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

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

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

  4. 4.
    Power of One
    by Bryce Courtenay

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

  6. 6.
    Rachel's Holiday
    by Marian Keyes

  7. 7.
    Barra Creek

  8. 8.
    ?
    Leaving Bondi
    by Robert G Barrett

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

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

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

  12. 12.
    ?
    Remembering Babylon
    by David Malouf

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

  14. 14.
    Atonement
    by Ian McEwan

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

  16. 16.
    Dirt Music
    by Tim Winton

  17. 17.
    Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Paperback))
    by Kerry Greenwood

  18. 18.
    The Walker
    by Jane R. Goodall

  19. 19.
    With No One as Witness
    by Elizabeth George

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

  21. 21.
    Past Mortem
    by Ben Elton

  22. 22.
    Surrender
    by Sonya Hartnett

  23. 23.

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

  25. 25.
    Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy)
    by Cornelia Funke

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

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

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

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

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

  31. 32.
    How I Live Now
    by Meg Rosoff

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

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

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

  35. 37.
    Marching Powder
    by Rusty Young

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

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

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

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

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

  41. 44.
    ?
    Kokoda
    by Paul Ham

  42. 45.
    Gallipoli
    by Alan Moorehead

  43. 46.
    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
    by Jared Diamond

  44. 48.
    Molvania (Jetlag Travel Guide)
    by Santo Cilauro

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

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