Best books read in 2005 (listed alphabetically by author)
- Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake
- Frankl, Viktor E. Man's Search for Meaning
- Gross, Joel. The Lives of Rachel
- Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner
- Krakauer, Jon. Under the Banner of Heaven
- Shriver, Lionel. We Need to Talk about Kevin
- Tartt, Donna. The Secret History
- Turow, Scott. Ordinary Heroes
- Wharton, Edith. The House of Mirth
- Zafon, Carlos Ruiz. The Shadow of the Wind