Books Alive's "50 Books You Must Own 2005"

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Yearly Australian campaign where hundreds of books are reviewed by a panel to arrive at this selection. Loosely divided into Fiction (1-16); Crime, Thriller, Fantasy (17-24); Children, (25-36); Biography, (37-42; and Nonfiction, (43-50)

  1. 1.
    Tara Road
    by Maeve Binchy

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  2. 2.
    My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
    by Jodi Picoult

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  3. 3.
    Three Wishes: A Novel
    by Liane Moriarty

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  4. 4.
    Power of One
    by Bryce Courtenay

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  5. 5.
    The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
    by Khaled Hosseini

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  6. 6.
    Rachel's Holiday
    by Marian Keyes

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  7. 7.
    Barra Creek

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  8. 8.
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    Leaving Bondi
    by Robert G Barrett

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  9. 9.
    The Girl in Times Square
    by Paullina Simons

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  10. 10.
    The Time Traveler's Wife
    by Audrey Niffenegger

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  11. 11.
    I'm Not Scared
    by Niccolo Ammaniti

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  12. 12.
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    Remembering Babylon
    by David Malouf

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  13. 13.
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon

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  14. 14.
    Atonement
    by Ian McEwan

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  15. 15.
    The Shadow of the Wind
    by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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  16. 16.
    Dirt Music
    by Tim Winton

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  17. 17.
    Cocaine Blues
    by Kerry Greenwood

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  18. 18.
    The Walker
    by Jane R. Goodall

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  20. 20.
    The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
    by Alexander Mccall Smith

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  21. 21.
    Past Mortem
    by Ben Elton

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  22. 22.
    Surrender
    by Sonya Hartnett

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  24. 24.
    Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy)
    by Sara Douglass

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  25. 25.
    Inkheart
    by Cornelia Funke

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  26. 27.
    The Day My Bum Went Psycho
    by Andy Griffiths

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  27. 28.
    Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1)
    by Garth Nix

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  28. 29.
    Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow Series)
    by John Marsden

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  29. 30.
    Specky Magee And The Great Footy Contest
    by Garry Lyon

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  30. 31.
    Are We There Yet?
    by Alison Lester

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  31. 32.
    How I Live Now
    by Meg Rosoff

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  32. 33.
    Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
    by Christopher Paolini

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  33. 34.
    Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton)
    by Geronimo Stilton

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  34. 35.
    Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure)
    by Anthony Horowitz

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  35. 37.
    Marching Powder
    by Rusty Young

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  36. 38.
    Mao's Last Dancer
    by Li Cunxin

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  37. 40.
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    Joe Cinque's Consolation
    by Helen Garner

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  38. 41.
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    Me Talk Pretty One Day
    by David Sedaris

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  39. 42.
    Between a Rock and a Hard Place
    by Aron Ralston

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  40. 43.
    Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
    by Neale Donald Walsch

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  41. 44.
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    Kokoda
    by Paul Ham

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  42. 45.
    Gallipoli
    by Alan Moorehead

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  43. 48.
    Molvania (Jetlag Travel Guide)
    by Santo Cilauro

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  44. 49.
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    The Cook's Companion 2
    by Stephanie Alexander

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  45. 50.
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    Great Working Dog Stories
    by Mike Hayes Angela Goode

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