Since I'm keeping track of the books I'm reading in 2006, I thought I'd try to list all the books I read last year. Here is an incomplete list of books I read during 2005. It's incomplete because I deliberately excluded books I'd already read in earlier years, and because it's pretty likely I've just forgotten some of them. Graphic novels are listed separately. Both lists are in alphabetical order by title. Titles I particularly enjoyed are in red.
- Lawrence Block, All the Flowers Are Dying
- Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
- Karen McCullah Lutz, The Bachelorette Party
- Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie
- Michael Connelly, Blood Work
- Douglas Brinkley, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
- John Grisham, The Broker
- Julie Kenner, Carpe Demon
- Michael Drosnin, Citizen Hughes: The Power, the Money and the Madness
- Mark Gimenez, The Color of Law
- Joseph Finder, Company Man
- Kurt Eichenwald, Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
- Steve Bogira, Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
- Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Kristoffer Garin, Devils on the Deep Blue Sea: The Dreams, Schemes and Showdowns That Built America's Cruise-Ship Empires
- Rick Moody, The Diviners
- Christopher Paolini, Eragon
- Robert Crais, The Forgotten Man
- Elise Juska, Getting Over Jack Wagner
- Julie Kenner, The Givenchy Code
- Naomi Schaefer Riley, God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America
- Jim Wallis, God's Politics
- Janet Tashjian, The Gospel According to Larry
- Deborah LeBlanc, Grave Intent
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Kerrelyn Sparks, How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire
- Neil Olson, The Icon
- Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant
- Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
- Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
- Rosemary Martin, It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder
- Tom De Haven, It's Superman!
- Susan Coll, karlmarx.com
- Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
- Will Clarke, Lord Vishnu's Love Handles
- Jonathan Harr, The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
- Bruce Campbell, Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way
- Sarah L. Thompson, The Manny
- Walter Kirn, Mission to America
- Hannah McCouch, Mountain Betty
- Avi and Rachel Vail, Never Mind
- Jennifer Apodaca, Ninja Soccer Moms
- Charles McCarry, Old Boys
- Helen Fielding, Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination
- Legs McNeil and Jennifer Osborne, The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry
- Joseph Finder, Paranoia
- Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep
- Greg Rucka, Private Wars
- Cass Sunstein, Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts are Wrong for America
- Candice Millard, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- Susan Coll, Rockville Pike
- Jeff Byles, Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition
- Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason, The Rule of Four
- Christopher Stasheff, Saint Vidicon to the Rescue
- Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare, The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder
- Kurt Eichenwald, Serpent on the Rock: Crime, Betrayal and the Terrible Secrets of Prudential Bache
- Linda Park, A Single Shard
- Tony Hillerman, Skeleton Man
- Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, The Spiderwick Chronicles, vol. 1: The Field Guide
- Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, The Spiderwick Chronicles, vol. 2: The Seeing Stone
- Bill Napier, Splintered Icon
- Michael Crichton, State of Fear
- Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel
- Michael Chabon, Summerland
- John Harris, The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House
- Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
- Cornelia Funke, The Thief Lord
- Ted Dekker, Three
- John Twelve Hawks, The Traveler
- Julia Spencer-Fleming, To Darkness and To Death
- Nate Blakeslee, Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town
- Max Allan Collins, The War of the Worlds Murder
- Richard Peck, A Year Down Yonder
Graphic novels I read during 2005:
- Andy Diggle and Pascal Ferry, Adam Strange: Planet Heist
- Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
- Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
- John Ridley and Ben Oliver, The Authority: Human on the Inside
- Ed Brubaker and Dustin Nguyen, The Authority: Revolution, Book One
- Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke, Batman: Under the Hood
- Jill Thompson, The Dead Boy Detectives
- Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris, Ex Machina: Tag
- Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham, Fables: The Mean Seasons
- Hiroyuki Tamakoshi, Gacha Gacha vol. 1
- Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, Gotham Central: Half a Life
- Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, Green Lantern: Rebirth
- Giffen, DeMatteis, Maguire, and Rubinstein, I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League
- Kurt Busiek and Ron Garney, JLA: Syndicate Rules
- Geoff Johns and others, JSA: Black Reign
- Geoff Johns and others, JSA: Lost
- Geoff Johns and others, JSA: Princes of Darkness
- Mark Waid and Barry Kitson, Legion of Super-Heroes: Teenage Revolution
- Don Rosa, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
- Ken Akamatsu, Negima! Magister Negi Magi vol. 1
- Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, New Avengers: Breakout
- A cast of thousands, The OMAC Project
- Judd Winick and others, Outsiders: Wanted
- Brian K Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, Runaways: The Good Die Young
- Dan Slott and Ty Templeton, Spider-Man/Human Torch: I'm With Stupid
- Geoff Johns and Mike McKone, Teen Titans: Beast Boys and Girls
- Geoff Johns and Mike McKone, Teen Titans: The Future is Now
- Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, We3
- Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y: The Last Man: Girl on Girl
- Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, Young Avengers: Sidekicks
Looking over this list, I'm surprised so few of them (17) are non-fiction titles. I usually try to maintain a better balance between fiction and non-fiction than that.
