The Year in Books 2005
As a change from 2004’s list of recommended reads, which I never ever did complete, I’m presenting a list of books that I read during 2005.
Yes there’s quite a few Stephen King in there and no I’m not apologizing for it. So there.
- Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Attwood
- Salmon of Doubt, by Douglas Adams
- Last of the Amazons, by Steven Pressfield
- Mindscan, by Robert J. Sawyer
- On Writing, by Stephen King
- The Stand, by Stephen King
- Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield
- Valor’s Choice, by Tanya Huff
- Prey, by Michael Chricton
- Summoned to Destiny, ed. Julie E. Czerneda
- Fantastic Companions, ed. Julie E. Czerneda
- Species Imperative: Migration, by Julie E. Czerneda
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen King
- From a Buick 8, by Stephen King
- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
- The Quiet American, by Graham Greene
- K-PAX, by Gene Brewer
- Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert
- Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King
- Haunted, Chuck Palahnuik (started, but couldn’t finish)
- There and Back Again, An Actor’s Tale, by Sean Astin
- When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops?, by George Carlin
- Summerland, by Michael Chabon
- The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
- Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Wild Blue, by Stephen Ambrose
- Be Cool, by Elmore Leonard
- The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard, by Elmore Leonard
- The Gunslinger: Dark Tower 1, by Stephen King
- Ascending, by James Alan Gardner
- The Confidential Agent, by Graham Greene
- 1602, by Neil Gaiman