2005 in books

Books published in 2005

100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37), Bernard Goldberg, current events, ISBN 978-0-06-076128-8

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles C. Mannhistory, history ISBN 978-1-4000-4006-3

1776, David McCullough, history, ISBN 0-7432-2671-2

21st Century Game Design, Chris Bateman and Richard Boon, ISBN 978-1-58450-429-0

A

A Turning Point in National History, Karel van Wolferen and Jan Sampiemon, a Dutch book ("Een keerpunt in de vaderlandse geschiedenis") on the foreign policy of the United States, current events, ISBN 90-290-7698-4

Accelerando, Charles Stross, science fiction short stories, ISBN 0-441-01284-1

Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories, Garth Nix, ISBN 978-0-00-722145-5

Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution, Stephen Breyer, current events, philosophy of law ISBN 978-0-307-26313-1

Advanced Perl Programming, Simon Cozens, computer programming, ISBN 978-0-596-00456-9

Adventures of a Jelly Baby, Judy Cornwell, autobiography, ISBN 0-283-07001-3

Air Babylon Imogen Edwards-Jones and "anonymous", British business book about the travel industry ISBN 978-0-593-05456-7

Anthony McCall: The Solid Light Films and Related Works, Christopher Eamon, editor; art, film

Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide, Maureen Dowd, current events

The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman, humor

Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell, humor, travel

B

Bad Company (comics), comic book

Baseball Before We Knew It, David Block, about the history of baseball

Batman: The Man Who Laughs, comic book

Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, Norman G. Finkelstein, current events

Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America, Keith Boykin, ISBN 978-0-7867-1704-0, sexuality, African-American concerns, current events

The Bible and Its Influence, high school textbook on religion

Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Thomas Sowell, current events

Blink (book), Malcolm Gladwell, psychology

Blood Sisters, Barbara and Stephanie Keating, novel

Bookless in Baghdad, Shashi Tharoor, literary criticism

A Briefer History of Time (Hawking and Mlodinow book), science

Brodie's law created by Daley Osiyemi and David Bircham, comic book series

Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard, Matt Curtin, about cryptography

C

Candyfreak

Captivating (book)

Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

Chiaroscuro (comics)

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Chris Patten, Not Quite the Diplomat

The City in Europe and the World

The City of Falling Angels

Cloud, Castle, Lake

Collapse (book)

Commonwealth Saga

Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace, essays

Conviction (Patterson novel)

The Crime of Napoleon

D

Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa

The Debian System

The Devil In Brisbane

Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy, Peter Schweizer, current events

Does the World Hate the United States?, edited by Andrea C. Nakaya, part of the "At Issues" series, current events

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, Robert A. Pape, ISBN 978-1-4000-6317-8, military, current events

E

The Elf on the Shelf

The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp

Everything Bad Is Good for You

The Ezekiel Option

F

Female Chauvinist Pigs

Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies

Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, economics

Freedom of Expression®

The Friend Who Got Away

G

GURPS Infinite Worlds

GURPS Powers

Gastronomicon

Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

The Grinding House

H

Heavy Metal: a Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad, Captain Jason Conroy with Ron Martz, military, current events

Herding Cats, A Life in Politics, Trent Lott, current events, autobiography

Hitlers Bombe, Rainer Karlsch, history

I

ICon: Steve Jobs

The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965

Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs

It Takes a Family

J

Jawbreaker: The attack on bin Laden and al-Qaeda

The Journey of the Lost Boys

K

King Nicholas and the Copeman Empire

L

Labyrinth (novel)

The Last Knight

The Latham Diaries

Lawless World (book)

Learning Perl

Legion of the Lost

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder, Michael Savage, ISBN 978-1-59555-006-4, current events

Lipstick Jihad, Azadeh Moaveni, autobiography, current events

Livewires

The Long Emergency

Looking for Alaska

Looking for Jake

Lords of Madness

Lords of the Levee

Lucky Child

Lunar Park

M

A Man Without a Country

Manga Kenkanryu

Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, biography

Master of Space and Time

Maximum Fantastic Four

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

Milk

Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture

The Music and Art of Radiohead

My War: Killing Time in Iraq, Colby Buzzell, a soldier deployed in Iraq (2003–2005), ISBN 978-0-399-15327-3, military, current events

The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis, Rabbi David G. Dalin, history, religion

N

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About

The New Book of Lists

New Cambridge Paragraph Bible

New English Translation

Nil: A Land Beyond Belief

Nothing's Sacred

O

Odysseus Unbound

Off the Main Sequence

Oh the Glory of it All

On Bullshit

Other Worlds Than Ours

The Outcast (anthology)

P

Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light, David Downie, 30 essays about Paris, travel

Petit Larousse

Platinum Pohl, Frederik Pohl, ISBN 978-0-312-87527-5, 30 science fiction stories

Polio: An American Story, David M. Oshinsky, ISBN 978-0-19-515294-4, history

Postwar (book)

R

Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail

The Rats of Hamelin

The Rebel Sell

Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible

Revenge of the Wannabes

Rough Crossings

Rude Britain

Runny Babbit

S

The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch

The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture

The Secret Mulroney Tapes

Short Trips: A Day in the Life

Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins

Short Trips: The Solar System

The Singularity Is Near

SMARTBOMB: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution

A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories

South Park Conservatives

Starwater Strains

Stories of Strength

The Success Principles

T

Teacher Man

Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine, Candice E. Jackson, ISBN 978-0-9746701-3-3, current events

To Charles Fort, With Love

Today's New International Version

Together (2005 children's book)

The Truth (with jokes)

The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President, Edward Klein, Sentinel

Twilight

U

Under and Alone

Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild

Universe (book)

V

A View For Freedom: Alfie Roberts Speaks

Voices From The Gathering Storm: The Web of Ecological-Societal Crisis

Vox (The Edge Chronicles)

W

Warped Passages

We3

Where Troy Once Stood

Wild Ducks Flying Backward

Wildthyme on Top

Winning the Future

With Every Mistake

The World Before

The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman, economics, current events

Wrong about Japan

Y

The Year of Magical Thinking

Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp

Novels published in 2005

1812: The Rivers of War

44 Scotland Street

4th of July (novel)

9tail Fox

A

After the Long Goodbye

Air

Airborn (novel)

Amber and Iron

The Ambler Warning

An Unkindness of Ravens

Anansi Boys

Ark Angel

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception

Arthur & George

As Seen on TV

At All Costs

Atlanta Nights

Atom Bomb Blues

Avalon High

B

Babyji

Back in Black

Beasts of No Nation

The Big Over Easy

Blades of the Tiger

Brass Man

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

The Brightonomicon

The Broker

Brooklyn Follies

The Brothers Bishop

Building Harlequin's Moon

Burning Tower

C

Cast of Shadows

Catch Me When I Fall

Chainfire

The Children of the Company

Children of the Lamp

City of Night

The Clockwise Man

Colony (Buffy novel)

The Colorado Kid

Comfort Food

The Conqueror Worms

Criss Cross

Cryptid Hunters

D

Dance of Death

The Dark Crusade

Darkwitch Rising

The Dead Alive

The Death Collectors

Designated Targets

The Deviant Strain

Dirge

A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

Dragonsblood

Drowned Wednesday

E

The Eagle

Echoes (Time Hunter)

Elantris

Eldest

Eleven on Top

End in Tears

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

F

Fear Itself

A Feast for Crows

The First Casualty

Flashman on the March

Fledgling

Flush

Foreign Babes in Beijing

Forever Odd

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

G

The Gallifrey Chronicles

Gentlemen & Players

George and Rue

Ghost (John Ringo novel)

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Gods of Aberdeen

The Gods of War

H

Hades' Daughter

Harbinger (Star Trek novel)

Hardboiled & Hard Luck

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Haunted (Armstrong novel)

Haunted

The Hello, Goodbye Window

The Hidden Family

High Rhulain

The Historian

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

The Hot Kid

How to Survive a Robot Uprising

Human Traces

I

If You Could See Me Now

Inexcusable

Infernal Devices

Inkheart

Inkspell

Inside Job

The Interruption of Everything

Island of Death

The Italian Secretary

J

The Joiner King, Troy Denning, Star Wars book, science fiction

K

Keep Me In Mind

Keepers

The Key

Knife of Dreams

L

Learning the World

The Lighthouse

Lipstick Jungle

Locked Rooms

A Long Long Way

A Long Way Down

Looking for Alaska

Lord Loss

The Loveday Loyalty

The Loveday Pride

Lunch Money

M

Magic Street

Magyk

The Manticore's Secret

March

Marker

Marley & Me

Match of the Day

Mean Spirits

Measuring the World: A Novel

The Mermaid Chair

The Minotaur

Mists of Everness

The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel

Monster

Monster Nation

Monster Planet

The Monsters Inside

N

Never Let Me Go

No Country for Old Men

No Present Like Time

Nothing Serious

O

Obsessed (novel)

Old Man's War

On Beauty

One Night @ the Call Center

Only Human

Orphans of Chaos

The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege

P

The Pale Horseman

Panic

Peculiar Lives

The Penelopiad

The Penultimate Peril

The People of Paper

Pet Peeve

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling

Playgrounds: a portrait of rave culture

Pop Goes the Weasel

PopCo

The Possibility of an Island

Predator

Prodigal Son

Punk Farm

Pushing Ice

Q

Q & A

Queen of the Slayers

R

The Regime (Left Behind)

Ready or Not

The Rising (Left Behind)

Resurrection (Forgotten Realms)

The Rivers of Zadaa

The Road to Dune

Running from the Deity

S

Saturday

The Sea

The Secret River

The Serpent on the Crown

Settling Accounts: Drive to the East

Seven Ancient Wonders

Shadow Patriots

Shadow of the Giant

Shalimar the Clown

Shaman's Crossing

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Short Trips: A Day in the Life

Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins

Short Trips: The History of Christmas

Short Trips: The Solar System

SilverFin

Sky Burial

Skybreaker

Sleeper Cell

Slow Man

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Son of a Witch

Spark and Burn

Specimen Days

Spin

Sp iral Scratch

Spud (novel)

Revenge of the Sith

The Stealers of Dreams

Straken

The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl

A Stroke of Midnight

The Summer Garden

Sunstorm

The Swarm War

Swastika (Slade)

T

Taking back Mary Ellen Black

Ten Men

The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

The Thing About Jane Spring, chick lit romantic comedy by Sharon Krum

Third Wish

Three Day Road

Thud!

The Time Travellers

A Time to Run

To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh

To the Slaughter

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda

Torpedo Juice

The Train to Lo Wu, Jess Row, collection of seven short stories in and around Hong Kong

Transcendent

The Tree of Life (Bernice Summerfield)

The Tricky Part : One Boy's Fall from Trespass into Grace

The Truth About Diamonds

The Truth-Teller's Tale

Twilight

U

Unleash the Night

The Unseen Queen

Until I Find You

V

Velocity, Dean Koontz, mystery, suspen se

W

Wag the Dog: A Novel

War of the Worlds: New Millennium

Warring States

The Warrior Prophet

What You Won't Do for Love

Whispering Nickel Idols

Whittington (novel)

Winner Takes All (Doctor Who)

Wizards at War

Woken Furies

World Game (Doctor Who)

Y

Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente

Z

Zorro. Isabel Allende, a fictional "biography" of Zorro and written as a prequel to the original Zorro story, Johnston McCulley's 1919 novella The Curse of Capistrano