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Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2005

Here is a list of the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail's best books of 2005. How many have you read?
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The Accidental (Ali Smith)
The Accidental
1
Ali Smith
Afterlands (Steven Heighton)
Afterlands
2
Steven Heighton
Against the Grain: An Irreverent View of Alberta (Catherine Ford)
Against the Grain: An Irreverent View of Alberta
3
Catherine Ford
Alligator (Lisa Moore)
Alligator
4
Lisa Moore
Always Now: The Collected Poems, Volume Two (Margaret Avison)
Always Now: The Collected Poems, Volume Two
5
Margaret Avison
American Backlash: The Untold Story of Social Change in the United States (Michael Adams)
American Backlash: The Untold Story of Social Change in the United States
6
Michael Adams
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
7
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
An Audience of Chairs (Joan Clark)
An Audience of Chairs
8
Joan Clark
An Irish History of Civilization (Don Akenson)
An Irish History of Civilization
9
Don Akenson
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Vol 1 (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Vol 1
10
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur & George (Julian Barnes)
Arthur & George
11
Julian Barnes
The Bedside Book of Birds (Graeme Gibson)
The Bedside Book of Birds
12
Graeme Gibson
Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree (Maggie Siggins)
Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree
13
Maggie Siggins
Break, Blow, Burn (Camille Paglia)
Break, Blow, Burn
14
Camille Paglia
Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery (Adam Hochschild)
Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery
15
Adam Hochschild
Collapse (Jared Diamond)
Collapse
16
Jared Diamond
The Collapse of Globalism (John Ralston Saul)
The Collapse of Globalism
17
John Ralston Saul
Crack in the Edge of the World (Simon Winchester)
Crack in the Edge of the World
18
Simon Winchester
Curse of the Narrows (Laura MacDonald)
Curse of the Narrows
19
Laura MacDonald
Dancing in the No-Fly Zone (Hadani Ditmars)
Dancing in the No-Fly Zone
20
Hadani Ditmars
Don't Get Too Comfortable (David Rakoff)
Don't Get Too Comfortable
21
David Rakoff
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild (Ellen Meloy)
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
22
Ellen Meloy
Edge Seasons (Beth Powning)
Edge Seasons
23
Beth Powning
The Enamoured Knight (Douglas Glover)
The Enamoured Knight
24
Douglas Glover
Epileptic
Epileptic
25
The Evolution-Creation Struggle (Michael Ruse)
The Evolution-Creation Struggle
26
Michael Ruse
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
27
Steven D. Levitt
Gently Down the Stream (Ray Robertson)
Gently Down the Stream
28
Ray Robertson
Germs: A Memoir of Childhood (Richard Wollheim)
Germs: A Memoir of Childhood
29
Richard Wollheim
Ghost Empire: How the French Almost Conquered North America (Philip Marchand)
Ghost Empire: How the French Almost Conquered North America
30
Philip Marchand
The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada, 1900-1954 (David Dilks)
The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada, 1900-1954
31
David Dilks
A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age (John Doyle)
A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age
32
John Doyle
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
33
Nicole Krauss
The Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist (Jessica Warner)
The Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist
34
Jessica Warner
Incorrigible (Velma Demerson)
Incorrigible
35
Velma Demerson
Istanbul: Memories and the City (Orhan Pamuk)
Istanbul: Memories and the City
36
Orhan Pamuk
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics (Richard Parker)
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
37
Richard Parker
Lady Franklin's Revenge (Ken McGoogan)
Lady Franklin's Revenge
38
Ken McGoogan
Ladykiller (Charlotte Gill)
Ladykiller
39
Charlotte Gill
Last Notes and Other Stories (Tamas Dobozy)
Last Notes and Other Stories
40
Tamas Dobozy
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