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2005 Books & Bestsellers |
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2005 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Broker by John Grisham 2. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 3. Mary, Mary by James Patterson 4. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks 5. Predator by Patricia Cornwell 6. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks 7. Light from Heaven by Jan Karon 8. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 9. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk 10. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich 11. Honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan 12. 4th of July by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 13. Lifeguard by James Patterson and Andrew Gross 14. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton 15. The Camel Club by David Baldacci |
2005 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau 2. Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential by Joel Osteen Faith 3. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren, Zondervan 4. You: The Owner’s Manual by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. 5. 1776 by David McCullough 6. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, Farrar 7. Love Smart: Find the One You Want, Fix the One You Got by Dr. Phil McGraw 8. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 9. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner 10. Guinness World Records 2006 11. French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano 12. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt 13. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter 14. 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal 15. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
New York Times Bestsellers |
| Witness by Amber Frey Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Juiced by Jose Canseco Blood Brother by Anne Bird A Deadly Game by Catherine Crier with Cole Thompson My Life So Far by Jane Fonda The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman On Bullsh*t by Harry G. Frankfurt 1776 by David McCullough The Fairtax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter Teacher Man by Frank McCourt |
Amazon’s Top 10 Books |
| 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 2. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman 3. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner 4. Good to Great by Jim Collins 5. YOU: The Owner’s Manual by Michael F. Roizen 6. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 7. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 8. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 9. 1776 by David McCullough 10. Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham |
Oprah’s Book Club Selections |
| The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Light in August by William Faulkner A Million Little Pieces by James Frey |
Young Adult |
| Twilight (Twilight, #1) by Stephenie Meyer Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling Looking for Alaska by John Green The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld Pretties (Uglies, #2) by Scott Westerfeld Eldest (Inheritance Cycle #2) by Christopher Paolini The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) by Lemony Snicket The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl #4) by Eoin Colfer Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants #3) by Ann Brashares Volume VI and 1/2: The Princess Present (Princess Diaries) by Meg Cabot Princess Academy (Princess Academy #1) by Shannon Hale |
| 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 2005, according to GoodReads |