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San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2005

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72 Hour Hold (Bebe Moore Campbell)
72 Hour Hold
1
Bebe Moore Campbell
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Charles C. Mann)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
2
Charles C. Mann
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
3
David McCullough
The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa (Michael Kimmelman)
The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa
4
Michael Kimmelman
Against Depression (Peter D. Kramer)
Against Depression
5
Peter D. Kramer
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracy (Michael W Kauffman)
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracy
6
Michael W Kauffman
American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting (Steven Biel)
American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting
7
Steven Biel
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
8
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life (Sharon R. Kaufman)
And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
9
Sharon R. Kaufman
Angry Black White Boy (Adam Mansbach)
Angry Black White Boy
10
Adam Mansbach
The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq (George Packer)
The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq
11
George Packer
At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention (David Rieff)
At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention
12
David Rieff
Beyond Black
Beyond Black
13
Big Cats (Holiday Reinhorn)
Big Cats
14
Holiday Reinhorn
Blinding Light (Paul Theroux)
Blinding Light
15
Paul Theroux
Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times (Kevin Smokler)
Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times
16
Kevin Smokler
Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery (Adam Hochschild)
Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery
17
Adam Hochschild
California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown (Ethan Rarick)
California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown
18
Ethan Rarick
Campo Santo (W. G. Sebald)
Campo Santo
19
W. G. Sebald
Carnivore Diet (Julia Slavin)
Carnivore Diet
20
Julia Slavin
A Changed Man (Francine Prose)
A Changed Man
21
Francine Prose
Children at War (P. W. Singer)
Children at War
22
P. W. Singer
Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light (Mort Rosenblum)
Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light
23
Mort Rosenblum
The Closed Circle (Jonathan Coe)
The Closed Circle
24
Jonathan Coe
The Coldest Winter (Paula Fox)
The Coldest Winter
25
Paula Fox
Collapse (Jared Diamond)
Collapse
26
Jared Diamond
Collected Stories (Carol Shields)
Collected Stories
27
Carol Shields
Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story (Said Hyder Akbar)
Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story
28
Said Hyder Akbar
Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber (Stephen Yafa)
Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
29
Stephen Yafa
A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law (Mark Tushnet)
A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law
30
Mark Tushnet
Crack in the Edge of the World (Simon Winchester)
Crack in the Edge of the World
31
Simon Winchester
Crawl Space (Edie Meidav)
Crawl Space
32
Edie Meidav
Cutty, One Rock: Low Characters and Strange Places, Gently Explained (August Kleinzahler)
Cutty, One Rock: Low Characters and Strange Places, Gently Explained
33
August Kleinzahler
Dancing in the Dark (Caryl Phillips)
Dancing in the Dark
34
Caryl Phillips
The Devil's Wind (Richard Rayner)
The Devil's Wind
35
Richard Rayner
Dictionary Days (Ilan Stavans)
Dictionary Days
36
Ilan Stavans
The Diviners (Rick Moody)
The Diviners
37
Rick Moody
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke (Peter Guralnick)
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
38
Peter Guralnick
Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature (Lewis M. Dabney)
Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature
39
Lewis M. Dabney
Epileptic
Epileptic
40
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