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New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2005

Here is a list of the New York Times' 100 notable books of the year 2005. How many of these have you read?
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
1
Kazuo Ishiguro
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2
J.K. Rowling
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
3
David McCullough
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
4
Haruki Murakami
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
5
Cormac McCarthy
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
6
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
7
Ian McEwan
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
8
Collapse (Jared Diamond)
Collapse
9
Jared Diamond
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
10
Joan Didion
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
11
Zadie Smith
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
12
Jeannette Walls
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie)
Shalimar the Clown
13
Salman Rushdie
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Charles C. Mann)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
14
Charles C. Mann
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
15
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Prep
16
Curtis Sittenfeld
Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story
17
The Painted Drum (Louise Erdrich)
The Painted Drum
18
Louise Erdrich
Slow Man (J. M. Coetzee)
Slow Man
19
J. M. Coetzee
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Thomas L. Friedman)
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
20
Thomas L. Friedman
Becoming Justice Blackmun (Linda Greenhouse)
Becoming Justice Blackmun
21
Linda Greenhouse
Mark Twain: A Life (Ron Powers)
Mark Twain: A Life
22
Ron Powers
Towelhead
Towelhead
23
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
24
John Banville
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
25
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
The Beatles: The Biography
The Beatles: The Biography
26
Conspiracy of Fools
Conspiracy of Fools
27
Beyond Black
Beyond Black
28
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics (Richard Parker)
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
29
Richard Parker
Home Land
Home Land
30
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
31
The March (E. L. Doctorow)
The March
32
E. L. Doctorow
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln (Sean Wilentz)
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
33
Sean Wilentz
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Tony Judt)
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
34
Tony Judt
Missing Mom (Joyce Carol Oates)
Missing Mom
35
Joyce Carol Oates
The River of Doubt
The River of Doubt
36
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
37
Mary Gaitskill
The Assassins' Gate (George Packer)
The Assassins' Gate
38
George Packer
Break, Blow, Burn (Camille Paglia)
Break, Blow, Burn
39
Camille Paglia
Beyond Glory (David Margolick)
Beyond Glory
40
David Margolick
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