ALA Notable Books for Adults2005

Given by RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)

25 Works 55,439 Books 1,488 Reviews ½ 4.0
"Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and show more poetry books for the adult reader." show less
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WorkYear
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition) by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
2005
The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
2005
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières
2005
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
2005
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
2005
I Sailed with Magellan by Stuart Dybek
2005
One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future by Paul R. Ehrlich
2005
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
2005
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni
2005
Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution by Robin Marantz Henig
2005
Chain of Command: the Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh
2005
Goya by Robert Hughes
2005
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
2005
Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser
2005
1968: The Year That Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky
2005
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky
2005
The Madonna of Excelsior by Zakes Mda
2005
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
2005
Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage by David Moats
2005
Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi
2005
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick
2005
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
2005
The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw by Michael Sokolove
2005
One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream by Phyllis Vine
2005
Old School by Tobias Wolff
2005

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