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  Best Older Books Read in 2005

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January 2006
Compiled by Candice Michalik, of Lynchburg (VA) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)

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Atkinson, Kate Behind the Scenes of the Museum

Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin

Balint, Christine Ophelia's Fan

Bantock, Nick The Forgetting Room

Bayard, Louis Mr. Timothy

Beland, Tom Chances Are

Benard, Cheryl Turning on the Girls

Berg, A. Scott Kate Remembered

Bryson, Bill A Short History of Nearly Everything

Carr, Rosamond Halsey Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda

Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Child, Lee One Shot

Crace, Jim Being Dead

Cronin, Justin The Summer Guest

Davidson, MaryJanice Undead and Unwed

Duane, Diane A Wizard Alone

Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus

Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex (2 votes)

Fischer, David Hackett Washington's Crossing

Fitch, Noel Riley Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child

Fitzgerald, Penelope The Bookshop

Fossum, Karen Don't Look Back

Gaiman, Neil American Gods

Gregory, Philippa The Queen's Fool

Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Halter, Marek Sarah

Hanff, Helene 84, Charing Cross Road

Hill, Ingrid Ursula, Under

Holman, Sheri The Dress Lodger

Hugo, Lynn and Anna Tuttle Villegas Swimming Lessons

Jones, Edward P. The Known World

Kurson, Robert Shadow Divers

Lamott, Ann Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Letts, Billie Shoot the Moon

Lindsay, Jeff Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Maguire, Gregory Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Malone, Michael Last Noel

McCall Smith, Alexander The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

McDermott, Alice Charming Billy

Mills, Kyle Sphere of Influence

Moore, Christopher Fluke, or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

Moore, Christopher Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Moore, Christopher The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

Naslund, Sena Jeter Ahab's Wife,or, the Star-gazer

Naslund, Sena Jeter Four Spirits

Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler's Wife

Nye, Jody-Lynn The Ship Errant

O'Dell, Tawni Coal Run

Odom, Mel The Destruction of the Books

Ondaatje, Michael In the Skin of a Lion

Owens, Sharon The Teahouse on Mulberry Street

Pears, Ian The Dream of Scipio

Perez-Reverte, Arturo Club Dumas

Perrotta, Tom Little Children

Picoult, Jodi Keeping Faith

Picoult, Jodi My Sister's Keeper

Picoult, Jodi Second Glance

Prior, Lily La Cucina: A Novel of Rapture

Roach, Mary Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers

Robb, J.D. The Eve Dallas series

Roth, Philip American Pastoral

Roth, Philip The Plot Against America

Russell, Mary Doria Children of God

Russell, Mary Doria The Sparrow (2 votes)

Russo, Richard Empire Falls

Schulz, Charles The Complete Peanuts

Shorto, Russell The Island at the Center of the WorldÉ

Stross, Charles The Atrocity Archives

Tan, Amy The Hundred Secret Senses

Thomas, Rob Rats Saw God

Tracy, P.J. Monkeewrench (2 votes)

Traviss, Karen City of Pearl

Weber, Katharine The Little Women

Willis, Connie Doomsday Book

Winspear, Jacqueline Maisie Dobbs

 
 
      
   
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