What I Read in 2005

*1. Empire Falls, Richard Russo

*2. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

3. Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative, Herbert Mason

4. The City Looking-Glass, by Robert Montgomery Bird

5. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, Steven Millhauser

*6. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe

7. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell

8. The Alchemist, Paul Coelho

*9. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides

10. Drowning Ruth, Christina Schwartz

11. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

*12. The Time Machine, H.G. Wells

*13. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

*14. Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde

*15. The Model Millionaire & The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde

16. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom

17. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd

18. The Virgin Blue, Tracy Chevalier

19. Durable Goods, Elizabeth Berg

20. The Swallows of Kabul, Yasmina Khadra

21. Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks

*22. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling

23. The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier

24. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver

25. Skinny Dip, Carl Hiaasen

26. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson

*27. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris

28. Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris

29. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship, Ann Patchett

*30. The Odyssey, Homer

*personal favorites