The Books of 2005

THE BOOKS OF 2005

JANUARY
Dr. Laura: The Unauthorized Biography--Vickie L. Bane (241)
To Love a Scottish Lord--Karen Ranney (375)
Time and Again--Kathryn Jensen (248)
Autobiography of a Face--Lucy Grealy (223)
Nothing Sacred--Tara Taylor Quinn (296)
Hannah's Vow--Pam Crooks (353)
Song of the Road--Dorothy Garlock (421)
The Meanest Doll in the World--Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin (260)
The Quiet Little Woman: A Christmas Story--Louisa May Alcott (122)
Under a Lucky Star--Diane Farr (346)
Friday--Robert A. Heinlein (357)
Always--Jude Deveraux (392)
The Night Lives On--Walter Lord (235)
A Child's Promise--Deborah Bedford (309)
Sweet Everlasting--Patricia Gaffney (374)
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America--David Von Drehle (328)

FEBRUARY
Dead Witch Walking--Kim Harrison (416)
Ghost Girl--Torey L. Hayden (307)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven--Mitch Albom (196)
A Perfect Husband--Aphrodite Jones (347)
Murder of a Small-Town Honey--Denise Swanson (248)
Haunted--Heather Graham (379)
Dangerous Evidence: The True Story of an Accused Man's Search for Justice--and the Woman Activist Who Fought for His Rights--Ellis A. Cohen with Milton J. Shapiro (359)
Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers--True Cases from Ann Rule's Crime Files, Volumes 1-8--Ann Rule
Dream On--Beverly Brandt (334)
Color the Sidewalk for Me--Brandilyn Collins (373)
Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction, and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, The Damsel of Death--Michael Reynolds (292)
Head Over Heels--Susan Andersen (372)
Whippoorwill--Sharon Sala (377)
The Seductive One--Susan Mallery (312)

MARCH
Prairie Rose--Susan Kirby (357)
Leaving Ireland--Ann Moore (410)
Breath of Scandal--Sandra Brown (457)
Five Kids, One Christmas--Terese Ramin (248)
Skylark--Jo Beverley (374)
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 (Dear America)--Kristiana Gregory (182)
Haven--Bobbi Smith writing as Julie Marshall (321)
The Trouble with Valentine's Day--Rachel Gibson (373)
Second Sight--Beth Amos (449)
A Painted House--John Grisham (AUD)
Homeport--Nora Roberts (456)
A Trick of the Light--Tina Wainscott (339)
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed--Patricia Cornwell (346)

APRIL
My Big Old Texas Heartache--Geralyn Dawson (373)
Blue Skies--Catherine Anderson (419)
Hosea's Bride--Dorothy Clark (250)
Sweet Memories--LaVyrle Spencer (348)
The Scottish Bride--Catherine Coulter (358)
Simply Irresistible--Kristine Grayson (319)
Kansas Brides: Four Marriages Face Conflict in the Town of Cedar Springs--Denise Hunter (462)
Flour Babies--Anne Fine (178)
Shades of Gray--Wendy Douglas (296)
Close to You--Christina Dodd (396)
Hot and Bothered--Susan Andersen (376)
No, Daddy, Don't: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge--Irene Pence (317)
Judas Child--Carol O'Connell (420)
Fantasy Lover--Sherrilyn Kenyon (307)
The Angel Doll: A Christmas Story--Jerry Bledsoe (103)
Tempting Fortune--Jo Beverley (434)

MAY
Hatchet--Gary Paulsen (195)
The Veil of Night--Lydia Joyce (312)
The DaVinci Code--Dan Brown (454)
The Devil Wears Prada--Lauren Weisberger (360)
What Do You Say to a Naked Elf?--Cheryl Sterling (326)
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead--Kim Harrison (453)
Wild Horses--Bethany Campbell (298)
Halos--Kristen Heitzmann (302)
Special of the Day--Elaine Fox (373)
Total Rush--Deirdre Martine (326)
Hidden--Tara Taylor Quinn (377)
Journeys: A Reading and Literature Program--Richard J. Smith and Max F. Schulz (541)
Almost a Bride--Jane Feather (435)
Shadowheart--Laura Kinsale (502)
Fate Is Remarkable--Betty Neels (220)
Yet Love Remains--Mary Burchell (189)
The Frog Princess--E. D. Baker (214)
One Last Time--John Edward (231)
Except My Love--Mary Burchell (188)

JUNE
Slow Way Home--Michael Morris (280)
Tweed--Lass Small (185)
Poisoned Vows--Clifford L. Linedecker (298)
The Messies Manual: The Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeeping--Sandra Felton (155)
Uncle John's Second Bathroom Reader--Bathroom Readers' Institute (224)
A Most Unsuitable Man--Jo Beverley (370)
Pillow Talk--Hailey North (375)
Undead and Unappreciated--Mary Janice Davidson (271)
The Secret School--Avi (153)
Empty Promises--Ann Rule (524)
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America)--Mary Pope Osborne (184)
When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (Dear America)--Barry Denenberg (152)
Forbidden--Helen Kirkman (346)
A Woman's Innocence--Gayle Callen (375)
Because You're Mine--Nan Ryan (362)
To Pleasure a Prince--Sabrina Jeffries (364)
The Duchess's Next Husband--Terri Brisbin (297)
Princess Nevermore--Dian Curtis Regan (232)
Hand Quilted with Love--Joyce Livingston (170)
Brian's Winter--Gary Paulsen (133)
Drop-Dead Blonde--Nancy Martin, Elaine Viets, Denise Swanson, and Victoria Laurie (343)
Dead Certain--Mariah Stewart (374)

JULY
To Tame a Highland Warrior--Karen Marie Moning (366)
Betrayal in Death--J. D. Robb (AUD)
Sex, Lies, and Vampires--Katie MacAlister (342)
Take Me, I'm Yours--Elizabeth Bevarly (375)
Truly a Wife--Rebecca Hagan Lee (323)
Sex and the Single Vampire--Katie MacAlister (371)
No Safe Place--Bill G. Cox (319)
The Wedding--Nicholas Sparks (AUD)
Summer Lovin'--Carly Phillips (298)
Every Which Way But Dead--Kim Harrison (501)
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer Pennsylvania, 1896--Susan Campbell Bartoletti (216)
Not Just for Tonight--Susan Johnson, Katherine O'Neal, and Diane Whiteside (330)
A Season of Miracles--Heather Graham (379)
Mr. Blue--Myles Connolly (126)

AUGUST
Wild Women: Crusaders, Curmudgeons, and Completely Corsetless Ladies in the Otherwise Virtuous Victorian Era--Autumn Stephens (243)
In a Dark Wood--Amanda Craig (308)
The Searching Hearts--Dorothy Garlock (366)
Windfall--Cindy Holby (354)
Involuntary Daddy--Rachel Lee (249)
Song of Redemption--Lynn Austin (348)
Sweet Adventure---Mary Burchell (192)
Salem Witch Trials--Kathryn Wesley (357)
White Deception--Susan Edwards (321)
Stonewrods: A Ghost Story--Pam Conrad (130)
Forgive the Wind--Cindy Holby (370)
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Terror--read by Victor Garber (AUD)
You Slay Me--Katie MacAlister (342)
Whose Child?--Susan Gable (299)
Almost Perfect--Julie Ortolon (298)
Feet First--Leanne Banks (379)
Chill Factor--Sandra Brown (389)
The Mirror--Marlys Millhiser (383)
Heart Choice--Robin D. Owens (339)
This Is Graceanne's Book--P. L. Whitney (298)
Beyond the Burning Time--Kathryn Lasky (272)
Big Cherry Holler--Adriana Trigiani (272)
The Heart Reader--Terri Blackstock (137)

SEPTEMBER
Mercy at Midnight--Lois Hoadley Dick (214)
My Sunshine--Catherine Anderson (421)
Plain Jane--Fern Michaels (384)
The Children's Blizzard--David Laskin (295)
Courting Claudia--Robyn DeHart (370)
Just Perfect--Julie Ortolon (292)
Boo Hiss--Rene Gutteridge (340)
The Unwilling Bride--Margaret Moore (377)
More Than You Know--Evelyn Rogers (338)
Sins of the Night--Sherrilyn Kenyon (365)
The Ghost Children--Eve Bunting (166)
A Deal with the Devil--Liz Carlyle (375)
Oceans of Fire--Christine Feehan (371)
World of Pies--Karen Stolz (149)
It's in His Kiss--Julia Quinn (368)
What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of A CHORUS LINE--Denny Martin Flinn (212)
The Unknown Twin--Kathryn Shay--(298)
Time Stops for No Mouse--Michael Hoeye (250)

OCTOBER
Kiss the Bride--Patricia Cabot (344)
A Kingdom of Dreams--Judith McNaught (438)
The Cabin--Carla Neggers (378)
Survivor in Death--J. D. Robb (375)
Prisoners of Hope (242)

NOVEMBER
Troll Fell--Kathryn Langrish (264)
Finding Mary Blaine--Jodi Thomas (377)
Fever 1753--Laurie Halse Anderson (251)
Dovey Coe--Frances O'Roark Dowell (181)
It Happened One Autumn--Lisa Kleypas (391)
There's Something About Christmas--Debbie Macomber (284)
In the Name of Love and Other True Cases: Ann Rule's Crime Files, Volume 4--Ann Rule (414)
Some Like It Wicked--Deborah Raleigh (350)
All I Want for Christmas--Sheila Rabe (324)
Brian's Return--Gary Paulsen (117)
Beauty Like the Night--Liz Carlyle (419)
Mostly Mayhem--Lisa Manuel (303)
The Christmas Quilt--Jennifer Chiaverini (225)
The Next Ex: A Madeline Carter Novel--Linda L. Richards (377)
Lethal Lies--Laurie Breton (379)
America's Dumbest Criminals: Wild & Weird Stories of Fumbling Felons, Clumsy Crooks, and Ridiculous Robbers--Daniel Butler, Alan Ray, and Leland Gregory (235)
Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish--Sue Bender (152)
Deadly American Beauty--John Glatt (292)
The Helmet of Navarre--Burke Wilkinson (156)
Dime Store Magic--Kelley Armstrong (414)
The New Yorker Book of Lawyer Cartoons--The New Yorker (86)
The Wedding Deception--Adrienne Basso (350)

DECEMBER
Her Man Friday--Elizabeth Bevarly (374)
The Bride and the Beast--Teresa Medeiros (324)
Waltz with a Vampire--Maggie MacKeever (286)
Jane Millionaire--Janice Lynn (321)
A Lawman for Christmas--Pat Pritchard (319)
Ace of Hearts--Barbara Metzger (340)
The Morning After--Lisa Jackson (442)
Eat Cake--Jeanne Ray (253)
The Texan's Reward--Jodi Thomas (346)
The Lost Boy--Dave Pelzer (340)
The Hadassah Covenant: A Queen's Legacy--Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen (349)
Finders Keepers--Shirl Henke (298)
The Bride--Julie Garwood (358)
Blue Smoke--Nora Roberts (370)
Industrial Magic--Kelley Armstrong (528)

196 Books Total, 61,299 Pages