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Booklist Best Books of 2005

Here is a list of the Booklist's editors' best books of the year 2005. How many of these have you read?
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Charles C. Mann)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1
Charles C. Mann
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (James Shapiro)
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
2
James Shapiro
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
3
David McCullough
26A (Diana Evans)
26A
4
Diana Evans
Absolutely, Positively Not (David Larochelle)
Absolutely, Positively Not
5
David Larochelle
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
6
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
An Unreasonable Woman (Diane Wilson)
An Unreasonable Woman
7
Diane Wilson
As Simple as Snow (Gregory Galloway)
As Simple as Snow
8
Gregory Galloway
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog From Iraq (Riverbend)
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog From Iraq
9
Riverbend
Beautiful Inez (Bart Schneider)
Beautiful Inez
10
Bart Schneider
Black Storm Comin' (Diane Lee Wilson)
Black Storm Comin'
11
Diane Lee Wilson
The Bomb: A Life (Gerard Degroot)
The Bomb: A Life
12
Gerard Degroot
Burning Fence: A Western Memoir of Fatherhood (Craig Lesley)
Burning Fence: A Western Memoir of Fatherhood
13
Craig Lesley
The Center of the World (Andreas Steinhofel)
The Center of the World
14
Andreas Steinhofel
A Changed Man (Francine Prose)
A Changed Man
15
Francine Prose
Criss Cross (Lynne Rae Perkins)
Criss Cross
16
Lynne Rae Perkins
D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider (John Worthen)
D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider
17
John Worthen
Day of Tears (Julius Lester)
Day of Tears
18
Julius Lester
Death of an Ordinary Man (Glen Duncan)
Death of an Ordinary Man
19
Glen Duncan
The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th Century Science (Alan Lightman)
The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th Century Science
20
Alan Lightman
Divided by God (Noah Feldman)
Divided by God
21
Noah Feldman
The Diviners (Rick Moody)
The Diviners
22
Rick Moody
Down the Rabbit Hole (Peter Abrahams)
Down the Rabbit Hole
23
Peter Abrahams
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Jordan Sonnenblick)
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
24
Jordan Sonnenblick
Electric Universe (David Bodanis)
Electric Universe
25
David Bodanis
Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin)
Elsewhere
26
Gabrielle Zevin
Eudora Welty: A Biography (Suzanne Marrs)
Eudora Welty: A Biography
27
Suzanne Marrs
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
28
William T. Vollmann
The Game of Silence (Louise Erdrich)
The Game of Silence
29
Louise Erdrich
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
30
Jeannette Walls
The Goat Bridge (T. M. McNally)
The Goat Bridge
31
T. M. McNally
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage (Heather Rogers)
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
32
Heather Rogers
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War (Charles Bracelen Flood)
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War
33
Charles Bracelen Flood
The Greenstone Grail (Amanda Hemingway)
The Greenstone Grail
34
Amanda Hemingway
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
35
J.K. Rowling
The Hero Project (Robert Hatch)
The Hero Project
36
Robert Hatch
Hidden Child (Isaac Millman)
Hidden Child
37
Isaac Millman
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
38
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
How the Bible Was Built (Charles Merril Smith)
How the Bible Was Built
39
Charles Merril Smith
The Hunter's Moon (O.R. Melling)
The Hunter's Moon
40
O.R. Melling
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