2005 End of Year Round-up (pt 1)
Here are the books that I read in 2005 (roughly in the order I read them)
1 24 Hour Party People – Anthony Wilson
2 Night Watch – Terry Pratchett
3 A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away – Christopher Brookmyre
4 Understanding Comics – Scott McCloud
5 The Sacred Art Of Stealing – Christopher Brookmyre
6 Pattern Recognition* – William Gibson
7 Feet Of Clay – Terry Pratchett
8 Jingo – Terry Pratchett
9 Men At Arms – Terry Pratchett
10 Maskerade – Terry Pratchett
11 Pyramids – Terry Pratchett
12 Going Postal – Terry Pratchett
13 Thief Of Time – Terry Pratchett
14 Big Deal – Anthony Holden
15 Drunkard’s Walk – Frederik Pohl
16 Sign O The Times – Michaelangelo Matos
17 Amnesia Moon – Jonathan Lethem
18 Conrad’s Fate – Diana Wynne Jones
19 Revenge of the Sith – Matthew Stover
20 The Wee Free Men – Terry Pratchett
21 Garden State – Rick Moody
22 Cosmonaut Keep* – Ken MacLeod
23 Dark Light – Ken MacLeod
24 Engine City – Ken MacLeod
25 All My Sins Remembered – Joe Haldeman
26 The Infinity Concerto – Greg Bear
27 The Serpent Mage – Greg Bear
28 In Your Dreams – Tom Holt
29 The Family Trade* – Charles Stross
30 To Say Nothing Of The Dog – Connie Willis
31 Silent Bob Speaks – Kevin Smith
32 Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection – Steven T Seagle
33 The Atrocity Archives* – Charles Stross
34 Topics About Which I Know Nothing – Patrick Ness
35 Accelerando* – Charles Stross
36 Tony & Me by Georg Bush as told to Dr Parsons – Dr Parsons
37 Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince – JK Rowling
38 Moon Dust* – Andrew Smith
39 Do Not Pass Go – Tim Moore
40 Permutation City – Greg Egan
41 The Hidden Family – Charles Stross
42 The World According To Clarkson – Jeremy Clarkson
43 Anansi Boys* – Neil Gaiman
44 Thud!* – Terry Pratchett
45 The Man Who Was Thursday – GK Chesterton
46 Chronicles Volume One – Bob Dylan
47 The Apocalypse Door – James D MacDonald
48 The Diamond Throne – David Eddings
49 The Ruby Knight – David Eddings
50 Men & Cartoons – Jonathan Lethem
51 The Sapphire Rose – David Eddings
52 Domes Of Fire – David Eddings
53 The Shining Ones – David Eddings
54 The Hidden City – David Eddings
55 Feersum Endjinn – Iain M Banks
56 Incompetence – Rob Grant
57 Stamping Butterflies – Jon Courtenay Grimwood
58 The Brotherhood of the Grape – John Fante
My favourites (not re-reads) are asterisked.
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