Your Top Five of 2005

[Maty]

Looking for recommendations of your top five favorite books published this year.

Hopelessly stuck in the Classics. :nod: and thank you.

[Kiwi Shelf]

You know, I am not even sure I read books published this year, this year....

I can only think of one, "Sylvanus Now" by a Canadian author named Donna Morrissey. That is the only book I read in the same year it was published this year... I usually do the second hand store thing, so I rarely am reading the "in" things.

[Maty]

Thanks, Kiwi Shelf. I'll take a look at that one.

[Pensive]

Misunderstood the thread. :mad:

The only book I have read which is published this year is "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

[EAP]

Err, Pensive, the original poster was asking about books published this year.

Edit:

My top three:

1. A Feast For Crows - George R. R. Martin (Book 4 of the aSoIaF saga)
2. The Shadow Roads - Sean Russell (book 3 of the Swan War trilogy)
3. The Safe-Keeper's Secret - Sharon Shinn (standalone - young adult fantasy)

[Nightshade]

published this year??? I havent read FIVE boks published this year this is the lot I think.

1) Shaggy Dog and Black Sheep; The origins of even more phrases we use everyday.-- Albert Jack ( along with the first Red herrings and white elephants my fav books of the year but theyre not fiction :D)
2)The time travellers wife by (unspellable :D )
3)Valiant --Holly Black
4) haunted-- Kelley Armstrong ( not the best in the series but fun none the less)
5) Drak mirror--- Juliet Marillier (begging of new series and I didnt really like it )
There all the books Ive read that wre published this year. Not realy a great list now books published since 2000 thats another story.
Actually I dont really like the new books I could think of a list of Books that were hyped up that I didnt over the last 2 years.

[Maty]

Thanks everybody. Shall we have a go at since 2000? Do you want to list more? Liked to see the YA book on the list. Non-fiction, poetry, plays, short stories are all great to see, also. I am going to try to read them all. Love to know what other people are reading. Hmmm, the series will be a challenge, because I will want to start from the beginning, I guess.

[papayahed]

The most recent book I've read is "State of Fear" by Michale Chrichton. I'm not sure if that was published this year or last....

[Kiwi Shelf]

The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Nebbenegger
And, although it is really good, I read it last year, so this is not a 2005 book.