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Friday, February 03, 2006

Best Books of 2005

It's 2006, so I'm moving the Best Books of 2005 list. I'll keep a link to it on the sidebar.

  • The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart

  • Confessions of a Closet Catholic is Sarah Darer Littman

  • Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams

  • Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

  • Good Brother, Bad Brother: the Story of Edwin Booth & John Wilkes Booth by James Cross Giblin

  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

  • John Lennon: All I Want Is The Truth by Elizabeth Partridge

  • The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger

  • The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of 4 Sisters, 2 Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall

  • Poison by Chris Wooding

  • Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

  • A Room On Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson

  • Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach

  • Stained by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

  • Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won The Girl by D.L. Garfinkle

  • Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis

  • A Wreath For Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
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    2 comments:

    verniciousknids said...

    Thanks for the list; it will help to focus my browsing at amazon!

    I've just started (finally!) The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova...and I'm liking it so far!

    February 05, 2006 1:23 PM
    Anonymous said...

    Thanks, Liz! I'm flattered...

    (And apart from my book, you have GREAT taste!)


    Brent Hartinger
    http://www.brenthartinger.com

    February 05, 2006 11:08 PM

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