2005 in books
Books and publishing in 2005.
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Books published in 2005
- 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37), Bernard Goldberg, current events, ISBN 0-06-076128-8
- 100-Minute Bible, Michael Hinton, religion
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles C. Mannhistory, history ISBN 1-4000-4006-X)
- 1776 (book), David McCullough, history
- 21st Century Game Design, Chris Bateman and Richard Boon, ISBN 1-58450-429-3
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
- Accelerando (book), Charles Stross, science fiction short stories
- Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
- Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution, Stephen Breyer, current events, philosophy of law ISBN 0-307-26313-4
- Advanced Perl Programming, Sriram Srinivasan, computer programming
- Adventures of a Jelly Baby, Judy Cornwell, autobiography
- Agile Web Development with Rails, computer programming
- Air Babylon Imogen Edwards-Jones and "anonymous", British business book about the travel industry ISBN 0-593-05456-3
- Anthony McCall: The Solid Light Films and Related Works, Christopher Eamon, editor; art, film
- Anti-Semitism: At Issue (2005), Mark McKain, editor; current events ISBN 0-7377-2356-4
- 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
- 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 0-7867-1704-1, 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 lawcreated by Daley Osiyemi and David Bircham, comic book series
- Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard, Matt Curtin, about cryptography
C
- Candyfreak
- The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire
- 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 (book)
- The Crime of Napoleon
D
- Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa
- The Debian System
- Democratizing Innovation
- Demons in Eden
- The Devil In Brisbane
- The Dispossessed : Colombia
- The Dittohead's Guide to Adult Beverages, humor book for fans of The Rush Limbaugh Show
- 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 1-4000-6317-5, military, current events
E
- Emotional Intelligence Quick Book
- 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
- 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
- Gambling 102: The Best Strategies for All Casino Games
- 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 (graphic novel)
- Grantville Gazette V
- Great Lies To Tell Small Kids
- The Grinding House
H
- Healthy Money, Healthy Planet: Developing Sustainability through New Money Systems, Deirdre Kent, ISBN 187733298, personal finance
- 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
- The Industry Standard Anthology
- Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives have Penetrated Washington
- Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs
- Is This My Ride? Seeking Divine Guidance in Our Lives.
- Israel: Opposing Viewpoints
- It Takes a Family
J
K
L
- Labyrinth (book)
- The Last Knight
- The Latham Diaries
- Lawless World (book)
- Learning Perl
- Legion of the Lost
- Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder, Michael Savage, ISBN 1-59555-006-2, current events
- Lipstick Jihad, Azadeh Moaveni, autobiography, current events
- Livewires
- The Long Emergency
- Looking for Jake
- Lords of Madness
- Lords of the Levee
- Lost on the Darkside
- Love Smart
- 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
- Milk (book)
- 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 0-399-15327-6, 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
P
- Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light, David Downie, 30 essays about Paris, travel
- Petit Larousse
- Platinum Pohl, Frederik Pohl, ISBN 0-312-87527-4, 30 science fiction stories
- Polio: An American Story, David M. Oshinsky, ISBN 0-19-515294-8, history
- Postwar (book)
- The Profits of Extermination
- Puzzles for Hackers
Q
R
- Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints
- 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 King
- The Secret Mulroney Tapes
- Silence on the Wire
- The Singularity Is Near
- Sister Freaks
- Smartbomb
- A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
- South Park Conservatives
- Standing Alone in Mecca
- Starwater Strains
- Stories of Strength
- Strong at the Heart: How it feels to heal from sexual abuse
- The Success Principles
- The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley
T
- Tales of Adam
- Teacher Man
- Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine, Candice E. Jackson, ISBN 0974670138, current events
- To Charles Fort, With Love
- Toad Heaven
- 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
U
- UML in a Nutshell
- Under and Alone
- Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild
- Universe (book)
- Unruly complexity
V
- A View For Freedom: Alfie Roberts Speaks
- Voices From The Gathering Storm: The Web of Ecological-Societal Crisis
- Vox (The Edge Chronicles)
W
- War - Opposing Viewpoints
- Warped Passages
- We3
- Where Troy Once Stood
- Whittington (book)
- 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
Z
- Zerah Colburn: The Spirit of Darkness, John Mortimer, ISBN 184549024X, biography
Novels published in 2005
A
- After the Long Goodbye
- Air (novel)
- Airborn (novel)
- Amber and Iron
- The Ambler Warning
- An Unkindness of Ravens
- Anansi Boys
- Antiquary Arago's Diary
- Ark Angel
- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
- Arthur & George
- As Seen on TV (novel)
- At All Costs
- Atlanta Nights
- Atom Bomb Blues
- Avalon High
B
- Babyji
- Back in Black (novel)
- Beasts of No Nation
- The Big Over Easy
- Blades of the Tiger
- Bodmin Moor (novel)
- Brass Man
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes (novel)
- 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 (novel)
- The Clockwise Man
- Colony (Buffy novel)
- The Colorado Kid
- Comfort Food (novel)
- The Conqueror Worms
- Criss Cross (novel)
- Cryptid Hunters
D
- Dance of Death (novel)
- The Dark Crusade
- Darkwitch Rising
- The Dead Alive
- The Death Collectors
- Death of a Washington Madame
- Designated Targets (novel)
- The Deviant Strain
- Dirge (novel)
- A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
- Dragonsblood
- Drowned Wednesday
E
- The Eagle (novel)
- Echoes (Time Hunter)
- Elantris
- Eldest
- Eleven on Top (novel)
- End in Tears
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
F
- A Faerie Ring
- Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List
- Fear Itself
- A Feast for Crows
- The First Casualty
- Flashman on the March
- Fledgling
- Flush (novel)
- Foreign Babes in Beijing
- Forever Odd
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds (novel)
- From the Files of the Time Rangers
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
- Hal Spacejock
- Harbinger (Star Trek novel)
- Hardboiled & Hard Luck (novel)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Haunted (fantasy book)
- Haunted (novel)
- 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
- Hypnosis (novel)
I
- If You Could See Me Now
- Inexcusable
- Infernal Devices
- Inkheart
- Inkspell
- Inside Job (novel)
- The Interruption of Everything
- Island of Death
- The Italian Secretary
J
- The Joiner King, Troy Denning, Star Wars book, science fiction
K
L
- La Morsure du dragon
- Learning the World
- The Legend of Dagad Trikon
- The Lighthouse (novel)
- Lipstick Jungle
- Locked Rooms
- A Long Long Way
- A Long Way Down
- Looking for Alaska
- The Loony: a novella of epic proportions
- Lord Loss
- The Loveday Loyalty
- The Loveday Pride
- Lunch Money (novel)
M
- Magic Street
- Magyk
- The Manticore's Secret
- March (novel)
- Maria Dracula
- Marker (novel)
- Marley & Me
- Mary, Mary
- Match of the Day (Doctor Who)
- Mean Spirits
- Measuring the World: A Novel
- The Mermaid Chair
- The Minotaur
- Mists of Everness
- The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel
- Monster (novel)
- Monster Nation (novel)
Monster Planet (novel)]]
N
- Never Let Me Go
- Night Terrors (Buffy novel)
- No Country for Old Men
- No Present Like Time
- Nothing Serious (novel)
O
P
- The Pale Horseman
- Panic (novel)
- Peculiar Lives
- The Penelopiad
- The Penultimate Peril
- The People of Paper
- Pet Peeve
- The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling
- Pop Goes the Weasel (novel)
- PopCo
- The Possibility of an Island
- Predator (novel)
- Primal Tears
- Prodigal Son (novel)
- Punk Farm
- Pushing Ice
Q
R
- Rainbow party (sexuality)
- The Regime (Left Behind)
- Ready or Not (novel)
- The Rising (Left Behind)
- Resurrection (Forgotten Realms)
- The Rivers of Zadaa
- The Road to Dune
- Running from the Deity
S
- Saturday (novel)
- The Sea (novel)
- 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 (novel)
- Sleeper Cell (book)
- Slow Man
- Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
- Son of a Witch
- Spark and Burn
- Specimen Days
- Spin (novel)
- Spiral Scratch (Doctor Who)
- Spud (book)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)
- The Stealers of Dreams
- Straken
- The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl
- A Stroke of Midnight
- The Suicide King (Buffy novel)
- The Summer Garden
- Sunstorm (novel)
- The Swarm War
- Swastika (Slade)
T
- Taking back Mary Ellen Black
- Ten Men
- The Tenor Wore Tapshoes
- 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 (novel)
- The Train to Lo Wu, Jess Row, collection of seven short stories in and around Hong Kong
- Transcendent (novel)
- Treason in the Flatlands
- 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 (novel)
U
V
- Velocity (novel), Dean Koontz, mystery, suspense
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
- Winner Takes All (Doctor Who)
- Wizards at War
- Woken Furies
- World Game (Doctor Who)
Z
- Zorro (novel). 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
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