul Matters - Yolanda Tonette
Sanders
- Adventures of Riley: Mission to Madagascar
- Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz
- Thanksgiving on Thursday -
Mary Pope Osborne (Children)
- Broken Windows, Broken Business
- Michael Levine
- Home Enlightenment - Annie
B. Bond
- The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook
- Clair Davies, N.C.T.M.B.
- Let the Crazy Child Write: Finding
Your Creative Voice - Clive Matson
- You CanHeal Your Life - Louise
L. Hayes
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Barbara
Buhrer
- Cold Burn - Kit Ehrman
- To the Last Man - Jeff Shaara
- Most Wanted - Michael Martinez
- Cut and Run - Ridley Pearson
- 1776 - David McCullum
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- J P Rowling
- Emma Brown - Clare Boylan
- Good Morning Midnight - Reginald
Hill
- The Camel Club - David Balacci
- For Valour - Douglas Reeman
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Dennis
Collins
- The man in my Basement - Walter Mosely
- Malevolence - Nancy Mehl
- White Tiger - Michael Allen Dymmoch
- Cinnamon Kiss - Walter Mosely
- Bullets - Steve Brewer
- Carnage on the Committee - Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Dutch Uncle - Peter Pavia
- Killer Chameleon - Chassie West
- The Good Guys - Bananno/Pistone
- Three Strikes You’re Dead - Robert
Goldsborough
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Willie
Elliott
- The Winners Circle - Christopher Klim
- Everything Burns - Christopher Klim
- Outriders - Kathryn Mackel
- Life Sketches Of A College Teacher - Ralph
Bonner
- In a Brother’s Eye - Aiken Brown
- A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
- Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years
- Stefan Koski
- TrumpNation – Timothy L. O’Brien
[audio]
- Family Illustrated - An Instant Replay of Family Humor
- J. Michael Krivyanski
- When Crickets Cry - Charles Martin
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Jan
Fields
- Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl
- Debra Garfinkle (teen)
- Project Mulberry - Linda Sue Park (middle
grade)
- Ghost of Shady Lane - Dotti Enderle (middle
grade)
- Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and
Ridley Pearson (middle grade)
- The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall (middle
grade)
- Christmas Mouseling - Dori Chaconas (picture
book)
- When Cows Come Home for Christmas - Dori
Chaconas (picture book)
- Witch Dreams - Vivian Vande Velde (YA)
- Among the Enemy - Margaret Peterson Haddix
(YA)
- Now You See It - Vivian Vande Velde (YA)
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Janie
Franz
- The Program - Gregg Hurwitz
- Murder Under a Mystic Moon -
Yasmine Galenorn
- Grandfathers Song - Jake George
- Firecracker Jones Is on the Case
- Christopher Klim (Children)
- Pretty, Pretty - K. C. Oliver
(Children)
- Shelby and the Shifting Rings
- A. M. Veillon (Children)
- Carnosaur Crimes - Christine
Gentry
- Moon Child - Simone Maroney
- Twas the Bite Before Christmas
- Lee Charles Kelley
- Party Princess - Vanita Braver,
MD
- Nightly Specials - Michael
Lomonaco
- A Day in the Life of An American Woman
- Sharon J. Wohlmuth, Carol Saline, Dawn Sheggeby
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Jennifer Glick
- A Girl's Guide to Vampires
- Katie MacAlister
- Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice
Davidson
- Legacies - F. Paul Wilson
- Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
- I'm Watching You - Karen Rose
- Deep Freeze - Lisa Jackson
- Don't Tell - Karen Rose
- Hunting Fear - Kay Hooper
- Dreaming of You - Lisa Kleypas
- Kick Ass - Maggie Shayne,
MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, Jacey Ford
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Sheila
Griffin
- We'll Always have Parrots
- Donna Andrews
- Crouching buzzard, leaping loon -
Donna Andrews
- Revenge of the wrought-iron flamingos
Donna Andrews
- Never Naughty Enough - Jill
Monroe
- Unmasked - C. J. Barry
- Blue Moon - Lori Handeland
- Hunter’s Moon - Lori
Handeland
- Owls Well That Ends Well -
Donna Andrews
- Awaken Me Darkly - Gena Showalter
- Shadowland - Meg Cabot
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Suzie
Housley
- Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
- Call to Me - AngeliQue Shatzel
- Forgive the Wind - Cindy Holby
- Nothing More to Lose - Kathryn Shay
- Silent Weapon - Debra Webb
- Blind Curve - Annie Solomon
- The Journey Home - Anthology
- Up and Running - Mark Patinkin
- Let Your Goddess Grow - Charlene M. Proctor
PhD.,
- The Year Ahead 2005 (Year Ahead) - Susan
Miller
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Rachel
A Hyde
- Shadow of the Lords - Simon
Levack
- Viking I: Odinn's Child -
Tim Severin
- Outrageous Interlude - Richard
patton
- The Last House In The Galaxy
- Andy Secombe
- Shaman's Crossing - Robin
Hobb
- Winds of Honor- Ashleigh Bingham
- Coyote- Allen Steele
- False Premises- Leslie Caine
- A-Z of Stumpwork - Various
- Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur
Smith
- Flashman on the March - George
MacDonald Fraser
- Thud! - Terry Pratchett
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Carol
Ann Culbert Johnson
- Soul Matters – Yolanda
Tonette Sanders.
- Obsession 101 – Michelle
McGriff
- Original Love – J.J.
Murray
- Getting Hers – Donna
Hill
- Mr. Right Now – Monica
Jackson
- The Amen Sisters –
Angela Benson
- Crazy Love – Desiree
Day
- Marry your Baby Daddy –
Maryann Reid
- Beyond the Rapture –
Beverly Clark
- The Million Dollar Divorce –
R.M. Johnson
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Carolyn
Howard-Johnson
- Pilgrim Girl - Jule Selbo and Laura Peters
(Children)
- S.A.H.M. I Am - Christine Hohlbaum
- 365 Tips for Writers - Dawn Colclasure
- Fear of Writing - Milli Thornton
- Snap Me a Future - Connie Gotsch (e-book)
- The Return of the Golden Age - Marilyn Peake
- In the Beginning...There Were No Diapers
- Tim Bete
- Grab the Queen Power - Allyn Evans
- Ordinary Miracles - Sir Rupert A. L. Perrin,
MD with Kristin J. Johnson
- Hattie, Get A Haircut! - Jenna Glatzer
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Lael Johnson
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
- The Wealthy Spirit - Chellie Campbell
- Women on Life-A Book of Quotations - Compiled
by Rosalie Maggio
- The Book of Positive Quotations - Compiled
by John Cook
- Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes - Compiled
by Deborah DeFord
- The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren
- The New American Standard Bible
- Affirmations for Artists - Eric Maisel
- The Creativity Book - Eric Maisel
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Susan Johnson
- Gap Creek - Robert Morgan
- The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks
- Crusaders Cross - James Lee Burke
- No Country for Old Men -Cormac McCarthy
- Creepers -David Morrell
- Remembering Sarah -Chris Mooney
- Forrests of the Night -James Hall
- Black Fly Season - Giles Blunt
- Lake of Sorrows - Erin Hart
- Signs in the Blood - Viki Lane
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Ellen
Edwards Kennedy
- Bitsy and the Mystery at Amelia Island -
Vonda Skinner Skelton
- The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
- The Perelandra Trilogy - C.S. Lewi
- Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
- Stitch n' Bitch - Debbie Stoller
- The Chocoholic Mysteries - JoAnna Carl
- Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle
- On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle
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Sarah
Lomas
- Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos
- Small Eternities - Michael Lawrence
- Shredderman: Secret Identity - Wendelin
Van Draanen
- Bootcamp360 for Brides: The Few, the Proud, the Fit
- Tamara Klienberg
- The Poet's Funeral - John M. Daniel
- The Not-So-Star Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
- Mitali Perkins
- Star Sisterz Book I - Nova Rocks! - Tea
Emesse
- Dreaming in Technicolor - Laura Jensen Walker
- Take back your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty
in America - John De Graaf
- The Frog Princess - E. D. Baker
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Mary
Lynn
- Reflections of a Black Cowboy - Robert H.
Miller
- Paws For a Minute – Inger Martens
- Tome of Death – D.R. Meredith
- Weeping on Wednesday – Ann Purser
- Grave Review - Cynthia Thomason
- Stagestruck - Cynthia Thomason
- Death of a Bore - M C Beaton
- Kid Caramel Ghost Ranch - Dwayne J. Ferguson
- Murder Past Due - D.R.Meredith
- Murder in Volumn - D.R.Meredith
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Kim Malo
- Night Draws Near - Anthony Shadid
- Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Donna Andrews
- Let Me Tell You A Story -John Feinstein
- The Mosaic of Shadows - Tom Harper
- The Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
- Who Murdered Chaucer - Terry Jones
- The Green Room - Deborah Turrell Atkinson
- Relics - Mary Anna Evans
- The Coroner's Lunch - Colin Cotterill
- The Last Time I Saw Pari - Elliot Paul
- Byzantium : a History - John Julius Norwich
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Beth
McKenzie
- A Treasure's Trove - Michael Stadther
- An Antic Dispostion - Alan Gordon
- Myrren's Gift - Fiona McIntosh
- Field Notes on the Compassionate Life - Marc
Ian Barasch
- The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
- Serpent on the Crown - Elizabeth Peters
- Secrets - Frederick Ramsay
- The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall
Smith
- Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen
J. Dubner
- Midnight's Delight - John Baillie
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Linda
Morelli
- When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander
- Enigma - Dee Davis
- Her Other Thief - Glenda Garland
- The Naked Duke - Sally MacKenzie
- The Perfect Wife - Mary Burton
- Ms. Simon Says - Mary McBride
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
- The Rebecca Bride - Charlene Tess
- Keeper of the Dream - Kim Mattson
- Keeper of the Spirit - Kim Mattson
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Kumari Nallakumar
- The Rice Mother - Rani Manicka
- Touching Earth - Rani Manicka
- Sula - Toni Morrison
- Life Strategies - Phil McGraw
- It Takes a Parent to Raise a Child
- Glen C. Griffin
- The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
- Deepak Chopra
- Mind Medicine - Uri Geller
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Janine Peterson
- On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to
Kill in War and
Society - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
- Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction
edited by
Judith Kitchen
- Danger Close - Michael Yon
- Jarhead - Anthony Swofford
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
- What Should I Do With My Life? - Po Bronson
- The Power of Now - Eckert Tolle
- Readings - Michael Dirda
- John Paul Jones - Evan Thomas
- Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring -
Spencer Tucker
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Beverly
Rowe
- Sex With Kings - Eleanor Herman
- Vanish - Tess Gerritsen
- Falls the Shadow - William Lashner
- Killer Swell - Jeff Shelby
- The Motive - John Lescroart
- Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
- Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich
- Pompeii - Robert Harris
- The Double Eagle - James Twining
- The Priest of Blood - Douglas Clegg
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Michelle
Shealy
- The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
- The BB King Treasures - BB King and Dick
Waterman
- Everyone Elses Girl - Megan Crane
- Color Blind - Jonathan Santlofer
- River Rising - Dorothy Garlock
- Sea Glass - Anita Shreve
- Shades of Black - edited by Eleanor Taylor
Bland
- Secret Goldfish Stories - David Means
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -
J.K. Rowling
- Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz
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Jeff
Shelby
- Out of Range - C.J. Box
- The Innocent - Harlan Coben
- Burn - Sean Doolittle
- Next Man Up - John Feinstein
- Prince of Thieves - Chuck Hogan
- Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath
- To The Power of Three - Laura Lippman
- Spook - Mary Roach
- Misdemeanor Man - Dylan Schaffer
- The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
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Steven
L. Shrewsbury
- Man with the Barbed Wire Fists - Norman Partridge
- Berserk - Tim Lebbon
- Earthworm Gods - Brian Keene
- November Mourns - Tom Picirilli
- Pseudo City - D. Harlan Wilson
- Play Dead - Mike Arzen
- Bloody Crown of Conan - Robert E. Howard
- The Tolltaker - James Sneddon
- Survivor - J.F. Gonzalez
- The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum
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Faith
Smith
- A Bite of Magick - Rhyannon Byrd
- A Family Portrait - J.J. Massa
- A Pride Christmas in Brooklyn - Shelly Laurenston
- Pack Challenge - Shelly Laurenston
- Go Fetch - Shelly Laurenston
- Here Kitty, Kitty - Shelly Laurenston
- At Her Service - Shari Anton
- Once a Bride - Shari Anton
- The Beauty Bride - Claire Delacroix
- The Lipstick Diaries - Lori Soard
- The Rose Red Bride - Claire Delacroix
- The Snow White Bride - Claire Delacroix
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Janet
Elaine Smith
- Black Tide - Ingrid McLaughlin Taylor
- Fun is Good - Mike Veech and Pete Williams
- IBDS: The World's Movers and Shakers - Tel
Asiado
- Tracings - Carolyn Howard-Johnson
- Skull Music - Billie Williams
- The Baby Name Wizard - Laura Wattenberg
- Jackpot Blood - Jimmy Fox
- Beyond Dancing - Anita Bloom Ornoff
- Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Meyers
- Beyond Exuberance: The Passion for Life -
Kay Redfield Jamison
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Robin
Thomas
- The Typhoon Lover - Sujata Massey
- False Profits - Patricia Smiley
- Access Denied - Donna Andrews
- Live Bait - P. J. Tracey
- The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams - Lawrence
Block
- The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman
- Heavens to Betsy - Beth Pattillo
- Trouble in Spades - Heather Webber
- SunTzu was a Sissy - Stanley Bing
- See Isabelle Run - Elizabeth Bloom
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Claudia
VanLydegraf
- Outrageous Interlude - Richard Patton
- American Jezebel - Eve LaPlant
- Drama Kings, The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy
- Dalma Heyn
- The New World Sport, Hating of America -
John Gibson
- Turn Left at September - Dennis Collins
- Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - Alan Alda
- Flowers for Megan - Gloria Davidson Marlow
- Godforsake - Steven Shrewsbury
- The Old Buzzard Had it Coming - Donis Casey
- Secrets of the Widow's Son - David A. Shugarts
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Brenda
Weeaks
- The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life –
Steve Leveen
- Gardens to Go – Sydney Eddison
- My Jesus is . . . Everything! - Anne Graham
Lotz
- The Pocket Book of Patriotism - Foreman
- Murder on Lenox Hill – Victoria Thompson
(deaf character)
- Creature Cozies – Various authors
- Death and the Icebox – Linda Berry
- Death and the Walking Stick – Linda
Berry
- Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - J.K.
Rowling [audio]
- The Closers – Michael Connelly [audio]
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Nancy
Williams
- Missing Persons - Stephen
White
- The Slumber of Christianity
- Ted Dekker
- Delectable Mountains - Earlene
Fowler
- Broken Dishes - Earlene Fowler
- Soul Matters for the Heart
- a compilation
- Always Green - Patti Hill
- Veiled Reflection - Tracie
Peterson
- A Positive Plan for Creating More Calm,
Less Stress - Karol Ladd Launching Your
- Kids for Life - Bob and Cheryl
Reccord Rich
- Christians in an Age of Hunger
- Ronald Sider
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Tangela
Williams
- Slow Burn - Julie Garwood
- Northern Lights - Nora Roberts
- Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts
- Black Rose - Nora Roberts
- The Truth About Love - Stephanie
Laurens
- Lyon's Gate -Catherine Coulter
- Killing her Softly -Beverly
Barton
- On Her Guard - Beverly Barton
- The Early Years - Beverly
Barton
- The Blue Flame - Barbara M.
Hodges
- The Emerald Dagger - Barbara
M. Hodges
- The Silver Angel - Barbara
M. Hodges
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