Lists of Bests: Christian Science Monitor's Best Fiction of 2005 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/12899 A list of the best fiction from 2005, compiled by the Christian Science Monitor. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:52:40 GMT en-us 0 50 30 0 0 The Ha-Ha : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2070497 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2070497"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000GRU1ME.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V63564292_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave King</div> My Jim: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/960803 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/960803"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/140005401X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Rawles</div> Pearl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466837 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466837"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078075.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Gordon</div> A Long Long Way: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982590 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982590"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BNNLJ8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1135047433_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Barry</div> Tilting at Windmills http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1935570 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1935570"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0971977577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Hibbs</div> March http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294032 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/294032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geraldine Brooks</div> Ireland: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428392 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428392"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060563494.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Delaney</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400076196.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> The History of Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314464"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393328627.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicole Krauss</div> Oh Pure and Radiant Heart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009715 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1009715"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031035.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128444702_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lydia Millet</div> Shalimar the Clown: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970067 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970067"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679783482.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> The Painted Drum http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1678335 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1678335"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0007232098.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Erdrich</div> The King of Kings County : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123797 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123797"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FZDKUW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Whitney Terrell</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> The March: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972247 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972247"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976150.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Doctorow</div> Anansi Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060515198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54186 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54186"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375422994.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Mccall Smith</div> The Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400097029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> Lincoln Lawyer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1996385 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1996385"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739465511.01-A2WOTM3UJCJ9IP._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> In the Shadow of the Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123802 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123802"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312425880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kermit Roosevelt</div> A Slight Trick of the Mind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/331679 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/331679"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078229.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mitch Cullin</div> The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226097 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226097"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060777109.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Tilt-a-Whirl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1650910 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1650910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786717815.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Grabenstein</div> Delights and Shadows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405940 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1556592019.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Kooser</div> Search Party: Collected Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123813 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123813"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/061856585X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Matthews</div> The Orchard (American Poets Continuum) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123822 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123822"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1929918488.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139977583_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brigit Pegeen Kelly</div> A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/439118 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/439118"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297333X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yiyun Li</div> Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439785960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Girls in Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339213 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339213"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553375938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/674364 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/674364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375831436.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1136588376_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanne Birdsall</div>