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

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. Tara Road
by Maeve Binchy
  
2. My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
  
3. Three Wishes: A Novel
by Liane Moriarty
  
4. Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay
  
5. The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
by Khaled Hosseini
  
6. Rachel's Holiday
by Marian Keyes
  
7. Barra Creek  
8.
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 Leaving Bondi
by Robert G Barrett
  
9. The Girl in Times Square
by Paullina Simons
  
10. The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
  
11. I'm Not Scared
by Niccolo Ammaniti
  
12.
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 Remembering Babylon
by David Malouf
  
13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
  
14. Atonement
by Ian McEwan
  
15. The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  
16. Dirt Music
by Tim Winton
  
17. Cocaine Blues
by Kerry Greenwood
  
18. The Walker
by Jane R. Goodall
  
19. With No One as Witness (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Novels)
by Elizabeth George
  
20. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
by Alexander Mccall Smith
  
21. Past Mortem
by Ben Elton
  
22. Surrender
by Sonya Hartnett
  
23. Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1)
by Lian Hearn
  
24. Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy)
by Sara Douglass
  
25. Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
  
26. Diary of a Wombat (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards))
by Jackie French
  
27. The Day My Bum Went Psycho
by Andy Griffiths
  
28. Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1)
by Garth Nix
  
29. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow Series)
by John Marsden
  
30. Specky Magee And The Great Footy Contest
by Garry Lyon
  
31. Are We There Yet?
by Alison Lester
  
32. How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
  
33. Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
by Christopher Paolini
  
34. Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton)
by Geronimo Stilton
  
35. Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure)
by Anthony Horowitz
  
36. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants)
by Ann Brashares
  
37. Marching Powder
by Rusty Young
  
38. Mao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
  
39. Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time
by Doris Pilkington
  
40.
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 Joe Cinque's Consolation
by Helen Garner
  
41.
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 Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
  
42. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by Aron Ralston
  
43. Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
by Neale Donald Walsch
  
44.
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 Kokoda
by Paul Ham
  
45. Gallipoli
by Alan Moorehead
  
46. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition
by Jared Diamond
  
47. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
  
48. Molvania (Jetlag Travel Guide)
by Santo Cilauro
  
49.
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 The Cook's Companion 2
by Stephanie Alexander
  
50.
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 Great Working Dog Stories
by Mike Hayes Angela Goode
  
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